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