THE ALPHA'S REJECTED BLIND MATE
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ha Matt's voice boomed as he lifted his glass,
cohol was unmatched. Whiskey, wine, beer-it wouldn't faze me. The liquor burned
politely, raising my own glass befo
as a pup, celebrating each one like it was a coronation. Maybe she knew something the rest o
Goddess decide the next ruler. I had no doubt in my mind it would be me. Power, wealth, battles won-I had everything it took to wear
were either scared of me or too threatened to make eye contact for long. The whispers of
lph
iberate, pulled me out o
r in all the right ways, accentuating her graceful curves and glowing skin. My
allowing a rare smile to tu
er voice dipping into something more
ad gone my way, she'd already be my Luna. But tradition and the elders held me back. An Alpha without a mate at 35 wa
She was everything I wanted-elegant, beautiful, sharp-minded. She was
stepping closer, lowering my voice so o
"I wouldn't mind regretting you, Your Majesty," she w
other glass of whiskey to distract myself. The purification rites for the
her with a smirk. "I
away, engaging another Alpha in conversatio
ething w
My skin prickled as though it were too tight, and my focus began to w
right?" a voice asked, bu
he sensation. But the heat only grew, spreading throu
him over. "Something's wrong," I t
pening?" His brow f
isk being seen like this-not no
rable, a molten river coursing through my veins. My senses sha
then
s something more sinister, something designed t
voice thick with barely restrained rage
lpha, are you sur
keep from lashing out. The veins in my a
seemed to close in, suffocating me with the scent of everyone who'd passed
ame the
Are you
man's
straint. My body tensed, every fiber of my being drawn to th
a second thought, I opened it and leapt, l
n, the cold air, the stillness to
woods bet
nctly female. Then I saw her. She was hidi
sist. But it was useless. My body moved on its
stant our bodies touched, the heat eased, but it wasn't
idn't
ftening in my arms. My restraint snapped. I took her there, u
clarity returned
ne. The priestess's words echoed in my mind
future, destroyed in a
d deeper into the woods, the fury and shame dri
eeded to find her, to warn
Only the scent of her lingered, along with t
he sound raw and guttural,
een stolen. And I didn't kn