The Defective Mate He Rejected Is A White Wolf

heiress of the Sterling Pack, waiting to

essants to hide my wolf, letting everyone be

sked for his vows, Li

ck of the hall where his pregnan

t with a broken mate," Liam anno

me with col

s a strong male heir. You are no

ed up blood onto the white roses,

e. He didn't know that the only reason he fel

looked up. My eyes, usually haze

t your r

way, leaving him with

I returned five years l

a Lycan King, and I would ow

pte

a

the Sterling territory, where the ancient pines touched the sky. But to

e Full Moon, the nig

ething else clinging to my fiancé's jacket as he walked onto the terrace.

cent of an O

eady. My wolf, drugged into silence for years, c

flinks. He looked handsome in the moonlight, with his sandy hair a

rger with the Northern Pack is complicated

he smell was stronger now

like her,"

a meeting. Probably just some secretary's perf

a minor pack who had climbed the social ladder by latching onto me, the heiress of the Sterling Pack. Yet, he a

said, my voice trembling. "To make you feel strong. To make

ped, his facade cracking. "Let's not pretend it's for

a wolf was everything. It was the source of our strength, our healing, and ou

g his back. "We have a wedding tomorrow. Tr

r, my wolf hissed in my

hite roses. The entire city's elite was here. Alphas in tailored suits, Lunas in des

ds shaking. My father, the Alpha of the Ster

d through the Mind-Link. But if this is wha

I replied silently

g washed over us. I looked at Liam. He was sweating. His eyes k

va Sterling to be your Luna

was too long. The murm

doors ba

ad

. A little girl, no older than four, ran down the

. But as she passed the rows of wolves, I saw the smirk she hid from the crowd. Sarah

it hit me.

ach scent, amplified by distress and calculation. It was a biol

zed over, his pupils dilating. The beast insi

is hand awa

" he br

ally in the center of the aisle. She pulled the child close. "I didn't want to ruin

a hand on h

illegitimate pup? A

looked at Liam, waiting for him to order the gua

e with cold, hard eyes.

he said, his voice ringi

my voice low. "Think ab

tive arm around her. "She is carrying a strong male heir. I can feel it. And you? You are

e crowd, puffin

loodline die out wit

e air around us crackled with th

you, Ava Sterling, as

. Even though we hadn't completed the mating bite, the intent

pped through my heart. I gasped, doubling over. I coughed, and br

d, stepping forward, h

er me. I wiped the blood from my lip. I looked at Liam, who was cowering s

s pat

pine. I was a Sterl

e clear and icy, echoing off the s

n

ished, leaving a hollow, bleeding space in my

ong, stood up. She shook off t

she growled. We

shifted. The world turned sharp and high-contrast. My eyes, us

ze. But I turned around and walked away, leav