REJECTED BY THE ALPHA, DESIRE BY KING

ising and falling with ragged gasps. The mate bond's severance was unlike anything

able pain as if her very essence wa

of her dress. "Make it stop," she whispered into the night, her voice br

rs down her spine. The moonlight cast eerie shadows across t

ho would cherish her above all else. But fate had curse

gh her, her hands c

the

ed in her head, cr

rthless.

yes shut, her body

be? The rejected omega? The

her misery. Her head whipped up, her heart

e was

iping at her tear-streaked face. Had Damon sent someon

s, the scent of power rolling off him in

was stronger.

hers. The air around him crackled with raw energy, thick and su

spered, her voice barely audible

sharp and assessing. Then, in a voice a

ng Lucia

lpha

caught in

ke she was the only thing in the world th