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Once Rejected Then Desired

Chapter 2 BETWEEN TWO ALPHA'S

Word Count: 1269    |    Released on: 04/07/2025

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Not in the obvious way most m

self. My hands tremble, not from fear, but from something

"Go hydrate or scream into a m

ace my hands on the sink. His gaze still li

ook at me lik

does it make my chest

s stool is empty.

e that,

-

the hateful blare of my phone

r, grabbing it befor

te Ca

only mean

er, voice scra

the last two p

ors don't do

it this month. Bus

t our problem.

sing my finger

for it. I

use.

your father is. Next time, we

ne goe

r hasn't stepped foot in my life in years, but somehow he

wolves. Debts with monsters who don't

d

eping up the sh

-

hen I unlock the d

s later, coffee in one ha

ks, eyeing the sha

eachy,"

push it aside once

a blur of spilled liquor, br

. Comf

he com

ool. Sa

he didn't come her

ask, sliding him

ooking away. "Maybe I

ire hazard wiring or the const

smi

you earn, not the

ike

bl

forward.

eople off," I mutter,

yes locked on mine.

No k

in gray or black, always exuding that same calm do

s I start it, but when he

?" he says one night, watching me clean blood

e. "Exc

. "You're wolfing. Probably been doing it for years. Your

s. "You think y

ne wolf holding yourself together with duct tape and gri

w accurat

ate that h

know what my wo

the answer's obvious.

st

y from your pack,

lver Fang doesn't tie its alphas

omach

d respected packs in the region. Neutr

d to wander into my b

looking for

d it

n't waver. "G

way he says it mak

en I forget how many receipts I've already counted.

painful parts, just enough to make me

ks

ture in my bar and, if I'

erything go

-

ot enough patience. Ellie's running drinks like a machine. I'm mid-flirt wit

vement just bey

up. And

-shadowed by the streetlig

ne beside him, probably a pack mem

rt stu

ince he looked at me like he knew me and I d

t

e h

eyes

ath ca

hing unreadable and beneath it, somethi

I remember. And noth

opped moving until Lucian's

is

't an

gaze. His energy

l it: the weight of power. Not bar-fl

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says, voic

the Blacks

cks

lse p

ional to the point of cruelty. A pack that values streng

ys neutral, but h

w him?"

e says. "He's not

at the window, Rona

esn't loo

the one that raises

e bar has noticed

he

ward t

n the sidewalk.

ving mine until th

ses, he glanc

ok the

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uld know?" I ask

him disappear

tay away from

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me, sharp an

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1 Chapter 1 I WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE CLAIMED2 Chapter 2 BETWEEN TWO ALPHA'S3 Chapter 3 ALMOST HIS, BUT NOT YET4 Chapter 4 REJECTED BY MY MATE5 Chapter 5 HE TRIED TO MARK ME, AND I ALMOST LET HIM6 Chapter 6 I'M NOT YOURS TO REJECT7 Chapter 7 HE REJECTED ME, I KISSED HIM ANYWAY8 Chapter 8 I LOVED A LIE9 Chapter 9 FROM REJECTION TO ARRANGEMENT10 Chapter 10 CLAIMED BY MIDNIGHT, REJECTED BY MORNING11 Chapter 11 THE LAST GOODBYE12 Chapter 12 I STILL LOVE HIM13 Chapter 13 I LOVE HIM,NOT YOU14 Chapter 14 MY FATHER'S KILLER WEARS MY MATE'S FACE15 Chapter 15 I AM NOT A PRIZE TO BE WON16 Chapter 16 I SAID YES TO HIM, SO I COULD17 Chapter 17 HE DIED,SO DID I18 Chapter 18 HURT,BROKEN,REPEAT19 Chapter 19 DEAR ALPHA!20 Chapter 20 THIS IS NOT LOVE21 Chapter 21 WHAT LUCIAN STOLE22 Chapter 22 THE DREAM THAT FELT TOO REAL23 Chapter 23 THE THINGS WE REFUSE TO SEE24 Chapter 24 THE ROAD I DIDN'T CHOOSE25 Chapter 25 LOVE ACTUALLY, JUST KIDDING,26 Chapter 26 SHADOWS OF BLAME27 Chapter 27 REMNANT OF THE BOND28 Chapter 28 HOW IT ENDED29 Chapter 29 I GAVE BIRTH TO HIS SON30 Chapter 30 THE PETAL THAT BURN31 Chapter 31 MY ARCH NEMESIS32 Chapter 32 GHOST OF THE MOONCREST33 Chapter 33 A SIT AT A TABLE34 Chapter 34 A PLACE TO BELONG35 Chapter 35 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I WAS36 Chapter 36 SOMETHING MUSY HAVE HAPPENED TO MY HEART37 Chapter 37 HOW DO I EXPLAIN THIS 38 Chapter 38 WHY DOES HE LOOK SO.. 39 Chapter 39 HAVE WE MET BEFORE 40 Chapter 40 HIS GAZE SO INTENSE41 Chapter 41 HIS GAZE SO INTENSE42 Chapter 42 DAMN! MY WOLF43 Chapter 43 I HATE THIS ALPHA!44 Chapter 44 CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM45 Chapter 45 THIS ALPHA!46 Chapter 46 NOTHING. JUST ANOTHER DISASTER47 Chapter 47 HE SAID TO CALL HIM RONAN48 Chapter 48 LOST