All Chapters of The Rejected Mate’s Dark Rise: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

JaneI woke up feeling sore all over my body. Vishal was sleeping peacefully next to me, his arm still wrapped around my waist. Even in sleep, he held me close like he was afraid I might disappear.My whole body ached from our night together, but it was a good kind of tired. The kind that reminded me how much we loved each other.I looked at his face - so calm and beautiful when he slept. This man was mine, and I was his. Nothing could change that.I needed a shower to help my sore muscles feel better. I tried to get out of bed quietly, but every step made me wince. I didn’t want to wake him up. He looked so peaceful.I was in the shower, letting the warm water wash over my tired body, when the bathroom door opened. Vishal stood there watching me with sleepy eyes full of love and desire.“Good morning, beautiful,” he said, his voice still rough from sleep. “Why are you showering without me?”“You were sleeping so deeply,” I said with a soft smile. “You looked exhausted, and I didn’t w

Richard“My king,” Ray said as he entered my room with a respectful bow. “How are you feeling today? Are you getting stronger?”I grunted from my bed, still feeling the pain from my wounds. Ever since that bitch attacked me, I had been hiding in my room like a wounded animal.I couldn’t let anyone in the pack know their Alpha King had been hurt by his own mate. I had too many enemies who would see this as the perfect time to challenge my authority.It still felt like a nightmare. How could she have attacked me? I was her mate, chosen by the Moon Goddess herself. How could she have tried to kill the one person she was meant to love and obey?If I ever found her, I would make her pay for what she did. I would remind her exactly who I was and why she should never have crossed me.“I’m healing,” I replied, trying to sound stronger than I felt. “Thank you for watching over everything while I recover.”The truth was, my wolf was getting weaker every day. Without our mate nearby, he couldn’t

JaneMy whole world tilted when Vishal told me the Alpha King was still alive, making it hard to breathe.How could he possibly be alive? I had watched the life drain from his eyes. I had felt his blood on my hands as he collapsed to the floor. I was so sure he was dead that I had barely worried about revenge all this time.But if he was alive... if he had survived what I did to him...“No, no, no,” I whispered, my hands shaking. “This can’t be happening.”A thousand terrifying questions flooded my mind all at once. Why wasn’t he dead? How did he survive losing so much blood?Why hadn’t he announced to the kingdom that I had tried to kill him? Most importantly, was he hunting for me right now?“Jane, breathe,” Vishal said, pulling me into his arms. “You’re hyperventilating.”I tried to follow his advice, but panic was taking over my body. Two years. It had been two years since I escaped, thinking I was free. Two years of building a new life.Falling in love with Vishal and feeling saf

JaneThe ride home felt endless. My mind was spinning with worried thoughts, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that something bad was waiting for me. Vishal kept squeezing my hand gently, trying to comfort me and let me know everything would be okay.I tried to smile for him, but my heart felt heavy with dread. He didn’t understand what my father was really like. He didn’t know how cruel and manipulative the man could be.This sudden call to come home and take over as beta - I knew there had to be more to it than that.Now, with Vishal beside me, I had to pretend everything was fine. I had to act like I’d forgiven my father. But how could I be nice to someone who had treated me so badly?What if he tried to hurt me again - or hurt Vishal? These thoughts kept eating at me, making me more anxious as we got closer to home.When we finally arrived at my old pack territory, nothing had changed. Everything looked exactly the same as when I’d left years ago. On our way to the beta house, we r

JaneMy world was falling apart, piece by piece.Vishal and I hadn’t completed the mating bond yet. We hadn’t marked each other. In werewolf law, that meant I was still considered unmated. The Alpha King knew this, and he was using it against us.But just because the law said I was unmarked didn’t make his claim on me right. It didn’t erase what he had done to me.I looked between them—the man who had shattered my soul and the man who had put me back together.The King who threw me away like garbage now wanted me back. Meanwhile, the man who actually loved me was about to die protecting me.My chest felt tight. Why hadn’t we done the marking ceremony yet?Vishal had wanted to do everything properly. We’d been living in the human world, away from pack politics.He said I needed to meet his Alpha first. Only then could we complete the bond. As a Beta, he had to follow the rules. I understood that.But right now, I hated those stupid rules. I wished he had marked me the night we first ma