The Rejected White Wolf and Her Lycan King

e Pack Registry to submit a design por

pered, "Honey, the system won't let me. Y

jected me, but he had also registered a "Companion Contract" with Gian

ed Lake. Hidden behind a t

ng her on the swing he built for me. "I love that s

; he was clipping my wi

ecognize me in the dark. He whipped me five times with a silver

n me. He thought I woul

e bond myself and van

s a renowned architect with a mechani

g for a second chance, I simply turned my back

me, Bennet. You o

pte

per

lled straight into my migraine. I sat on the hard plastic chair, my left hand white-knuckled aro

s a middle-aged Beta, smelling

e my biometrics. I'm submitting a portfo

fingers stopped. She squinted at the terminal, then

ispered. "Honey, the

y n

is restricted. Your Mate Bond

ssible. I am the Mate of Alpha Bennet

lowed in aggressive red: STATUS: BOND S

nto my retinas. On that same date, a

ianna S

handed me the silver-laced drink the night of the "accident."

he was exiled

y. "Gianna Skinner is listed as a resident

d in my skull. Sickening

rd. I have a surprise. Meet me

staring at the screen that documented his betray

lerk, my voice hollow. "D

od territory. I didn't walk to the dock. I parked a mi

ifted throu

ak. There, on the swing Benne

iant. Not a pr

he swing. He looked at her with a

hat about the cripple? Isn't she w

lin

t. Where is she going to go? Without me, she

na asked, dragging her

er neck. "I love that she can't Shift. She can't run. She is comp

pocket. A diamond necklace shimm

eep you safe while I play

The scent of her perfume-synthetic lilacs mas

The pain wasn't physical; it was the shatter

me. He loved

ink bl

t time in three years, the sorrow in my

a

t. I couldn't Shift. But I was Harper Cline, the architect wh

go to the Royal Moon Pack. And I wou