Rejected & Reckoning: Twin Flames

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our bond, and united you with the mate written in your blood. I grew up studying the traditions, memorizing e

ame the night m

na-Alphas, Betas, Omegas-waiting to witness my bond with Alpha Kaelan Varyn, the future ruler of the Crescent Dom

never pray

Mara called. Her voice echoed

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pack f

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funeral I didn't k

htly away, just enough for the closest

ept your fated mate, Lysara of the Silverligh

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ckled. Every head turned. Elder Mara's m

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said, voice cold enough to

rowd. Someone dropped a gob

led. "Alpha, this is for

" he cut in. "I wil

ore it even fully formed. I felt it-the ripping, th

lan was

so the entire pack

. Unworthy. The Moon G

n a broken whisper.

"Because I already

less beauty from the rival Bloodfang Pack. Her crimson dress

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refused to believe them. I thought fate mattered

an and slipped her hand in

tart," Kaelan said, lifting their j

he arena. Wolves argued. Elders

ld col

completely. The pain wasn't physical-it was deeper, a wound inside my soul.

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ice lowered but sharp eno

Never carry my heirs. Never rule

with a vicious smile, "Try not t

my pride-something older, darker. A spark deep inside my blood

gi

en magic I never

th my feet flic

rowd

silver energy bursting outward from the ground. W

s eyes

s that?!" Al

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power wa

my chest, r

er Mara cried. "You

tion, the pain-it fed the magic until

above t

ches fl

e, throwing Kaelan and A

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ordered, voice panic

flashed again, blocking them. Thund

tire world was crac

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ing wen

old stone ground. The arena was nearly empty. Only th

her face marked with worry

it's not from any pack lineage. It's old

tened. "What d

"It means you

her, Elder Rowan spoke the

acks, Lysara of Silverli

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can't- I didn't do anyth

d harshly. "It's about the power you u

I choked out. "The city will kill

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hispered.

her eyes as if m

murmured. "But your desti

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locked arou

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ed inside me, b

rd the forest's edge, a final whi

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my blood, that ancient

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