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Once Rejected Then Desired

Chapter 3 ALMOST HIS, BUT NOT YET

Word Count: 1047    |    Released on: 04/07/2025

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t scen

prop

most. It's like his wolf

w and wary, whenever he's near, even if "near" is only fl

I should be able t

c I've learned to keep buried. Glamours and suppressants, subtle tricks passed from my m

feel like I'm

y shoulder blades when I walk home after closing, a flicker o

ike a ghost. I tell myself it's nothing. Just nerve

lf isn't

ther is

kwork. Like he's not just watching over me, but w

the cheesy kind but when he does,

e back, sleeves rolled up and that inf

der my arm, "you only offer to help when y

rowding close as I set the last box down

t to smile. "That line won

it'd get me so

, the thrum in my chest that's got nothing to do with nerves. My wolf paces beh

one in?" he asks

ath, and we'll be touching. Another, and I'll

I shove him. Not hard. Ju

, hands raised in surre

be. My fingers tremble slightly w

mean to-"

head. "It

lf," he says

but I don't need

a half-grin, softer this time. "Gu

real bite. He nods once, looking more serious now. "I j

still

now anything

olf's pacing constantly because she's

cia

you're

s through my ch

I admit, barely audible. "Not

tens. "What pack

left after the funeral. Couldn't s

g for a moment. Then:

ild it to be neutral ground. No more

in, this time keeping t

nt solitude," he murmurs.

ch. "C

hored. Marked. Someone st

er. "I don't

rence. Marks bind wolves emotionally, but no

rea

ou think anyone else feels wh

s in from the front, apron askew

llow

ar noise. No vampires fig

. No promises. Just that ever-present intensity

***

th I always take. Moon high. Streets empty. That same itch craw

. Wolves. Young. Aggressive. Reeking of swea

st

s ask

en," one growls. "Your fathe

inside me. I

ng g

rus

renaline screaming in my veins. I fight hard. Dirt

see it. A silver-laced net, old school and letha

th

d gra

. So

too

t burns. My knees buckle. I

he haze of pa

na

try to speak. Ask why. Demand answers. But the world's already going dark.

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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