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Rael

Author: Aldora
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-23 08:23:14

Rael arrived at midday, no ceremony.

Just a single rider, dark cloak, the careful posture of someone who had spent thirty years reading rooms before entering them.

Darius received him in the war room, it was a smaller group this time.

Me, Darius, Caden, Kael near the door, arms crossed, watching everything with the particular attention he reserved for situations he didn't yet trust.

Rael was older than I expected, grey threading through dark hair, his eyes were sharp and assessing, the kind tha
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  • Rejected by my Alpha, claimed by his mate   Still Water

    The fortress had settled into something resembling ordinary, not fully because nothing about this place would ever be fully ordinary.But the particular tension of imminent war had eased. The borders were quiet, the Resonance hummed its background warmth and people who had been enemies three weeks ago were learning each other's names over shared meals.Ordinary enough, Senna had integrated faster than I expected, and in hindsight I should have wondered about that, but I wasn't looking for reasons to doubt her.Instead I was too busy being glad she existed.She trained with Kael every morning without fail, spent afternoons with Elowen in the vault, ate dinner at the main table like she'd always had a seat there.And every few days she'd knock on my door late, we'd sit together and talk about small things, our mother mostly.Building a shared picture of a woman neither of us had known completely.Mira contributed pieces when asked.Slowly, carefully, the picture filled in.I gave Senna

  • Rejected by my Alpha, claimed by his mate   What Grows In Quiet

    Three days passed without incident, wqhich in this fortress, in this particular stretch of history, felt almost suspicious.Kael said as much at breakfast on the third morning."It's been quiet," he said."Good quiet," Elowen said without looking up from her notes."Quiet quiet," Kael said. "The kind that makes me check corners.""Nothing is coming," Caden said evenly."You sound very certain.""I have people watching every border," Caden said. "Rael included."Kael looked at him."Rael is helping now?""Rael is observing," Caden said carefully. "Which for Rael is practically enthusiastic participation."Darius almost smiled into his cup.I caught it and nobody else did.The quiet was real though, it wasn't suspicious.Room to breathe between one thing and the next.I used it.Senna and I fell into an unexpected rhythm.Mornings in the training ground.She was better than she'd initially shown, holding back the way people do when they're uncertain of their welcome, not wanting to take

  • Rejected by my Alpha, claimed by his mate   The Wrong Conclusion

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  • Rejected by my Alpha, claimed by his mate   Rael

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  • Rejected by my Alpha, claimed by his mate   The Hollow Speaks

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  • Rejected by my Alpha, claimed by his mate   The Canyon Again

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  • Rejected by my Alpha, claimed by his mate   What the Ritual Requires

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