The Alpha King Hexed Bride

Rejected Become

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o the house smiling brightly as the pack members greeted

back the memories that I'd long

ry familiar face that passed by. I kept my head low, a small smile tugging at my lips as the memories threatened to spill over. It was sur

hispered, squeezing my hand. "You're h

an never change. I thou

rlic, and herbs hit me like a nostalgic punch in the gut. The other side was filled with tasty looking meals with cupcakes,

sing my hand to bustle toward the stove. "What

f someone preparing for war. A heaping pile of mashed potatoes, grilled chicken,

she o

-" I trie

, Be

sa

aping the maternal wrath. You look like you

ilty as charged. But you should see my p

t him next. "Eat. An

, then gri

? You're the best friend who doubles as

ped. "She

at

cooked meal in months. Probably because he hadn't. I watched the sce

" Mom said, passing me a glass of lemonade.

words kept echoing in my head:

efully. My hands were tr

tchen door creaked open, an

lves dragged in,"

ame teasing sparkle in his eyes. I stood, barely managing to smile

this scrawny now. You used to

I swear to Luna

's the Bec

reserved. His presence was grounding,

ce rougher than I remem

his middle. He didn't say much, but he hu

my hair. "The Alpha Kin

feet suddenly weigh

dded with a look I couldn't decip

he gave me a small

ars, and my mind spun with a million half-formed thoughts. Wh

e stone path like gold dust. The air was thick with floral scent-roses, lavender, and the faint aroma

g beneath the arch

and made me unable to fall in

ller than I last saw him, and a little more built like someone who didn't need to speak to be ob

oat. Something primal and

whispered th

, not this

aving mine. My father and Sebastian st

was trying to memorize

simplest truth in the world. "And I would

wayed slightly, unsure whe

ha

"I've waited for this moment. And now that I

run or slap him across the face because I

ejecting me four years ago? Does he think th

inally ch