All Chapters of THE ALPHA’S PUBLIC REJECTION : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

LUCAS POVFor the first time in my life, I was utterly speechless.Andre looked like he had been physically struck on the face as he turned pale as sheet, staring at the empty space where Drake had stood just seconds before. Then, the weight of the world landed on his shoulders. Alpha Kael turned to him slowly like a predator considering it’s next meal, with hot fury seeping off him.“Explain.” The word wasn’t a request. It was a command. I saw Andre’s throat bobbed as he swallowed nervously. “Alpha Kael, 1….” he stammered, which was so unlike him. “This is…highly unusual of Alpha Drake. The stress of the recent Eastern Pack attacks, the pressure of the alliance…I can only assume he is….unwell.”It was a pathetic excuse, and we all knew it. Kael narrowed his eyes into slits and curled his lips. “Unwell?” he repeated skeptically. “He seemed well enough to disgrace my daughter and insult my pack in front of the entire Luxembourg nobility. This ‘unwellness’ looks so much like another wo

ANDRE POVThe consistent, furious sound of my pacing was the only things keeping me from putting my fist through the wall and every time I closed my eyes, I saw it…Alpha Kael’s face, purple with rage, Elara’s disappointment, the stunned, judgmental stared of every pack elder and visiting dignitary. The humiliation was a hot searing burn in my throat. And he had just…left. He had dropped the bomb and walked away, leaving me to sweep up the pieces of our pack’s future.Where was he? How long did it take to brood around in a garden? The door finally creaked and Drake stepped inside, closely followed by Lucas who was in a middle of a conversation.“….and with that, I bid you good night, brother. I am off to find my own mate and pray she hasn’t heard about tonight’s madness,” Lucas said, with stress written all over his face.Then he saw me. He saw the tension in my shoulders, the burning fury on my face and his playful demeanor vanished instantly.“Whoa, Andre. Easy now,” Lucas said and

LILLIAN POVThe antiseptic scent of the clinic did nothing to erase last night memory from my mind. I scrubbed the same desk for the third time unknowingly as I desperately tried to cleanse my mind. But it was no use. Under my eyelids, all I could see was him. The moonlight on his face, the hunger in his kiss, the feel of his hands on my body.‘I have always loved you.’My own words echoed back at me, like a secret confession imprinted on my skin. I sent a silent, frantic prayer to the Moon Goddess. ‘Give me strength. Please, give me the strength to do what is right. To pull back. To focus on my duty.’“Doctor Lillian?”I jumped in shock and nearly dropped the sponge. Baron stood at the doorway to his room, leaning against the frame for support. He smiled weakly. “I was wondering…would it be possible to take a short walk? I feel the fresh air might do me good, but I am still a bit unsteady.”It came as a welcomed distraction. A task. Something professional to steady me. “Ofcourse,” I

DRAKE POVThe war council chamber felt stuffy. I took my seat at the head of the table with Lucas standing by my right side, while the assembled commanders and senior pack members all avoided direct eye contact.“Report,” I commanded, with my voice echoing all over the hall.Beta Ben stood up and cleared his throat. “The northern and eastern borders have been quiet, Alpha. Unnaturally so. There have been no attacks from the Eastern pack for five days.”Lucas leaned forward with his fingers crossed. “That is the longest time of peace we have had in six months, and it’s….disturbing.”“Exactly,” Ben agreed and nodded. “It is not like them. Silence from Silas means he is planning something and I don’t like it. It makes me think their ‘Plan B’ is already in play.”A low murmur went around the table. Elder Marcus asked aloud. “Plan B? What could it be? A larger attack?”“Perhaps they are trying to lure us into a false sense of security,” another elder suggested. “Or they have found a new a

LILLIAN POVI slipped into the pack house through the servant’s entrance, with my head down with the hopes that the shadow would swallow me whole. All I wanted was the sanctuary of my room, or even better, my mother’s chambers. I could not face Andre’s brooding anger or the pitying looks from the palace staff. I just needed to breathe.My escape plan was turned to mush after three steps in.“Lillian! There you are.”I turned to see Lydia hurrying towards me, with her face etched with concern. “I have been looking for you. Are you alright? You look….pale.”I forced a small smile. “I am fine, Lydia. Just…a long day at the clinic. A lot of stress. I was actually on my way to see my mother.”Her eyes, always too knowing, scanned my face. “Is it…the patient? The one Andre is so worked up about?”“It is everything,” I muttered. “The patient, the tension…it’s all just a lot.” I needed to change the subject, to ask the question that was burning a hole in my heart. “Lydia…is…is the Alpha in hi