Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Lycan King

husband didn't just announce

ting power, while I stood in the shadow

e announced to the pack. "

ssity. But later, I heard h

a dead end. Aria smel

th her vanilla perfume. When she staged a fall, Bennett didn't check if I was okay.

save her fake pregnancy, while I

nd vanished to Paris. Bennett was so eager to be rid of me

he truth came out. The pregnancy was a lie. Th

through Europe to drag me back, thin

alking straight into th

d that his "Wolfless" wife had finall

pte

sey

ractured light over the crowd, but it couldn't hid

so hard I feared the stem might snap. This was the Blood Moon Pack's monthly Full Moon Ba

group of female Betas near the entrance. "A Luna who

fless. Just a human playing

n into a werewolf family, but my wolf had never come. The Awakening ceremony at eighteen

e broad, straining against his tuxedo, and his dark hair was swept back, revealing the sharp, predatory line

. The room fell into an instant, ob

"We are the strongest pack in New York. We hold the financial veins o

ew this speech. We had a

oward me without meeting my eyes. "Her body is too fragile to carry an Alpha pup

lthy. It was Bennett who refused to touch

h his eyes, "I've made a call for the good of the Blood Moon. We're bringi

oors

ically poured into a shimmering gold dress. But it was her scent that hit the room first. Even with my dul

announced. "She has grac

d frozen. He hadn't told me he had already chos

nett. I saw the way her nostrils flared, inhaling his sc

dn't bow to me, the Luna. She stood right n

was like honey laced with venom. "It is a

ia's hand, leading her to the dance floo

ward the terrace doors, ignoring

t hot with humiliation. I leaned against the sto

rfect, is

om the shadows of the lower balcony

ed. It was his Beta, Marcus. "But the pack

a physical blow to my gut. "I look at her and see a dead en

d A

ok at Aria, my wolf paces. She smells like a mate should, Marcus. Fertile. Available

d over my mouth

ark her?" Marcus as

ke Aria to the Moon Lake villa for the mating cycle, she'd make a scene. We need to keep the peace until t

back from t

lacing me. He was going to take her to Moon Lake-t

barely hold the clutch. Bennett was still on the dance floor, his hand resting

tapped his temple-a signal tha

m just checking her health thro

I was deaf to the Mind-Link. But I kne

eaving Aria smirking in

r patrol. There's been Rogue activity reported nea

nother lie. He w

e was surprisingly stea

He didn't smell like my husband anymo

id dismissively. "Get so

arcus. A moment later, Ari

and locked the door. I pulled out my phone, my fingers ho

aries who specialized

es, no wolf spirit shimmering behind the irises. I w

d the ca

" I whispered when the distorted