Rejected By The Heir, Claimed By The Alpha

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stems were slick with sweat. Each petal, a symbol of purity and union, stared back at me like a tiny, mocking e

pposed to have star

f confusion, and grew into a wave of whispers that crashed against the silent

ride. What d

e, her face pale with panic. Her own scent, usua

ssed, barely audible over the rustling

wayed, and for a terrifying se

I di

spine straight, my gaze fixed on the empty space beside me

hat ringed their territory. His power was a physical presence, a pressure in the air that made it harder to breathe. His dark eyes were

me. Her expression wasn't pitying or cruel. It was something far more unne

a comm

. He stumbled to a halt before the altar, eyes wide with a terror that confirmed all

k Forest Pack was on that letter. The air gre

letter to his Alpha. "Alpha," he cho

t. He slid the single sheet out, eyes scanning the words. I watched the muscles

s fist c

tic scraps. The raw, controlled violence of th

height. When he spoke, his voice

ields ha

asp swept thro

an O

aughter. The sound hit me like a physical blow. Arrows of derisio

bbed my arm, her grip the o

born she-wolf from another allied pack. An Omeg

ha heir," a woman from my own pack, the Silver

for the Black Forest,

They weren't shamed for me; they were annoyed by the inconveni

hostile faces. Humiliation was a tide, pulling

sed m

er me. I felt the pull of it-the sweet, dark prom

I open

ty was gone. In their place was a co

up and tore the veil from my hair. The del

it to th

hey scattered across the cold sto

the gasps of my own attendants. I looked past the

most powerful ma

a Fen

d. It cut through the noise. His

ted m

ngth with every word, "when a union vow is broken at the altar, the wronged

e. No one had expected this. They ha

ething-surprise? respe

voice ringing with a conviction I didn't know I posse

ner, demand my

my words settle. I held the Al

ed the final, i

bound male of Fields blood, here an