His Rejected Mate, His Secret Queen

ope and betrayal. Since I was ten, I had anti

years tall and a common ome

g. For the first time, the wolf in me stirred. I shifted, and immediately I fel

ticipation, so I ran towards him

top of my voice. You f

oking confused, like he didn't

d me with a commandi

n, you're my mate Evan.

ing, and you are not my

aid, breathless and heartbroken.

he said. This time so loudly that everyone around us could h

ong the pack gathering which w

gh the mark that had appeared the moment my wolf stirred.

ow...

?" I whispered, my v

nner. "What else do you want

line. The only person fit to be my mate is Clarissa Vain.

her sleek golden hair catching the moonlight like a goddess descending from

orry really. "You really thought y

right." The bond, I felt it a

ou felt was your desperation, not fate.

lasphemy. Even daring to question the moon goddess during

he pack were beginning to make mockery of me. S

imagine

e soft glow on my s

s mark doe

hen..

like my soul w

The same earth I'd dreamed of dancing on beside my

ed the bond," s

he probably did some spe

er be chosen. Evan deserv

aggers, each one diggin

shaking. "Moon goddess, I whispered i

fated mates were revealed under the goddess's light. I had trained for this moment, ho

ifting, the connection and th

I wasn't some random w

o

d a h

ly, still on my knees. "

serious, Lila. And you ne

" She'd already embarrassed herself in front of

-low, cruel, echoing ar

too strong for me to say. "I didn't want it to be you-but

he said, his voice low but firm. A

gn

none

t, my legs trembling

l," I said, my voice crac

dn't

roat. I turned around and pushed through the crowd, not cari

run, far away f

tearing at the same time. My feet poun

didn't

ldn't

did, I knew the pain

my palms on the rough dirt. My breath started t

, but I couldn't de

ach. A sharp pain twisted thro

I leaned against a tree

whispered. "Moon goddess

o dizzy

remembered, just like a flash, I remember

hs ago. I could remember vividly the hunger I sensed in his ki

burying his face in my neck. "Ev

self, everything he h

sted again, ha

used and didn't know how to help myself, curled in

the rejection and shame

m

can'

moon goddess again," don't

the last thin