Rejected the Alpha, Now I'm the Most Beloved Luna

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k to the Crown Regent Hotel. Instead of going to

nce. She looked like she was having a rough day, head down, not really payi

be a mistake. Which, let's face it, was kind of amusing. Here was the same girl who'd once told me straight u

held the elevator door open and ga

as she hesitated a beat. Eventually, she seemed to pull herself together, took a quiet breat

y, totally unlike the last time I saw her. She looked polished, like white s

k against the wall, gaze fixed straight ahead, doing everything she could to av

ike she was trying to figure out what I was getting at, then forced an awkward smil

id that just to stop cooperation between Ashen and us. Because tha

s were that obvious. As expected, she froze up, staring at

s. But I could tell she was anxious. "Well, you said you were into an

rther. I just looked away, eyes flicking up to the elevator display. We were almo

g above the door, her flush deepening. Then she looked down, visibly frust

into the corner, keeping her

stepped in. I was about to keep talking, but something else caught my attention-a so

from her. And weirdly, it reminded me of... that night. The one stuck in my head. Fra

ntly flashed to that steamy night-the way that girl's voice trembled under me, how

Perry and stepped out distractedly. Just before the doors closed, I caught a g

she was...

the next day, I couldn't stop thinking

teamy kind. It was that night I was drugged, only this time, the room lights we

t. Her moans hit my ears loud and clear while I bit her earlo

mething way too strong inside me. If Perry was really the she-wolf

till missing - and

een and remembered I'd asked him to talk with Byron. Byron

elp them out, and they'd owe us big

when I picked up. "The Ashen Pack can't fen

lready knowing my answ

ancis soun

lenty of rogue fights. If you're serious, Byron can ass

said in a shaky voice, "Are yo

hesitate - it was wh

ed on his end.

e of Perry? She didn't accept you as

ople figure me out on their own. And this idiot? Not worth

ust naïve, I'll make her

Perry, I'd had Byron look into their situation. Now I k

bit late to start treating Perry l

istant as you think. She's my firstborn, I love her, and yo

I cut him off calml

stared at myself in the mirror - a

rr

ot even with the Ashen Pack anymo

can't shake. I keep getting pulled