All Chapters of THE ALPHA’S PUBLIC REJECTION : Chapter 241 - Chapter 250

The sleek black car pulled to a smooth stop at the base of the pack house’s grand front drive. Lights shone from every window, and the distant sound of music and laughter floated on the cold night air.The back passenger door opened and Wanni stepped out looking elegant in a tailored navy gown, with a small silver clutch in her hand. She looked every inch like a respected guest.She leaned down slightly and spoke to the shadow still inside the car. “I hope you still remember where you said you can slip into the building from. You have only twenty three minutes.”From the darkness of the car, Sharon’s voice came out in a whisper, tight with nerves and excitement. “Yes I remember the exact door to enter. I do pass through there almost all the time, whenever I don’t want to be seen.”“Good,” Wanni said in a clinical tone. “Do not be seen. Do not linger. Your only task is to find Willow and deliver the message. Word for word. Then you leave the way you came, understood?”“Understood,” the

DRAKE POVI was half listening to old Alpha Roderick talk about the old days when I saw them enter. Andre, looking tense in his tuxedo. And Lillian.My breath seized.She was stunning in that purple dress, as a vision of grace and strength. But it was her clear eyes that held me down. They scanned the room, wide and kind of lost, until they found mine.For a second, everything stopped. The music, the chatter, the old, Alpha’a voice. It was just her. A sharp, familiar longing, pierced through me, so strong that it was like a burn on my skin. I saw it in her gaze, a flash of memory, of a connection that had been real before duty and bond tore it apart. It was there, raw and undeniable.Then I saw her flinch, almost unnoticeably. She remembered where we were. Who we are now.I broke the look, and placed my alpha mask on so hard I felt it slam on my face. Alpha. You are the Alpha.“Excuse me, Alpha Roderick,” I said in a surprisingly steady voice. “My beta has arrived.”I walked towards t

LILLIAN POVI watched Andre walk away, with his shoulders tense. Something was very wrong. He had not been himself all night, but seeing Willow had shaken him to his core. I could feel it. I approached him again near the champagne fountain. “Andre, please. Talk to me. What is the problem?”He turned and smiled thinly, with a strained look in his eyes. “It is nothing, Lillian. Really. Just….gala stress. Security stress. You know how it is.” He squeezed my hand gently, but he would not look at me. “Go and enjoy yourself. Find Salome and Lydia. I will join you soon.”“But—”“Please,” he said, with an edge in his voice which felt like a plea with a hint of dismissal. “Just for a little while, I need to handle something.”He kissed my forehead briefly and disappeared into the crowd.My heart sank. The distance between us felt like a wide hole. I did what he asked and went to find my friends. I spotted Salome and Lydia by a small, ornate table near the grand piano, munching on desserts.Sa

ANDRE POVWillow’s words hung heavily in the dark room. “The only way out of this madness….is if I leave. I will go back to my old pack. I will disappear.”My wolf twisted uncomfortably inside me in protest. The sudden movement was so strong that I almost flinched.“No,” I said it out roughly. More than I intended. “You can not.”“Why?” She whispered, with so much pain in her huge eyes. “It would solve everything. I would be gone. You and Lillian could heal.”But it will not solve anything. Not with this new feeling burning inside of me. I took both of her hands in mine. It was cold. “Willow….does your wolf….react to me? Since last night?”She breathed deeply and nodded, with a tear streaking down her face. “For day….its been restless. It is lile it’s looking for Something and it is affecting everything. My sleep, my focus. I thought I was going crazy.”“You are not,” I said in a low voice. “Mine is doing the same. It is…it is disturbed. By you. About you.” I squeezed her hand tightl

DRAKE POVI was walking down the corridor towards the east wing when a blur of movement and scent crashed into me.Jasmine and salt. Tears.I caught her by the shoulders before she could fall. “Lillian!”She looked up, her face was steamed with tears and her eyes, were puffy and red with so much pain that it shattered my heart. I had never seen her like this. Never.“What is the matter?” I asked. My voice was thick with concern. But even as I asked, I knew. The haunted look in her eyes. The direction she had came from. Willow’s room.She just shook her head desperately with a pleading look in her eyes. She tried to speak, but a broken sob came out instead. Then she wrenched herself from my grasp with a surprising strength and flea down the hall toward the green house wing.I allowed her to go. What could I say? I am sorry my Beta broke your heart? I am sorry the man I stepped aside for is throwing away what I wanted most?With my jaw clenched tight, I continued walking towards the sou