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Chapter 10

Author: Redleaves
With Lyra in custody, Iron Hollow Pack convened a public trial.

The ceremony grounds went silent. From the high seat, Julian opened in a cold voice.

"Lyra Vance. You stand accused of attempting to assassinate the Luna. The evidence is conclusive. Do you confess?"

Lyra was a wreck — but the fight in her eyes hadn't gone out.

She denied everything. "I didn't do it. I didn't do anything!"

She pointed at me through her tears. Her last performance was beginning.

"It's her! Rafaela Vance!"

"She's jeal
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  • The Day I Was Reborn, I Rejected the Alpha   Chapter 10

    With Lyra in custody, Iron Hollow Pack convened a public trial.The ceremony grounds went silent. From the high seat, Julian opened in a cold voice."Lyra Vance. You stand accused of attempting to assassinate the Luna. The evidence is conclusive. Do you confess?"Lyra was a wreck — but the fight in her eyes hadn't gone out.She denied everything. "I didn't do it. I didn't do anything!"She pointed at me through her tears. Her last performance was beginning."It's her! Rafaela Vance!""She's jealous I have the Alpha's love. She set this whole thing up to frame me!"She glanced up at the moon — not yet full — and turned to me with a vicious smile."Do you have proof, Rafaela? Three years ago — or tonight — do you have proof?"I nodded calmly. "I do. Three nights from now, the night of the full moon, I'll show it.""You're lying!"She was screaming. "If you have it, show it now! You don't, do you? You don't have anything!"Whispers ran through the watching crowd."Three days," I said. "Bu

  • The Day I Was Reborn, I Rejected the Alpha   Chapter 9

    I threw myself backward as hard as I could.Eleanor was pulled off-balance by the force, and ended up directly between me and the bolt.The arrow struck.It hit Eleanor square in the back.She screamed once, hit the ground, and started seizing — her body completely out of her control.Wolfsbane. The smell rolled through the air.Julian had been watching from the shadows. He saw all of it.He shifted into wolf form and tore off after the shooter.The shooter had already fled. Only a scent lingered.A cloying, musky perfume Julian knew well.Lyra's.His pupils contracted to pinpoints.The Council and the elite guard had shown up by then. They got the area locked down.One of the elders pulled the bolt out and went pale. "There's a scorpion-tail mark carved into the shaft. The head is custom — three-edged with reverse barbs."He held it up. His hand was shaking. "It's identical — identical — to the bolt that nearly killed Luna Rafaela three years ago."The proof was sitting right there. P

  • The Day I Was Reborn, I Rejected the Alpha   Chapter 8

    At Julian's invitation, I walked back into what used to be my bedroom.It had been put back to the way I liked it. White lilies. The right scent.Julian was standing in the middle of the room, holding the red elixir, anxious.My eyes went to his hand. I almost smiled.His ring finger was bare. He had taken off the mate ring Lyra gave him.He cleared his throat. He started in, full of feeling."Rafaela. These last few days I've thought about it all. The person I love most has always been you. My fated mate.""If you really can't accept Lyra and me — I'll cut her off. Right now."I gave him a small smile. "No. I wish you and Lyra a happy life together."His face crumpled. "Don't say that. I only want you, Rafaela."He was babbling. "I know now — your wolf is too damaged, that's why you've forgotten how it was between us."He stepped forward and pressed the vial into my hand. His eyes were burning."Drink it. Once you're healed, everything goes back to how it was."I took the vial and dra

  • The Day I Was Reborn, I Rejected the Alpha   Chapter 7

    Julian had gone back to his pack — pacing like a caged animal.Lyra hovered at his side, watching him nervously.He turned on her. The doubt he'd been holding back finally broke through."That arrow three years ago. What actually happened?"He paused. Watched her eyes. "Was it you?"Her body stiffened. The tears were instant."Julian — how can you doubt me?"She wept hard. "I've given you everything. I'm carrying your pup —"He gave a short, cold sound. He looked her over. Half believing, half not.She grabbed his sleeve like it was the last thing keeping her alive."If you don't believe me — let me face her. Let me confront my sister!"She choked on the words. "But she's lying. She'll never come back. You have to trust me."He pulled his arm free and started pacing.While he was still tearing himself up, the senior elder came rushing in."Alpha! Word has spread that Luna Rafaela has woken up!"The elder's face was lit up. "The pack is asking for a celebration. The Council has approved

  • The Day I Was Reborn, I Rejected the Alpha   Chapter 6

    The hand held me up.Warmth and strength flowed in through his palm. I straightened up.I turned and saw the line of his jaw — Ethan Stone.Five years.I remembered the snowy night five years ago. He'd looked at me the same way then."Rafaela. I'll wait my whole life for you. If that's not enough, I'll wait the next one too."He'd said it then with a kind of pained, stubborn devotion I hadn't understood.I'd been too full of Julian to see it. I turned him down — gently, but firmly.Now his palm against me felt like my second chance.Julian's eyes narrowed. His voice was low and dangerous. "Who are you?"Ethan ignored him.He pulled me against his chest. His voice was shaking. "I'm late. I'm sorry."A pressure rolled off him at the same time. Massive. Pure Alpha force.It was like sunlight melting snow. Julian's command shattered against it.Both Julian and Lyra flinched. Their bodies trembled at the instinctive level.Ethan let me go. He looked me over carefully — making sure I wasn't

  • The Day I Was Reborn, I Rejected the Alpha   Chapter 5

    The shooter was Lyra.The image distorted and broke apart like a soap bubble.Both of us — Lyra and me — went pale at the same time.I forced the words out. "Why?"Every one of Lyra's fragile, tearful masks fell away at once. What was left was raw, naked envy."Rafaela! Why?! Why are you Julian's fated mate?!""All those years he wouldn't even look at me!""You were unconscious for three years and he was still obsessed with you!"I couldn't even recognize the girl in front of me.She laughed until tears ran down her face. "You know, that arrow was for you.""If you'd died, I could have stepped in. Become the new Luna. Naturally.""Julian came in suddenly. That's why I missed.""I never thought you'd be that stupid. Throwing yourself in front of it."She stared at me. Her teeth were locked together when she said the next part. "Rafaela. I love him."The door creaked open.Julian stepped in carrying a vial of red elixir for healing wolfs. He shook the bottle. "Rafaela, I brought you the

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