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Chapter 9: The Weight of Being Watched

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I didn’t go back to the guest room right away.

Instead, I walked the long way through the quieter parts of the house, letting my boots carry me without a clear destination. The rejected bond had settled into a low, constant throb, not sharp enough to double me over, but present enough that I couldn’t forget it for even a minute. It sat behind my ribs like a second heartbeat that didn’t belong to me.

Every wolf I passed looked at me.

Some tried to be subtle about it. Others didn’t bother. A pair
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  • REJECTED BY MY MATE, CLAIMED BY HIS BROTHER    Chapter 12: What the Patrol Brought Back

    The door closed behind Ronan, and the room felt suddenly larger and smaller at the same time.Kael remained where he stood, the tension in his shoulders not fully easing even after his brother left. I could still feel the residual pull of the bond between us, a low, restless ache that refused to settle. Outside the door, hurried footsteps faded down the hallway. Whatever the eastern patrol had brought back was serious enough to pull Ronan away mid-conversation.I exhaled slowly and leaned my hip against the edge of the desk.“You should sit,” I said.Kael gave a weak, almost self-mocking huff. “You’re the second person to tell me that today.”“Then maybe listen.”He didn’t sit. Instead he moved closer to the window, bracing one hand against the frame as if the wood could keep him upright. Sunlight cut across his face and made the shadows under his eyes look deeper. The curse was visible on him in a way it hadn’t been the first night, a quiet, relentless erosion.“He’s not wrong about

  • REJECTED BY MY MATE, CLAIMED BY HIS BROTHER    Chapter 11: Three Shadows in One Room

    The door closed behind Ronan with a soft, decisive click.For a moment no one spoke. The guest room, which had felt spacious only minutes earlier, now seemed too small to hold the three of us and the history that came with us. The air grew heavier, charged with the conflicting scents of two Alphas and the restless energy of a damaged bond that didn’t know which direction to pull.Kael was still standing near the center of the room, shoulders tight, golden eyes locked on his brother. I remained closer to the window, arms at my sides, refusing to look cornered even though every instinct in my body had gone sharp and alert. Ronan didn’t move far from the door. He simply stood there, calm and still, silver eyes taking in the scene with quiet calculation.“You left your room,” Ronan said to Kael. His voice was even, but there was steel under it. “After what happened this morning.”Kael’s jaw flexed. “I needed to talk to her.”“And you decided the best way to do that was to drag the bond ba

  • REJECTED BY MY MATE, CLAIMED BY HIS BROTHER    Chapter 10: The Door Between Us

    I didn’t move at first. Kael’s voice on the other side of the door had frozen something in my chest. The rejected bond reacted instantly, a low, painful pull that made my breath catch. I remained sitting on the floor with my back against the wood, staring at the opposite wall, while the silence stretched. Another soft knock came. Not demanding. Almost careful. “Seren,” he said again. My name sounded rough in his throat, like it had scraped its way out. “I know you’re there.” I closed my eyes. Part of me wanted to stay silent until he left. A larger part of me knew that avoiding him would only delay something inevitable. I had come back for answers. Hiding from the man at the center of those answers was cowardice, and I had already spent enough years running. I stood. My hand hovered over the lock for a second before I turned it and opened the door. Kael stood in the hallway, one shoulder braced lightly against the opposite wall as if he needed the support. He looked worse than

  • REJECTED BY MY MATE, CLAIMED BY HIS BROTHER    Chapter 9: The Weight of Being Watched

    I didn’t go back to the guest room right away.Instead, I walked the long way through the quieter parts of the house, letting my boots carry me without a clear destination. The rejected bond had settled into a low, constant throb, not sharp enough to double me over, but present enough that I couldn’t forget it for even a minute. It sat behind my ribs like a second heartbeat that didn’t belong to me.Every wolf I passed looked at me.Some tried to be subtle about it. Others didn’t bother. A pair of younger pack members near the library entrance went silent when I walked by. An older woman carrying linens paused mid-step and openly studied my face, as if trying to match me to the broken girl who had left three years ago. I kept my expression neutral and my chin level. Let them look. Let them wonder. I had survived worse than curiosity.Still, the weight of their attention pressed against my skin.I ended up in the old training yard behind the east wing. The space was empty at this hour.

  • REJECTED BY MY MATE, CLAIMED BY HIS BROTHER    Chapter 8: The Quiet After the Breaking

    The hallway felt too narrow.I walked without knowing exactly where I was going, only that I needed distance from the door Ronan had just closed. My pulse still hammered in my throat. The rejected bond throbbed with a dull, nauseating rhythm, like a bruise being pressed over and over. Every few steps I had to force air into my lungs slowly, carefully, the way I had taught myself years ago when the pain of the rejection used to wake me in the middle of the night.Ronan followed. He didn’t speak at first. His presence stayed a few measured paces behind me, close enough that I could feel him, far enough that it didn’t feel like he was herding me. The control in that distance made my jaw tighten.I stopped near a tall window at the end of the corridor and braced one hand against the cool stone sill. Outside, the morning light had sharpened. The forest beyond the estate looked deceptively peaceful. Sunlight moved through the high branches in soft gold fragments. It felt wrong that the worl

  • REJECTED BY MY MATE, CLAIMED BY HIS BROTHER    Chapter 7: The Sound That Broke the Silence

    The roar tore through the house like something being ripped open.I felt it in my teeth. In the hollow of my chest. In the old, rejected bond that suddenly clenched so hard I lost my breath mid-step. The pain was white and sharp, blooming behind my ribs as if someone had driven a heated blade between them and twisted. My hand flew to the wall for balance. The wood was cool under my palm. Solid. Real. Everything else felt like it was tilting.Ronan was already ahead of me, taking the stairs three at a time. I forced my legs to move. My boots struck the steps hard. The air in the stairwell felt thicker, charged with the metallic taste of panic and the heavy, unmistakable scent of an Alpha in distress. My wolf surged forward so violently I had to grit my teeth to keep her from ripping control away from me.*Kael.*I hated that his name still came first.The closer we got, the worse it became. The bond wasn’t just aching now, it was screaming. Every pulse of it carried echoes of heat and

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