Rejected By My Mate, Crowned By The Moon

hues of silver and violet. Tonight was supposed to be the happiest night of Aria Thorn's life. At just eighteen, she was about to meet

rs. The entire pack had gathered, whispering excitedly about who the Moon Goddess would pair together this year. Aria stood nea

ira whispered,

too?" Aria a

ywhere. The mate bond is fo

s swung open, and

forehead, his piercing storm-gray eyes scanning the room with the intensity of a warrior. Power rolled off him li

tion. The invisible thread of the mate bond tugged tight between

es locked

ross his expression-shock, conf

sg

" he said coldly, and the room fell in

inked.

I reject you, Aria Thorn, as my fated m

icy. Aria felt as if the floor had crumbled bene

.. K

You're the daughter of a disgraced warrior an

mbled. Her w

broke. "I accep

golden thread yanked violently from her soul. She fell to her knees, clutching her chest. Her breath

person came

t her mother, long since passed. Not even h

ence. An

ain. "He rejected us.

pered aloud. "W

s passed

she closed her eyes, she saw his face-those cold

n should hav

egan to forge

ge her mother once owned. The girl in the reflection was hollow-ey

y," she murmured. "He cast me aside li

edges of the vanity.

e in us?" Aria as

the Moon, Aria. The stars do not weep when

led her from

there. A wise woman with piercing eyes and a stra

aid softly. "The rejection echoed through the bo

. "More pain

iled. "Mor

able. "This was left by your mother, hidden in the wa

before unrollin

y the fated, shall be

not born

ll light

hall weep a

shall be

lo

l l

ot by fate,

led as she read th

ise when the wo

shall bow a

ean?" she asked,

ject you," Mirella said,

ia went to the edge

where she was going. No

creature with markings that shimmered faintly like moonlight. She sprin

wstep, her re

l for a mate who th

n in a pack that sa

, grow, and return-not

would wear a crown n

oonlight