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281. What Rejection Costs
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2026-06-14 21:36:15
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The Mate They Threw Away 282. Leave and Never Come Back
The walk back to my room felt strange in a way I couldn’t name for the first few minutes then I named it: it felt normal. Ordinary. The hallway was the hallway it had always been. Pack members moved through it on their way to breakfast, to training, to wherever their ordinary mornings were taking them. Some nodded. Some smiled. One of the younger women asked me how I’d slept.I told her fine.They didn’t know yet. The rumors were probably already moving through the pack the way rumors always did, fast and shapeless, picking up detail and distortion in equal measure as they traveled from mouth to mouth. But they hadn’t reached everyone. The morning was still new enough that I could walk through it without the knowledge of what I
The Mate They Threw Away 281. What Rejection Costs
The room emptied slowly. It wasn’t because anyone lingered. Because everyone left me behind, and there is a particular kind of slow to that, the slow of watching people choose to walk away, one after another, until the space they occupied becomes a shape you can still see even after they’ve gone.Selene left first.She didn’t look at me again. One moment she was standing in the doorway with her hands pressed to her mouth, crying so hard her whole frame shook with it. The next, she had turned and disappeared down the hall, and the space where she’d been standing closed over like water.My mother followed immediately, one arm pulling Selene close against her side.Protecting her. Comforting her. Moving like a woman who had just watched her real daughter nearly lose everything.I stood very still and watched them go.My father came last. No final warning. No second look in my direction. No pause at the threshold the way people pause in films when they want you to believe they’re consider
The Mate They Threw Away 280. The Saturn Deal.
Dominic.I could feel her disbelief. I could feel her disgust. I could feel all the negative emotions swirling through her mind. I had expected them all from her.She had no idea who I was. She was going to find out.I needed her to fall in line but I knew that it was pointless to force her. She was too powerful to compel but there were other ways.Three specialist that dealt in skinning witches alive entered the room and carried the frozen witches over their shoulders and left.Sage scoffed and glared at me. I could see the hate in her eyes but I felt nothing because I was used to her coldness. Even though I knew that she hated my guts, I still wanted to fuck her silly.The way we interacted with each other was strange. We had been intimated some moments ago, sharing a bathtub together but now here were both were with her hating me more.“I can’t believe that this is what you do,” she breathed. “If the tip of the iceberg is making you feel this way, then what if you see the whole t
The Mate They Threw Away 279. From the Shadows.
Asher.“Sage Winters has proven to be quite formidable,” Mason Stone said. “Why is she not by your side?”I could barely stand the arrogance in his voice but I knew that he was right. “It is unwise to make her your enemy, given the circumstances.” He added carefully.I should have killed him but I did not want to incur the wrath of Dominic. His uncle got on my nerves.“Sage,” I let her name swirl in my mouth before I continued. “Is not my enemy but I would not say that we were friends either. And I do not think that there is any chance we could ever be given the circumstances.”“I do not know how you do it, but I am certain that you have a way of putting people under your charm.” He stated.He was referring to my Silver Tongue. An ability that Sage had rendered useless whenever I used it. I sighed deeply and looked away from the window. I hated this discussion, I hated Mason Stone and I most especially hated the way his tone was just so condescending.“They know about the cubs,” I t
The Mate They Threw Away 278. The Clashes of Power II.
Sage.I felt so ill at ease by what was happening in my presence. “I am going to believe you are joking, Circe. Surely, you do not mean to kill your own sisters!” I was alarmed as I looked at the magically stuck trio of terrified witches.“They are going to die, Sage, they have to, otherwise, this meeting is pointless.” Circe said with a slight shrug. “These three witches have been against this meeting from the start and they will stop at nothing to make sure this talk goes badly.”I knew she was being honest but there had to be other ways to solve this without anyone having to lose their lives.“What would the Grand Mistress say?” I asked desperately. Circe scoffed at my question and looked at Dominic, who to my utter amazement was calmly observing everything that was going on. “She does not know about what you really do.” “I am afraid so,” Dominic rumbled quietly.The more Dominic and Circe exchanged words, the more confused I became. “Let me enlighten you a little bit, Sage.” C
The Mate They Threw Away 277. The Clashes of Powers.
Sage.The excitement I felt from the gathering of creatures damned near overwhelmed me.I could taste their eagerness. I could feel their thirst for the attention of Dominic. It felt as if he was their long-lost relative who had just returned from a long journey. But most of all, I was even more confused by the taste of relief in the atmosphere. Obviously, all eyes were on us as we walked through them.From the male creatures, I drew a look of curiosity and observation. I knew they were sizing me up, trying to figure out my worth, trying to understand why I was or seemed important to their prodigal prince.Gazes of hatred and jealous followed me as I was led by Dominic through the floor. Those gazes were from the females who were in anutter state of disbelief because I was with their dashing and dangerous prince. I knew that I had already made enemies due to my position but it was what I expected.Classical music thrummed lowly in the background. People parted ways for us as
The Mate They Threw Away 129. Asher’s Trial II.
Asher.She was a beautiful and mature hunt dog. My eyes roamed all over her body and stopped at her big bosoms. She was a piece of sweet and diabetic induci
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Sage.“Save your sympathy, Sage,” Malice said. “It means nothing to me.”I shook my head in awe as I watched him. I could not imagine a crueller fate. Losing a son and then losing the natural ability to transform into a werewolf. Something that was meant to be natural but was no longer natural to
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Asher.I was in a void. I was floating in hot smoke and it burned my th
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Sage.Avoid him at all cost. I thought to myself as I settled down on the soft bed in the east wing of Silver Crest Library. I did not bother asking where Asher was in the building as I did not want to know.I removed my trench coat, my shoes and stripped down to my undies. The silence was sooth
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