All Chapters of THE ALPHA’S PUBLIC REJECTION : Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

ANDRE POVI slammed the door to Drake’s study harder than I intended to, with his words still ringing in my ears. “If you are so concerned about appearances, maybe you should just be the Alpha!” The arrogance, the utter blindness of it all, after everything we were trying to do for him.The drive to the clinic was silent and tense. I could feel Lillian throwing worried glances at me, but I keep my eyes fixed on the road, with my jaw clenched so tight that it ached.As soon as I parked and we got out, Lillian gently held my arm before I could take another step towards the hospital entrance.“Andre, wait,” she said softly, as her eyes searched my face. “What is the matter? You have been moody all morning. Is it still about your confrontation with Elara?”I forced a stiff smile on my face, even it felt like a crack on cement. “It is nothing for you to worry about. Just Alpha stubbornness. It will pass.”Salome, ofcourse, saw right through me. She walked up to us and stood by my side with

LUCAS POVThe raw painful defeat in Andre’s voice hung heavily in the air of the meeting hall, like a thick, suffocating fog, and I watched him, watched my best friend, my brother in all but blood, slumped in his chair as if his bones had been removed from his body. This was not his regular bad mood. This was a defeat. I turned to look at Drake, and I saw my own horror and fear mirrored perfectly in his wide, dark eyes. We had been blind all along. We had been fools.Drake was the first to break the terrible silence, in a soft voice that I had not heard in years. “Andre…I am sorry. Again. I truly am. I….I did not know. I did not see how much you were hurting.”“I think I suspected,” I added solemnly. “But I did not know it was this bad . We have been terrible friends to you. We have been so wrapped up in our own dramas that we left you to carry all the weight.”Andre laughed bitterly in a hollow manner that was worse than any sob. “Don’t. It is not your fault. It is not anyone’s fault

DRAKE POVwe stood in the grand courtyard, as a formal line of pack officials seeing off Alpha Kael, and a long line of black cars waited, with their engines purring softly. The only sound that was out of place was from Elara, who was clutching her father’s arm, and crying as if he were being shipped off to war, instead of returning back to his own pack.I turned slightly and caught Andre and Lucas’s eye and saw my thought been reflected perfectly on their faces…. ‘If she wants to go with him so badly, why doesn’t she just get in the car?’After a lengthy dramatic display of father-daughter affection, Alpha Kael finally pulled Elara off him and led her by the arm over to me. Then he placed her hand firmly on my arm, with his grip a little too tight for comfort.“Take care of my daughter, Drake,” he said loudly, so that the rest assembly could hear us. “She is my most precious treasure. And remember, if you ever need my help, do not hesitate to call. My warriors are yours.”I forced a

LILLIAN POVWe were in the kitchen, where Lydia was trying to teach Salome and me how to prepare a dish that was going disastrously wrong, when we heard a faint sound of a car pulling up the gravel driveway outside.Salome dropped the wooden spoon she was holding and ran to the window to peep through the curtains, then she shrieked excitedly as she ran out of the kitchen. “It is Lucas! They are here!”She did not have to tell me twice. Without a single word, my heart leapt for joy and I knew. I knew Andre was with him. Although I did not sense Drake, not even a whisper of his powerful aura, but the pull towards Andre was undeniable. A flicker of hope filled my chest with the thought of maybe I could fix things, and apologize properly for the Baron situation.I flew out the door after Salome, with Lydia right behind me, and sure enough, I saw Lucas and my eyes instantly found Andre. His presence was like a soothing balm to my shattered nerves. I ran straight to him, and flung my arms a

LILLIAN POVThe whole tension from Elara’s arrival was momentarily forgotten by the sound of Josh’s excited voice. Lydia smiled brightly as she ran to him and threw herself excitedly into his arms.After their long kisses and embrace, I flew into his open arms to hug my best friend who is just like a brother to me. “Josh! I am so glad you are here!” I exclaimed.He laughed, then picked me up and spin me around effortlessly before I shouted in fear. “Okay, okay, put me down!” He dropped me gently with a grin on his face and flexed his muscles playfully. “Wow, Lillian! You have been eating well! You are heavier than I remember.”I hit his arm playfully with a huge smile on my face. “Don’t you dare! why don’t you blame your mate! Lydia has been the one forcing food down my throat like she is fattening me up for the winter.”Andre came over with a genuine smile finally on his face, and clapped Josh on the shoulder. “It is good to see you, Josh. Welcome.”“Thanks, Andre,” Josh said as he