After Rejection: Mated to My Alpha Brother

I was carefully frosting my anniversary cake.Yes, today was my first anniversary with my husband, Nigel. But it was 8:30 already, way past our normal dinner time, and Nigel still hadn’t come home yet.It was OK. I kept telling myself.Nigel was simply caught up in his work. He must be. He told me the other day that the alpha of this pack was giving him some serious work.He couldn’t have forgotten about our anniversary day.Actually, in my original plan, I wanted this day to be more special. I hoped that we could have dinner at a fancy restaurant and maybe go to see a movie afterward. Because ever since I married him a year ago, I hadn’t dined out since.But when I subtly hinted to him what I wanted for our anniversary, Nigel threw a huge temper tantrum at me:“Do you know how much it costs to eat at a fancy restaurant? It’s MY fucking money you are throwing away! And you don’t even know how to taste a decent wine! It’s a waste to bring you to those upscale places anyway. Just cut th

Regina’s POVIs she calling me…a tramp?I stare at her unbelievably while holding tears in my eyes.I’ve never been called this way in my entire life! When I was little, my grandpa used to call me “sweet cupcake” and my parents called me “baby angel.” My brother Gray is the only one who called me by my name. But the way he said my name made me felt so much in love.Yet ever since I married Nigel, I was referred by others as “filthy rat” “trash” “little piece of shit” and now… “tramp.”Why did I have to put up with all these humiliations! Was it simply because I loved Nigel?“You—You take it back!” I gritted out, “I don’t like you calling me that…”Angel suddenly burst into laughter, “Are you telling me what to do now? Nigel, are you going to let your wife disrespect me like that?”“Regina!” Nigel snapped glaring at me, “Apologize to Miss Angel right now! She is our Alpha’s daughter. The noblest lady in this pack!”I looked at Angel in a daze and suddenly realized something.This girl

Regina’s POVAn escaped slave?I couldn’t believe my ears.I wasn’t a slave. I was Nigel’s wife!And why did Miss Angel issue my search order anyway? Did Nigel tell her that I left? Did he want me captured?But I hadn’t done anything wrong. I did sneak out of my house, but I was meeting my brother. I would come home tomorrow.Why did they over-react like this?I didn’t dare to breath too loudly nor move around my body. I was afraid that they would notice me here.The group of guards finished with their questioning and moved down the road to continue with their search. I waited in the bush for them to go away and finally came out.This whole thing is so confusing. But I was sure that there was some sort of misunderstanding in this.My top priority now is to meet with my brother and to get the money. And after that, I would explain everything to Nigel. Hopefully he would understand.Those guards were everywhere. So I couldn’t take the main road. Now the only way left to go is to travel

Regina’s POVI covered my mouth with tears forming in my eyes.He said he was going to protect me no matter what and he kept his promise. I was married already and yet he was still defending me in front of the others.But I couldn’t let him do that by himself. I needed to stand by his side.Taking in a deep breath, I raised my hand and knocked on the door.An elderly voice answered, “Come in.”I pushed the door open and carefully stepped into the room.This inner room was very spacious and glamorous. It was designed for the Alpha to review documents and meet with his cabinet members. There was a huge floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the entire castle. And a large map was hung by the wall. With a quick peek, I saw a red circle marking Shadow Valley on the map.There were four people sitting and Gray was the only one standing in front of them with his hands behind his back.Seeing me walk in, he immediately turned to me and frowned, “What are you doing here, Regina? You need to rest.

Regina’s POVThe words “Shadow Valley” made me sway on my spot.What were people from Shadow Valley doing here? Did Nigel send them? Were they here to capture me back?But they couldn’t. Nigel didn’t know anything about who I really was. Unless…Unless he had found that out?“Regina.”A large hand grabbed my shoulder and helped me regain my balance.Gray looked down at me with a serious look on his face, “Don’t worry. Nobody can force you to do anything. You are home.”I stared back at him in a daze and gradually breathed out.He was right. This was Ever Moon Pack. Gray was the Alpha here. No one could force me to do anything I didn’t like.“You should go back to your room and have some rests,” Gray gently pushed a lock of hair out of my face and smiled. “How about we meet again for dinner?”I clenched my fists plucking up my courage and said, “No. I…I want to come with you.”“To meet the messenger from Shadow Valley?” Gray frowned, “I don’t think you will like what that person have go