The Rejected Healer: Her Rise as the White Wolf

my fiancé's private estate, worried he wa

tion retreat, I wal

Ivan playing on the rug with a secret son, w

Ivan's voice floa

ells like antiseptic and fear. Once I

knife twisted deeper when

They know. They prefer a strong allian

medical patents. They thought I was weak.

ed his safe with the admin

rds, the fake DNA tests,

et son's birthday party

ht a pr

tire Council, severed the mate bond

van crawled into my clinic, begging fo

see me standing there,

," I smiled, letting my Alpha aura cr

pte

ana

ayal before I even

performed. Being the head Healer of the Donovan Pack was not a title I held lightly. It required pre

a venison stew, slow-cooked with rosemary and juniper be

I th

me he needed space to handle the stress of the upcoming merger between his Hughes Pack and my father's Donovan Pac

. Like a fool,

at the gate hesit

eyes darting toward the main house

with the authority I rarely used. "Do you really want to

and opene

driveway, the wind shifte

ate's scent is supposed to be the most comforting thing in the world, like

in the air, cloying and heavy. An

. Artificial. Si

d. I knew that sc

tio. The floor-to-ceiling windows were uncurt

aw

stoic, terrifying Alpha CEO the world knew. He was playing.

sofa, sipping wine, was Kiera. She loo

ssive presence, let out a low, confus

cused, filtering out the rustle of leaves and th

ed. "Five years is a long time to keep a pet.

atience, Kiera. The merger is next week. Once the papers are signe

ased, though there was venom in her v

und was like a physi

ine, but she's weak. She was raised by humans. She smells like antisep

drain from my fac

forehead, "I never completed the Marking. The bond is

ng. He always said he wanted to wait until our wedding ni

. "They won't be happy if you

Kiera? They know. They prefer a strong alliance with me over the happiness of a

ut. I sank into

hey were paying for the house where my

. I looked down through blur

with some Rogues. It's going to be a

ng more wine for Kiera, smiling that charmi

e went silent. A deadly, cold silence th

m. I left the thermal container o

y heart was rapidly cooling, hardening into somethin