All Chapters of Rejected By MY Alpha ~ Claimed By His Beta: Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

KARI'S POV Six days had passed since I last left the room. Six days since I had last gone on my monitored walks.The silence in the room had begun to feel heavier than lead, pressing in heavily, and poking the festering wound in my mind. Still, I couldn't bring myself to leave.At first, it had been some sort of defiance.A quiet rebellion against Titan's decision, a decision I'd practically forced him to make.But then it became exhaustion. A kind of hollowness that made even standing feel like effort. The walls of my room seemed closer now, pressing in with every hour that passed. And my sadness constantly brought helpless tears to my eyes. I cried myself to sleep every night now.When the knock came, I didn’t answer.It came again, softer but hesitant.“Kari?”My brows drew down as I realised it wasn't Titan's voice.A long moment passed, then I pushed myself up from the bed and turned as the door gently opened and closed.Alan stood just inside the doorway, hands clasped awkward

INDIRA'S POV I was halfway through braiding my hair when the knock came.For a moment, my heart leapt with a mix of excitement and fear because I thought it was Titan.But then I wondered why he'd be seeking me out? He hadn't paid me an ounce of attention since I left the dungeon. And I hadn't really made up my mind how to feel about it.One part of me was relieved about it, but the other was extremely jealous of how easy it was for him to kick me aside and focus on my sister who he'd once rejected just to be with me.My ego and pride were taking constant blows from his silent rejection.I smoothed my expression automatically, and straightened my spine as I rose from the chair. Even with my earlier conclusion, there was still a part of me that hoped it was Titan standing outside that door.Old habits died slowly, I guess.I opened the door and tamped down the swirl of slight disappointment as I stared into Alan's eyes.We stared at each other in silence, the space between us heavy w

TITAN’S POVI'd always despised council meetings. But today's meeting irritated me more than every other one.Perhaps it was the smell of desperation I picked up on the old, stiff-backed, self-important men.They all shifted in their seats as I leaned back against my seat, as if the carved stone beneath them were too hot. The long table was crowded with these men and women who had outlived their usefulness but not their opinions. Their voices droned on, overlapping in a dull, nagging chorus.“Our pack needs stability the most right now. Red Hollow grows stronger and so does their alpha's greed.”“We need to be prepared for the day he grows too bold,” a woman stated firmly.“Titan needs a proper Luna,” another woman supplied.Most heads bobbed in nods of agreement and I rolled my eyes.“You need an heir, Alpha.”I met the man's steady gaze as I shifted again and braced my elbow on the arm of my chair, fingers curled loosely against my jaw. Staring past them, past the flickering torch

TITAN'S POV“Enough,” Tia hissed. “Do not raise your hand to me.”I ground my teeth, fists shaking at my sides. “I apologize, I'm just very…” I blew out a breath, lowering my voice. “How did it happen?”“I don’t know yet,” the old sorceress answered briskly. “But from what I was told, Kari wasn’t alone. A maidservant was with her shortly before she collapsed.”My eyes narrowed.“A maidservant?”“Yes.”I didn’t say anything else. I pushed past Tia and headed for Kari’s room.The door was unlocked when I arrived. That felt wrong. But it was another proof of what I sought to desperately deny. Dead wolves don't escape, so there was no need to keep Kari locked inside.I opened the door with a steady hand and stepped in.The room was silent, and dim. Like what happened had somehow sucked the light out of the room, even though it was still midday.Kari lay on the bed, her hands folded over her stomach. Her beautiful mane of hair was smoothed away from her unnaturally pale face, in a braid.

KARI'S POV I had no business walking. Nor moving around at all.Every step sent a sharp, protesting ache through my leg, a reminder that whatever had happened to my body, had not been gentle. In the strange dream, I'd felt at peace, painless.But right now? “Ugh,” I grunted softly, slowing down my limp.My stomach felt painfully tight and tender, like something inside me had been bruised and was still learning how to exist again. But staying in the infirmary felt unbearable. The walls were too close. The air smelled too much like death and herbs that made me feel dizzy.So I continued to walk through the pain.“Milady…”The guard at my side hovered like a nervous shadow, his hand never far from my elbow. I ignored him, even as he cast him a sideways glance from the corner of my eyes.His brow was creased with a worry that suddenly made me feel bad for him.“I'm fine, Joe,” I murmured, my voice barely above a whisper.“Milady,” he said for the third time since we’d left the infirma