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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Rejected Silent Lone Wolf: Kabanata 161 - Kabanata 170

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Ella's POV"How is he?" I asked as the men came back inside from going to visit Kenneth in the dungeon.That seemed to be the new greeting we give anytime someone comes inside ever since Kenneth had been captured during the war. I would have laughed at how bizarre our new line of greeting was if I hadn't seen the looks on the men's faces. They looked partly gloomy and relieved. Kevin looked like he had just lost ten pounds within the minutes he stepped out of the house earlier till now."What is the problem?" Caleb asked. "You all look like someone is dead but you are all complete. Three of you left and three of you came back so I don't see what the problem is."I sighed at Caleb's question, glad that someone had noticed what I had. I couldn't help wondering what the problem was but I wasn't left to imagine for long.The three of them sighed, a heavy sigh that made me worry more but it was Damien that finally spoke and broke the silence."Kenneth is dead.""What?" We all perked up and

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Zalen's POVThe alpha would probably be dead now. I cried as I ran off towards... I didn't even know where I was going but I knew I had to go somewhere far away from where I was, far away from where the alpha had been captured and I had betrayed him by running away from his enemies.I had always prided myself on being his most loyal subject if not one of his most loyal subjects but I couldn't believe that I had just ran away from him to save myself. I had just—hours ago to be exact—picked my survival over my loyalty.I was a traitor. A real disappointment to my master and I hated myself for what I had done. I couldn't stop hating myself."Master!" I cried, falling down on my knees and sobbing hard.I thought of making it up to the master. I wondered what it was that I could do. What if I go back to save him?I hissed at the thought as it came into my mind. That was a foolish idea and a suicide mission. They would have killed the master by now and I would only end up getting killed if

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Luke's POVI was mad. I hissed as I stormed out of father's chambers. This was the fourth time in a week that he would get me mad. Why couldn't he stop worrying about Caleb and asking me about him? He wasn't my responsibility and why did I need to care about him?I had far many other things to worry about. Caleb was a weirdo. He didn't like staying for too long within the pack. He was an adventurer and would be back when he wanted to. When he was tired of traveling all around the fields. Father knew that and yet wouldn't stop asking me about him. I swore that one of these days, that boy would get himself in trouble and I would be happy to scorn dad for giving him that much freedom to begin with.I was going to snap if father called me to ask Caleb again."My lord," a guard called from behind me."What?" I snapped at him as I stopped in my tracks, wishing that it was father I was snapping at.The guard swallowed, seeming to think over his reason for calling me."What?" I snapped again

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Kevin's POV"Are you done packing?" Zeke asked in what felt like the millionth time.I couldn't count how many times I had heard that question today. He had been hovering around the room, doing nothing except frustrating me and getting in the way.I sighed instead of responding to him and felt Ella's hand on my wrist just as I was about to give him a piece of my mind and tell him to leave our room, the room I shared with Ella.At first I understood him but I no longer wanted to do that again. Ella could continue to understand her father but I wanted him out of my room this instant. What was there in packing that we hadn't been able to do for the past two hours? All and no thanks to Zeke.I didn't have up to ten outfits and it wasn't like Ella came with a wardrobe of outfits either. The only reason we haven't been able to do anything was because Zeke was being an annoying pest. I wasn't sorry to use that word for someone who was about to be my father-in-law. That was how much my patien

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Kevin's POVLuke's eyes sparked and lit up the moment he saw me walk in. His brother was already beside him but he was pretending not to see him. From what my men signalled to me, he had been pretending not to see anyone until he saw me.His lips curled at the sides in a taunt when he saw me and they turned into a scowl few minutes later. I guessed that must be when he saw Ella beside me. This moment reminded me of when I met him trying to take what was mine and we had become enemies because of that.From the way his jaws hardened and his eyes narrowed into slits at the sight of Ella beside me, I knew he still wanted her but I was going to let him kill me before I let him have her.I suspected that whatever he came here for just became harder. Jealousy was one of the greatest bitches that I knew.I sighed as I sat down on a chair opposite him in Zeke's living room and tried not to react as my men flanked me on all sides as Luke's soldiers did."Why are you here?" I asked, breaking the

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Ella's POVThis was like a dream to me; a dream I wasn't expecting. To be more exact, this was like a nightmarish dream. I had been thinking of going back to the land of the blue river pack but not like this. Not like a captive. Not like a traitor. Not like someone going with others as a pack of traitors instead of the entrance I had dreamed of in my head.I had thought so many times of coming back here to see mad granny and not my friends and this wasn't how I envisioned it. I had dreamed of getting a big entrance and welcomed by everyone. I hoped that those who knew me and we're familiar with me wouldn't be around when I get to town.I hoped but I didn't doubt that was going to be the case. I knew the schedule of the blue river wolves by memory and what they did at every moment.If we didn't get to town in the next one hour, it was possible that everyone would see us as we enter. It wasn't everyday that the soldiers of the pack walk the streets of the town so everyone would be curio

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Luke's POVI was mad. I blew out a breath, feeling my chest relax as air came out of my throat and wished it was fire instead.How could Caleb do that to me? How could he disrespect me that much in the presence of the soldiers? This was my mission. I had been the one in charge of this mission and it was my call to make as regards anything that had to do with it. How could he foil my mission like that? How could he dare to overturn my orders right in my presence?Caleb had never been interested in politics. He had never been interested in making orders or giving the soldiers interested. He had never dared to defy my orders or put me in my place. That he did this instead of focusing on his love for adventure could only mean one thing: the rogue was right. He was planning against him and trying to take the position that belonged to me. I wondered how I was going to prove this to father since he was so much determined to deny his involvement in a coup.I was starting to regret killing the

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Ella's POVI still couldn't believe that I was here at the blue river land even though it was up to thirty minutes that we were here. I couldn't believe that we would be thrown into the dungeon like we were prisoners. Had Luke meant to deal with us that much? I wondered if it was what the rogue had told him alone that made him turn out this way but there was something else attached to it. I didn't know what to think of anymore.I sighed as I pressed my back against the hard wall of the cave, feeling sweats run down my back. It was hot in here and I was miserable. I didn't understand why I wasn't thrown in the same cave with the other wolves of my pack. I felt more miserable being in here all alone. I felt like I would be driving crazy soon anytime if I had to stay here for longer with the thoughts that were running through my head. I needed a distraction.I wondered if that was Luke's revenge for finding me with the guy he had fought with. It wasn't good to hold on to grudges. I wishe

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Ella's POVThe silence was dreadful. I could feel it choking me and clogging my throat. I knew it would come to this but I didn't know what to say still. It wasn't my place to talk. It wasn't my secret to say. What was I going to say?Was I going to say that Zeke had given us the permission? Then I was going to make dad a traitor. I didn't even know if he wanted to come out in the open yet about his relationship with my mother. What if he lost his position in the pack because they found out that he had fallen in love with a woman from the enemy pack and had a child with him?What if they despised him? What if they hated him?I swallowed, finding the words hard to talk about. It wasn't my secret to spill. It wasn't my truth to talk about. I wished there was another way to answer Oscar Nelson but there wasn't.I paused. I could say that we had found the house by chance and decided to stay there so we wouldn't have to fight the rogue close to our territory. I could say that we had held d

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Ella's POV"Do you know the implications of what you just said?" Oscar Nelson asked, pinning dad with a hard gaze.Dad nodded. "I just confessed to being in love with a wolf from the blood pack and having a child with her."Oscar Nelson sighed. "Is that why you have chosen to wander around all this while to be with your mate?"Dad shook his head. "No, I left my mate years ago. I didn't know I had a daughter until recently. I didn't want to lose her when I found her. You can understand why I extended my home to them when they were in trouble even though I knew it might get me in trouble.""What is your story?" Oscar Nelson asked Caleb.He bowed to his dad. "I was the one who told Elder Zeke about the resemblance of a girl I know to him and we were traveling together to find her when we ran into the wolves. He offered them his house when he found out that the rogues wanted to kill them.""Why would the rogues want to kill you?" Oscar Nelson asked Kevin."We had a fight five years ago an

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