Rejected By My Mate, Crowned By The Moon
attered world. Golden light spilled across the pack grounds, gilding the dew-kissed
adn't
re talking. Everyone was talking. About the girl whose mate rejected her before the whole pack. A
e, only to knock it over. The crash of ceramic against wood startled her. Wa
choed at
s me. May
ach her since the ceremony. Seraphina opened her mouth to say someth
resolve. She held a tray with warm bread, eggs, and a steaming cup of cham
to eat s
ankly at the wall, her voice dry as ash
e is. Caleb is a fool, and so are the Elder
wounds. Seraphina's eyes
om me. I couldn't breathe, Ilyana
breathing. And as long as you are, ther
silence, hea
rong enough to walk through fire barefoot. Maybe the rej
ng inside Seraphina.
. "Will you stay wit
cour
ad like wildfire. Her name was Liora-beautiful, fierce, and from a pr
didn't make
stormy. Her long raven-black hair hung like a curtain around her too-pale face. She touched the s
ded her hair tightly, fixed her c
ounds fell
ntence. But she didn't stop. She walked like a queen
field where the young warriors sparred. The Al
t be here," h
"This is still m
like that. I just... I didn't
he said. "But I ca
ever need a sparring partner
might take y
here, beneath the old willow tree where her mother used to tell stories, she sank to the
rose, the tea
re was
d a new purpo
ess had not a
s not
as be