Rejected by the Alpha, Desired by the King

h the tall windows of the Silverfang Pack's great hall. Tonight was

, paced insid

e whispered. I

ed with pack members, all here to celebrate and witness the Moon Goddess'

, smoke, and something

a Da

his midnight-black hair tousled like he'd just stepped

art s

e, Lyra how

ut Darius didn't move. The mom

ou

ll into stu

arius... the Moon Goddes

er. "You think the Goddess would bind me to y

around us. I wa

" he continued coldly. "You were a f

get to reject me just becau

ked. "W

ough my chest as he growled th

ckthorn, reject you, L

nearly

mpered i

sn't supposed t

to scream-but I couldn't breathe. Ever

he wanted to humiliate me, he wouldn't

e eye and said, voice

en, accept yo

physically, like a part of

the hall, tears streaking down

idn't l

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