The Alpha's Rejected and Reborn Mate

rotector since I was a child, was holdin

at the pack house, she glided up the stai

celet, intricately wo

It burns our skin, seeps into ou

he bottom of the stairs, laced with the undeniabl

around my will, forc

ur future Luna," he

up my arm. I looked from the searing silver on my wrist to Alaric's

tion for me; he had forgotten the

. The silver thorn on my wrist was a constant, a

pte

ra

decided to give up on my mat

lay in a heap on the cold tile floor. I stared at my reflection, at the girl with a s

the disposable phone. It was a number I had memorized but n

lm voice, laced with an authority that felt both

fragile whisper. "F

the other end. "Elara? My li

e me threatened to break. "I need to come ho

us. "You told me you wanted to stay," he said gently, but I could hear the con

he words out, each one a fresh tear in my soul.

oss the miles. "I see. He finally broke my little girl's heart. Don't you w

d, my voice thick

alked through the silent pack house, my footsteps echoing in

was a patrol optimization plan I'd spent weeks developing for the

the dark wood of the door

nt

that used to be my comfort, was now just

th the sheer force of his Alpha presence. He was power incarnate, h

small. "I finished the patr

-link. The mind-link was a sacred connection between pack members, a silent way to communicate thoughts and feelings. Alphas could

th that bled from his concentration. It wa

who he was

eant for me, but impossible to ignore. "The ceremony will ha

the air from my lungs. My chest tighten

er wolf pups who were taunting me for being a motherless Omega. Alaric, only a teenager himself, had thrown

carved from a moonstone that glowed in the dark. H

ness, that unique gentlene

e recognition was instantaneous and overwhelming. His scent-a heady mix of pine after a rainstorm and something wild, like oz

had confessed what I fe

terrifying power of an Alpha's Command. "You are an Omega," he'd roared, the force of his w

that had shattered my soul. The w

d, reject you, Elar

his study, watching him plan his life with another woman, I knew what I had to do. I had

aced the folder on the corner of his desk and backed out of the room, closin