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Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Smile
Chapter 107: His Eyes Only Saw Me(Sophia's POV)I felt the tension in the air as Damon and I were sitting in our room. It had been weeks since all the drama with Cara went down. The tension was gone now, though, and it gave me hope. Damon, my mate, was now sitting next to me, and I didn't feel lost anymore. It had been hard—so hard to even think of what we’d been through. But now, in this moment, it felt like everything was going to be okay.I rested my head on his shoulder while we conversed in whispers, sharing little smiles and soft giggles. I had missed this. I had missed him. The manner in which he set everything right. When he was with me, it was like nothing else mattered. No one else. Just him and I.And then we heard it—a screeching scream that coursed through the house. My heart jumped."Did you hear that?" I looked up at Damon, but I didn't have to get out the rest of the sentence. He was already on his feet, his face hardening with alarm. He moved quickly towards the door
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-17Rejected By One, Claimed By Another The New Born Baby
Chapter 108 The New Born BabyCara's screams echoed through the pack house. They were shrill—keen—hurtful. But they weren't merely the screams of a woman in labor. They were desperate screams. She wasn't merely giving birth to a baby. She was giving birth to a plan. A deception.The pack doctor was already with her. So were two nurses. I had called them when I had found her in her bed earlier, soaked in blood and pain. I couldn't leave her, not even if I wished to.Even if she hated me… even if she wished to kill me.Damon stood by me, silently. Arms crossed, jaw clenched. He'd hardly said anything since we'd gotten there. Only the soft kiss on my cheek as he came in, as if the soft words in my ear had required no words at all: You're the one I chose."She's going to push," the doctor yelled out beyond the open door.We heard it all. The groans. The screams. The nurses' cries, "Breathe." I swallowed hard, my chest strained.And then—The shriek of a newborn baby pierced the clinic.I
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-18Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Never Lies
Chapter Title: Blood Never Lies(Liam's POV)I didn't tell anyone that I was going.Not Sophia.Not Damon.Not even Cara.I needed to see it for myself. I needed to feel it.Something inside me couldn't rest.Since the time Cara informed me that she was pregnant, my mind hadn't been at peace. At first, she told me it was mine. She begged me to claim it. She cried. She vowed it was the truth. But later, she changed her story—suddenly it was Damon's baby.That's when I realized something was wrong.My wolf didn't trust her.My heart didn't trust her.But nevertheless…What if?What if that child was mine?I needed to know. I needed to see the truth with my own eyes.So I set out from my pack early that morning, before sunrise.I told no one.Not even my father.I crept quietly through the woods. The wind was cold, and the moon still hung low. Each step I took echoed my heartbeat louder. My wolf was restless. He wouldn't settle down inside me. His growl was low, warning, angry.We were c
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-19Rejected By One, Claimed By Another The Secret Between Us
Chapter Title: The Secret Between Us(Sophia's POV)The moon was at its peak, a quiet witness in the starry night, casting silver shadows over the serene packhouse. Everything around me was still. No laughter. No footsteps. No voices.Only silence.But my heart refused to be quiet.I sat on the edge of the couch, my fingers clenched tightly on the warm mug before me. I hadn't even taken a sip of the tea. It was way past cold. My own thoughts were too loud, too crushing.Cara's words echoed inside my head."He's the father."When she'd said it. something inside of me broke. Like ice breaking under pressure.She lied. Blatantly. Bold.And nobody ever questioned her. Not for an instant.I closed my eyes for a second, attempting to calm the hurricane in my head. But seeing her there, holding the baby, with all the people gathered around her like she was some helpless damsel—it burned itself into my mind. She used that smug expression as a mask, but I could see past it.She was hiding some
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-19Rejected By One, Claimed By Another I gave him a child
Chapter Title: You May Be His Mate, But I Gave Him a Child(Cara's POV)I stood in the hall and observed Sophia.She was standing by the window, looking out like some tranquil queen. Peaceful. Arrogant. Like she owned the universe.But she didn't.She wore Damon's mark, yes.But I carried Damon's baby.That was something.That had to be something.I clenched my fingers in the hem of my dress. I couldn't contain the anger any longer. I had been silent long enough.I walked into the room, slow and methodical. She didn't turn at first, but she sensed I was standing there. I could feel the tension rising like smoke.I closed the door quietly behind me.Then I spoke it."You can be his mate," I told her, my voice gentle but pointed, "but I gave him a child."She slowly turned to face me, her gaze icy."I heard you the first time you lied," she spat. "Why do you keep repeating it?"I smiled, but it was cold. "Because it's true. And even if it's not, it doesn't matter anymore."She crossed h
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-20Rejected By One, Claimed By Another His Mothers Decision
Chapter Name: His Mother's Decision(Sophia's PO)The sun wasn't beyond the horizon as early as my ear caught a sound of car passing into packhouse driveway.I was still in the kitchen, warming my hands around a cup of tea, when the front door opened.I turned—and there she was.Damon's mother.Tall. Muscular. Her grey hair worn in a tight bun. Her eyes piercing like daggers. She walked in like she owned the place.She did not smile. She did not look at me.She walked straight past me like I wasn't standing there."Where is she?" she demanded of someone in the corridor. "Where's the woman who got my son pregnant?"I didn't move.My hand on the cup clinched. My heart pounded.No one replied, but I already knew where she was going.To Cara's room.I followed her behind, each pace a more reluctant one than the previous one.I stopped at the door. It was open by a fraction. I peered in.Cara sat on the bed, baby in her arms, exhausted but beautiful. And when she spotted Damon's mother, sh
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-20Rejected By One, Claimed By Another The Breaking Point
Chapter One hundred and Three : The Breaking Point(Sophia’s POV)I had never felt so small in my life. My heart was heavy, every beat a reminder of how much I had tried to fight for us—for Damon—and how everything seemed to slip through my fingers. I stood there, my mind racing, my hands shaking. Damon’s mother had just thrown me out of the packhouse, and Damon… Damon hadn’t said a word to stop her.I didn’t even know how I ended up in the hallway. I had tried to be strong, to be the mate Damon needed, but nothing felt real anymore. The bond we shared… it felt so distant now.Tears blurred my vision as I walked down the hall, the walls feeling like they were closing in on me. I needed air. I needed to escape this suffocating place, to leave before I lost myself entirely.I heard footsteps behind me. I didn’t have to look to know it was him. Damon.He called my name, his voice thick with regret. “Sophia, wait.”I kept walking, not trusting myself to speak. If I opened my mouth, I fear
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-21Rejected By One, Claimed By Another She’s not Mine
Chapter Title: I Said She’s Not Mine(Damon’s POV)I shifted the moment I stepped out of the room. My claws dug into the wall, and my wolf growled inside me, loud and clear.She’s gone. Sophia is gone.And I let this happen.I had blood in my eyes as I stormed through the hallway. Every step I took echoed like thunder. Servants moved out of the way. No one dared stop me.I didn’t slow down. Not until I reached the heart of the pack house.And there she was.Cara.Sitting on the couch like she owned the damn place. Holding that child in her arms like some trophy. My mother beside her, smiling and touching the baby’s hair like she was proud.Proud of a lie.Proud of betrayal.I stood there, watching them for one long second. My chest rose and fell with every breath, but it wasn’t enough to calm me.My wolf was clawing under my skin. Furious.“You look angry,” Cara said sweetly, standing up with the child still in her arms. “Is everything okay?”“Where’s Sophia?” my mother asked next, fr
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-22
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Rejected By One, Claimed By Another A Mother’s Heart
Chapter 164A Mother's HeartSophia's POVThe house was quiet.Too quiet.I sat at the window, my fingers clasped around a hot cup of tea. Damon had gone off to do a patrol of the pack. He'd return soon, he said. But my mind… my heart… it was not at peace.No amount of trying could keep out my thoughts of the baby.Cara's baby.A small, innocent child who hadn't wanted to be born into all this ugliness. A baby who didn't know about betrayal, or lying, or pain. A small life, less than six months old.My heart ached.I was supposed to be angry. I was supposed to despise Cara. She enticed me. She left me there in that darkness. She didn't care if I lived or died.But every time I recalled that child… I recalled those little fingers… that tender face…Tears filled my eyes.It wasn't the baby's fault.I stood up and walked cautiously towards Damon's study. I sat on his chair and bunched my fingers on the desk.That baby was outside. And even if I did not know what would occur next… I wanted
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another plan Revealed
Chapter 163 The Day I Lost EverythingCara's POVI walked into the pack big room with a smile on my face.The big room were quiet, too quiet.I assumed Damon was in a meeting. Maybe sleeping.So I made my way straight to the living room.But then—I froze.My heart almost jumped out of my chest.I saw her.Sophia.Sitting on the couch beside Damon.Her body was weak, but her eyes… they were sharp. Alive.She wasn't supposed to be here.She was supposed to be incarcerated."No…" I whispered.Sophia turned her head slowly.Our eyes met.My breath caught in my throat.I was immobile. I couldn't move. I couldn't speak.She stood up."How are you…?" I stuttered, stepping back."I thought—""Leave," she said.One word, but it hurt."Please…" I whispered. "Please, Sophia… I didn't mean to hurt you. I was angry. I—I felt betrayed. I felt invisible."Her eyes didn't change. She just continued staring at me like I was nothing.Like I never mattered.I dropped to my knees."Please… for the sake
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Cara Deceit Failed
Chapter 162: Cara Deceit Failed Damon’s POVI held Sophia tightly in my arms as I walked into the pack house.My chest still burned with anger. My heart still beat very fastBut all I could think of was her—how small she felt, how cold her skin was, how tired her eyes looked.I kicked open the door to my private quarters. The maids rushed forward, shocked to see her like this. I said nothing.No one needed to speak. They saw it on my face. They saw the danger in my silence.“Leave,” I told them.And they left.I laid Sophia gently on the bed, still holding her hand. Her lips were dry. Her eyes were barely open. She had been through hell, andg she still didn’t complain“You’re home,” I whispered. “You’re safe now, Sophia. I’m here.”She didn’t say anything. She just blinked slowly, like she was still trying to believe it.I stood up and ran to the bathroom.I filled the tub with warm water and laid out soft towels.Then I came back, picked her up again, and carried her to the bathroom
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Free From Her Captive
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-OneFree From Her CaptiveSophia's POVI sat on the filthy, cold floor of the empty building, my knees up to my chest, my arms wrapped tightly around them. My whole body ached—my legs, my back, my shoulders. Everything hurt. My head throbbed from the slap Cara had given me. My lips were parched, my belly grumbled, but I couldn't eat. I just couldn't. Not when my heart was filled with so much fear.I was tired. Tired of crying. Tired of waiting.But still. I waited.For him.Damon.Please, Damon. come.I couldn't help but replay that moment when Caleb finally handed me his phone and said, "Text him. Tell him where you are. He'll come for you."I had stared at the phone like it was a gift from heaven. I typed the message with shaky hands. And now. I waited. Again.Each sound outside made me jump. Each creak of wood. Each sigh of wind. My eyes would flicker to the door, hoping… praying… but nothing. Just shadows and silence.Caleb stood at the broken window,
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another I Know You're Lying
Chapter One Hundred and SixtyI Know You're LyingDamon's POVI sat myself on the bedside.Staring at my phone.So many thoughts in my head. I did not eat. I did not sleep. I had not even showered. I kept waiting for a call, a text. something.It did.My phone lit up. A text was sent.From Sophia.My fingers shook as I held the phone. My heart was pounding."Damon, I'm in an old building by the river beside the nearby pack, Come. Don't tell Cara I sent this. I'm fine but scared. I need you."I stood there, I couldn’t believe it.I couldn't believe it. My chest expanded and contracted quickly. My eyes scanned the words over and over.She's alive.Sophia is alive.But… trapped?And she asked me not to tell Cara.Why?I sprang up in a flash, prepared to dash out of the room. I had to reach her. I didn't have a moment to spare.But then—The door creaked open.Cara stood in the doorway.She was smiling.Her hair was tucked neatly back, her dress perfect as ever. But I saw nothing but dark
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Glimmer
Chapter 159 – A Glimmer of HopeSophia's POVThe walls that closed in around me were damp, cold, and cracked. I was on the floor in the corner of the empty room, my arms sore from having them tied behind my back for so long. My ankles were scraped and bruised. The ground was hard. The air smelled of dust, mold, and old paint. It was the kind of place you leave people to be forgotten.But I wasn't forgotten.Not yet.I hadn't eaten for a day—maybe two days. My lips were dry. My stomach growled in pain, not just hunger. But I didn't eat the food they'd brought before. I couldn't. Every bite would be like giving up. And I wasn't ready to quit.Suddenly, the door opened again.I looked up, expecting Cara to enter and taunt me for my misery. But it wasn't her.It was Caleb.He entered quietly, holding a small tray. On it was a piece of bread, a small bowl of scrambled eggs, and a bottle of water. He set it down quietly next to me, kneeling to my level."You have to eat," he said softly.I
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Trapped In Deception
Chapter 158 – Trapped in DeceptionDamon's POVThe air was thick in my study. Tension-charged. A burning heat radiated in my chest from a pain that had no reason behind it. A mixture of anger, fear, and confusion.Sophia was nowhere to be found.I had attempted. Texted. Waited.Nothing.She always kept her word. Always told me where she was going to be.But now… nothing.Lucas sat across from me, his hands flying quickly across the tablet screen. He had been quiet the last few minutes, trying to track Cara's phone. The guards we'd sent had lost Sophia. And now Cara too.I did not want to think it. I did not want to believe that Cara was involved. But every fiber of my being was screaming otherwise."Any signal?" I asked, my throat scratchy."Not yet," said Lucas. "Just another second or two. If she's got her phone on, we'll pinpoint it."Before he could finish speaking, the study door creaked open.I raised my head hastily.And there she was.Cara.Craddling the baby in her arms.My h
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Suspect
Chapter one hundred and fifty seven Suspect Damon's POVI waited in the study, staring at the clock.More than when she was supposed to call. I had told her to message me or call me the moment she arrived at the location Alec Davis had given her. She promised she would. I believed her. I believed she would keep herself safe.Too long. Too silence now.I picked up my phone and dialed her again.It rang once.And then twice.And then went to voicemail.I stared at the screen, my heart pounding. I tried a third time. Still nothing.A thunderous knock on the door caused me to look up."Come in," I said, attempting to sound calm.Lucas came in, holding a small tablet. I could tell from his face that something was wrong."We've got a problem, Alpha," he told me. "The guards we sent to tail Sophia… they lost her."My heart sank."Lost her?" I repeated, my voice even.What does that even mean?."She went into the building," he explained. "But she never came out. The guards stayed, maybe thi
Rejected By One, Claimed By Another Trapped By Cara
Chapter 156 : Trapped By CaraThe streets were deserted as I walked to the destination I had been sent. It was an old street, near the town center, yet still deserted enough to make me get a bit apprehensive. I held my phone tight.And then suddenly—A heavy sound behind me.Before I could even turn, someone grabbed me hard from behind. A fist closed over my mouth. I struggled, kicked, screamed — but the rag over my mouth muffled my cry.I was pulled back, through an alley. My heart thudded so violently I thought it would burst.I caught sight of the shape of a broken-down, falling building — the windows broken, the walls cracked. My gut wrenched.They shoved me in.The air was thick with dust and mold. I was tied at the wrists. My mouth was open, my throat dry."W-What's going on?" I gasped. "Let me go!"And then I saw her.Cara.She stepped out of the darkness as if catwalking down a catwalk. Unfazed. Unapologetic. Evil.Caleb was behind her. He turned his head aside when I tried to
