Reborn, I Rejected My Mate

om the memory of the enforcers dragging me away,

ome fresh-faced she wolves, while I wa

al voice whispered in my ear, soft

bles like a wolf's growl. "The old ones grant half a moon's rep

te floors reflected the glow of recessed lights, and a handwritten card propped on a marble cou

usic roared, and the crowd

where Damien and I had

apart by those enforcers, my mate was throwi

re so shameless

my daze, and before I could blink, a pai

en's eyes, blazing wit

verything for, stared at me li

spared me a single thought. I laughed at mys

old back either, their jeers

for? What's this, putting on a show to

en chasing Chloe-other packs? What's next? C

e, but Damien's grip tight

end me right there if he could. Just as my vis

en, st

gasped, sucking in air li

idge, the she-wolf my pack treate

's swee

hat," someo

in, Chloe and Damien would be

she's back, you're clinging like a leech. Samant

them, standing so clos

them apart, and marked my claim on Damien's

d there, a hollow smi

parents who didn't care, bending over b

death no one mourned,

the moment the enfor

aled my dad.

tha, cut the theatrics! Chloe's in the ICU, and you're over here pulling nonsens

ed in my ears, tear

call went

rd ring, his voice tight

imper cut through the line-high, fe

e call d

dial. Aga

elding tone: The number you are

u're the Aldridge pack's golden she-wolf, the mate of Voss'

blood gurgling like a broken fountain down my collarbone. I clawed a

nked, her face softening into tha

over, grabb

ave any idea how many times Mom and Dad shredded their claws pacing the

ned the blame on me, painting me as

to walk away, but Damien caugh

now? Even if you really died,

on the frayed leather cord strung with w

ine thousand steps to the Ironpine Shrine, begging the spirits for his re

ng snapped, wolf teeth scattering across the deck like my heart breaking all over ag

We all saw it-don't go crying to

voice barely a whisper as I stared at t

's face darkened, his eyes narrowing as he

that. Liars don't

y?" he pressed,

I crouched down, gathering the wolf teeth under the

f explaining? Damien

onridge Villa, the manor we'd built w

sleep at his office than set foot in this place, except for th

side. I had to gather up every piece of this life

oke the silence. "Baby, wh

over, my he

en lit up with

ars as memories flooded ba