Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE ALPHA’S PUBLIC REJECTION : Kabanata 231 - Kabanata 240

ANDRE POVThe drive back to the pack house felt longer than the drive to the mansion. My hands were still shaky on the wheel. The dinner replayed in my head in a loop that refused to stop. I love you, Lillian.I love you too, Andre.Her words were sweet, but her eyes…they were full questions that I could not answer. She knew something was wrong. She had felt the bond ache. She was smart. How long until she put the pieces together?” I parked the car and walked into the silent pack house inna daze. Most lights were off. It was late.I did not go straight to my chambers. I just stood in the grand hallway and bowed my head, then I closed my eyes and sent a desperate, silent prayer to the night.Moon Goddess, hear me. Please. Let her not suspect. Let her believe the lies. Let the bond have been weak, or confused. Let her trust me, just this once, let my shame stay hidden. For my sake. Do not let my mistake hurt her.The prayer felt empty. The Moon Goddess blessed true bonds and honest h

The hotel room was quiet, but Sharon was not. She paced from the window to the bed and back again, her steps sharp on the thin carpet. Her hands twisted together nervously.“It is tomorrow,” she whispered to the empty room tightly. “The gala is tomorrow. Everyone will be there. He will be there. It is a perfect chance. We have to make a move. We can not just wait.”She stopped and stared at her reflection in the dark window. Her eyes looked black and restless. Twelve years of planning, of positioning herself, gone in one morning. Thrown out like a garbage. Drake’s cold and clear voice echoed in her memory….’You are banished.’“Not for long,” she hissed at her reflection. “Not forever.”Someone knocked suddenly at the door.Sharon jumped and her heart leaped to her throat. She smoothed her plain dress and walked to the door, and then peeped through the peep hole.Baron stood in the hallway, looking calm and out of place in his expensive coat.She unlocked the door and opened it. “It is

ANDRE POVI stood before the mirror in my chambers as I pulled at the stiff collar of my formal Beta’s uniform. The dark green and silver felt like a costume today. It felt like I was dressing for the greatest performance of my life. The loyal Bata, the devoted mate. The liar. The door swung open without a knock and Lucas walked in, already dressed in his sharp security chief attire. He looked all Buisness.“I am heading up to check on Drake,” he announced, without bothering with a greeting. “We should all walk to the grand hall together. Present a united front from the beginning. The allies will be watching, are you ready?”I did not turn from my reflection. “I will go by myself. You two go ahead.”There was silence. I could feel his stare burning into my back.“Andre,” he whispered. “What is that about? Is everything okay between you two? After last night….”I finally turned and laughed coldly. “Okay? Let us review. I shared my deepest shame with you in confidence. And you ran stra

LILLIAN POVThe morning of the gala came too early. Sunlight streamed into my room, feeling as if it’s an intruder. ‘Today was the day I would watch my mate, my bond, and my future shatter in pieces. Or prove my fears wrong. A cold sweat trickled down my spine.I found Salome and Lydia already at the dining hall, which was our little sanctuary. They had taken over the table with make up bags and hair tools, as they begin their operations to prepare for the evening.“There you are,” Lydia said calmly and guided me over to a stool. “Sit. We are on hair duty first.”I sat without any hesitation and allowed her untangle my curls with her brush. The familiar soothing motion calmed my nerves. In the mirror, I saw Salome lay our cosmetic brushes with perfect hands. “I do not think I can do this,” I whispered, as the words escaped from my heart like a confession.Salome met my eyes in the reflection. “Yes, you can.”“I am so scared,” I admitted, as my hands trembled on my lap. “I am scared o

ANDRE POVLucas and I waited in the grand foyer, the silence between us was still a little raw. The echo of our fight hung in the air, but a different type of tension had replaced it, this was a quiet understanding of shared emotions.Lucas cored his throat, and fixed his eyes in the polished floor. “Look man. I am sorry. For earlier. For all of it. Maybe I should not have told him.”I shook my head, with all the anger gone, leaving only a dull fatigue in its place. “Don’t. It is done. And you were not wrong. We just….handle things differently.”He glanced at me. “It has always been the three of us, you know? Against everything. I hate seeing a crack in that.A faint, genuine smile touched my lips for the first time in a while. “It has always been the three of us.” I agreed. “And I am the one who put this crack there. I got into this mess. I am the one making everyone act….so strangely. Drake included.” I straightened my cuffs as a new resolve settled over me. “I will apologize to him