From Rejected Mate to Three Alphas’ Claim

Thalia's POV The palace had transformed within the past forty-eight hours in preparation for the coronation.​I had desperately tried to banish the memory of the scent I’d detected on Adonis from my mind the second it happened.I must have made a mistake, I told myself repeatedly over the last two days. After all, he’s the future Alpha. He comes into contact with dozens of people every single day during his pack duties, including my best friend. Adonis will never betray me. He couldn't, and Eris was like a sister to me.By the night before the coronation, my anxiety was through the roof. I just needed to see him. Even if it was only for a second, to have him tell me that everything was going to be perfect.So, like a totally hopeless romantic, I decided to sneak into his chambers.The hallway of his wing was quiet, lit only by the dim glow of the wall lights. I slipped past the doors of his anteroom, my heart doing a nervous tap-dance against my ribs as I walked toward his bedroom, a

Thalia's POVThe transition from pack royalty to literal wolfless trash took roughly three seconds. It’s truly amazing how fast your social standing can plummet. One minute you’re prepping your coronation, and the next, you’re being hauled through the dirt.Someone actually spat on me as the guards dragged me away. I didn't even blink. My eyes stayed locked entirely on Adonis at the top of the pulpit steps. Maybe any second now, I’ll wake up, I thought desperately. Eris will be complaining about the zipper of her dress, and this will just be a really horrible dream. But the sky stayed dark, the moon stayed full, and Adonis just watched me get dragged away with the blank, bored expression of a man watching paint dry. When the iron gates of the courtyard finally vanished from view, something inside me broke. I stopped kicking. I stopped fighting. I simply let myself go numb. The guards threw me into a dilapidated storage hut located well outside the main hall, the wooden door slammin

Thalia’s POVIt hadn’t even been up to ten minutes since I was back in the place that was now my new home when the door opened and Caspian barged in.I still had no idea how he always got past the guards stationed at the door. Did he bribe them, or were they just afraid of him?"Thalia, I won't let you ruin this just because you're scared of the past." He reached for me, his eyes burning. It broke my heart to push him away. Caspian had been my only refuge in this nightmare. Even before he had spoken the word mate, I had felt the pull the second he walked through that door twenty-two days ago. Yes, I had been counting. What else was I supposed to do in a place like this? “Here! He ran in here.” Eris’ voice suddenly rang out, urgent and accusing. She burst into the room, followed by five royal guards."See? I told you he’d be in here with her!" she yelled."What are you doing?" I demanded, stepping defensively in front of Caspian. Eris sneered, her perfect pale skin flushing bright

Thalia’s POVThe remaining guards watched in horror as the wolf crushed the head of their leader, who had just tried to slit my throat, leaving the headless body to collapse onto the grass. I desperately tried to crawl backward, but my limbs refused to cooperate. Where could he possibly have come from? He always appeared out of nowhere to save me. He lunged at the next guard. The man tried to run for his life, but the razor-sharp claws tore into the guard's stomach, piercing through flesh and bone like paper.His blood hit the ground while the rest splattered on my legs. I stared, completely spellbound.What the hell was wrong with me? I was supposed to be terrified, to be disgusted by such monstrosity, but I was not. Instead, my body was burning with an unquenchable desire I couldn’t quite explain. Just like two years ago, I felt the pull, the same pull that had my heart racing and had haunted my thoughts for years. I watched as he tore every single one of the guards to shreds,

Thalia’s POV.I woke up to the smell of burning wood. It didn't feel suffocating; instead, the smoke was strangely comforting.My eyes fluttered open, but for the first few seconds all I could see was black. I tried to lift my head but immediately felt a dull ache behind my skull. Where the hell was I? How did I get here?​I turned my head, searching the small space for any pack symbol or mark to identify where I was. There was nothing. The room was completely barren, looking like a corner of some long-abandoned pack territory. I tried to recall the previous night, but I kept seeing flashes and static. The last thing I remembered was being cornered by Adonis’ guards…Adonis’ guards…? The realization jolted me, and I threw myself off the sleeping mat. The sudden movement loosened the bandage wrapped around my head. Wait, bandages? If the last thing I remembered was being at the mercy of his men, that means I was either… Panic flared in my chest. No, no, it couldn't be. There was n