Semua Bab The Alpha's Rejected Omega: Bab 191 - Bab 198

LorienI gripped the phone so tightly my knuckles turned white, my voice shaking as I forced the words out. “Antoinette… we’re cooked. It’s over.”I hated the way my voice sounded—small, defeated, like I had already given up before the fight even began.On the other end, Antoinette’s tone was brisk but oddly calm, as if my panic meant nothing. “Don’t talk like that. I’m on my way. I’ll bring reinforcements, Lorien. There’s nothing to fear. Cassius will handle everything smoothly—it’ll be a breeze.”A breeze? I almost laughed, but the sound would’ve been hollow, bitter. I wanted to believe him, gods, I wanted to let his certainty settle in my bones and soothe the dread clawing inside me. But the screams outside still echoed through the walls, and the air tasted of smoke and blood. Nothing about this was going to be a breeze.“Fine,” I whispered, though it felt like a lie. I ended the call, staring down at the black screen as if Antoinette’s confidence could leak out through the glass a

Lorien I could hear my wolf, his voice pulsing in my head like a drumbeat against the madness. Get up. Move. Don’t let it win. Don’t let it kill you.The poison inside me felt like fire burning my veins, dragging molten lead through every limb. My body screamed with weakness, my muscles trembling as if they didn’t belong to me anymore. For a moment, I thought this was it—I would die here, nameless, another broken body discarded in the dark. But my wolf refused. He growled, sharp and unrelenting, cutting through the fog.You’re stronger than this. You can’t stay down. Fight, Lorien. Fight.I clawed at the ground, my fingers shaking as I pushed against the dirt-caked floor. My lungs heaved, pulling in air that felt too thin, too sharp. Slowly, painfully, I forced myself upright, every movement tearing at me like knives. I could still feel the poison, clinging to me like vines trying to drag me back under, but I wasn’t gone. Not yet.Not ever.I staggered forward, each step like walking

CassiusJulian’s screams were music I had been waiting for all my life. The sound cut through the battlefield, piercing the smoke and blood-filled air, yet it didn’t stir a shred of mercy in me. My teeth clamped down on his right leg with a sickening crunch, bone shattering like brittle glass beneath my jaws. Hot blood spurted into my mouth, metallic and vile, but I welcomed it. His shriek rose to the heavens, a pitiful, ragged sound that made my wolf howl in savage satisfaction.“After everything—everything I gave you!” I roared, tearing my muzzle back, flinging the mangled flesh away like it was filth. “You dare betray me? You dare touch my mate?!”Julian’s body convulsed on the blood-soaked ground, his fingers clawing at the dirt as he tried to drag himself away from me. “C-Cassius—please—” he sobbed, his voice broken, wet with blood. “I was your brother in arms… I stood by you—”“Brother?” My laugh was hollow, venom dripping from every syllable. “You? You were the knife I let into

Lorien Two days had passed.Just two days since the nightmare had ended, since blood and ash had been washed from our world, and yet it felt like I had lived an entire lifetime within them.Now I stood outside our house with Cassius, sunlight spilling down in warm golden sheets, the twins giggling as they ran barefoot across the grass. Caius tripped over Lucian’s foot, and instead of crying, he burst into a fit of laughter that made my heart ache with relief. Their voices were the purest sound in existence.I breathed in deep, my chest expanding, my ribs almost trembling with the weight of it. “I can’t believe I’m standing here… that I can actually see a new day,” I murmured, the words spilling out raw, unfiltered.Cassius’s hand brushed mine, his thumb tracing over my knuckles like he wanted to ground me in this moment. “You deserve more than this, Lorien,” he said softly, his voice carrying the rough edge of conviction. His eyes were on me, never straying, like I was the only thing