Rejecting My Alpha Mate

As if afraid I wouldn't believe him, Liam Morgan added, "It really was an accident. I was drugged. When I woke up, I was already in bed with Lily."She's your sister, after all. For your sake, I should take responsibility for her—make it up to her."Beside him, Lily dabbed at her eyes, sobbing softly. "Tania, please don't make things hard for Liam. If there's anyone to blame, blame me…"I didn't respond.The wolfsbane toxin was spreading again. A sharp, pulsing ache throbbed at my temples, growing clearer in the dead silence. I turned and walked into the guest bedroom, shutting the door behind me and locking all that ugliness on the other side.In the middle of the night, I drifted awake.Lustful, broken sounds seeped into my ears.If the first time could be blamed on drugs, then what was this—now, in the dead of night? Impulse?"…Liam." Lily's voice came between gasps. "Aren't you afraid Tania will wake up and see us?""She won't know." Liam's breathing was heavy, his tone ca

After an unknown stretch of time, footsteps echoed through the forest, drawing nearer.Liam pushed through the undergrowth. Moonlight revealed the panic that hadn't yet faded from his face, mingled with the wild relief of finding what he'd thought lost. He lunged toward me."Tania! Are you okay? Where are you hurt?!"He reached out to examine me, trying to confirm I was unharmed.Before his hands could touch me, I raised my arm and stopped him.I didn't respond. I turned away and walked alone toward the pack's hospital.After my wounds were treated, I returned to the house—so empty it felt suffocating—and packed the few belongings I had left.Just as I zipped my suitcase shut, the door burst open. Liam strode in and demanded without preamble, "You blocked our mind link? Why can't I sense you anymore?"So he'd finally noticed. I had done that long ago, of my own accord."Liam," I said, looking him in the eye. "Let's sever our mate bond.""Why?" He stepped forward instinctively

My father held me in his arms and carried me out of the Fallen Blood Pack territory.As we left, there was absolute silence. Every member of the Fallen Blood Pack lowered their heads—no one dared step forward to stop us.After returning to the Moruna Pack, my father personally tended to my wounds.When he finally saw the injuries on my body, his fingers trembled visibly, and his eyes reddened in an instant."My poor daughter," his voice was hoarse, "you suffered so much in the Fallen Blood Pack. Why didn't you tell me?"This Alpha—who had spent his entire life as a fierce warrior and never once shown weakness—was crying in front of me.I lowered my lashes and didn't answer right away.Back when I had insisted on being with Liam, my father had actually opposed it. He said that a cross-pack union was never just about two people. Once I entered another pack's territory, there would inevitably be places he couldn't watch over, couldn't intervene in.He was afraid I would be wronged

Liam lingered outside the Moruna Pack territory for a long time, yet never once found a chance to see me again.The barriers were tightly sealed. The patrol guards watched him with cold eyes. He didn't even have the right to step closer.Left with no choice, Liam could only retreat in humiliation and return alone to the Fallen Blood Pack.The moment he arrived, Lily rushed toward him eagerly, her tone intimate and clinging."Liam, where have you been these past few days? Ever since you were gone, I missed you so much I was going crazy."Liam lowered his gaze to look at her.That face—once capable of softening his heart and winning his blind trust—now looked nothing but glaringly false.Lily clearly didn't know yet that he had already uncovered everything she had done.The instant the evidence had been laid before him, Liam felt his heart collapse bit by bit, as though all flesh and blood had been hollowed out, leaving behind only a cold, empty shell.Where had he been when Tan