Semua Bab Rejected And Reborn: Bab 71 - Bab 80

Chapter Seventy Two : This One Nora’s POVMy heart was beating so hard that I could almost hear it in my ears. I stood in the middle of the crowd, but it felt like I was all alone. The whole pack was already here at the challenge ground. Everyone had left their homes, their work, everything, just to come and watch this moment.The drums had been beating since morning, but now they had stopped. The silence was louder than the drums. People whispered here and there, but the whispers carried the same words—the challenge, the fight, the new Alpha, the future of the pack.The elders were sitting at the front, in their long robes, their faces heavy like stone. They didn’t smile, they didn’t look left or right. Their eyes were only on Axel and Lucien.I pulled my cloth tighter around me, trying to hide in the crowd. I didn’t want anyone to notice me. My legs were weak, and I was shaking inside, but I could not leave. My eyes searched for Axel again and again. I needed to see him.Then I saw

Chapter Seventy Four : The ChallengeNora’s POVI could hardly breathe. The sun was high, beating down on the challenge ground, but all I felt was heat rushing through my veins. My eyes were glued to Axel and Lucien. I had never seen anything like this in my life. The air was tense. The elders sat in their seats, watching with stone faces, and the pack around me murmured quietly, waiting for the fight to begin.Axel and Lucien circled each other. Lucien looked confident, his chest rising and falling evenly, his eyes locked on Axel. But I saw it—just a tiny flicker in his movements, a hesitation in the way his arms lifted. I held my breath. My hands were trembling inside my cloth, clenching tightly.“Come on, Axel… please be careful,” I whispered under my breath.At first, the fight was close. Axel blocked Lucien’s strikes carefully, moving quickly, but he wasn’t reckless. He knew he had to be smart. I could see the calculation in his eyes. He was not just fighting to win—he was watchi

Chapter Seventy Six : The RoguesNora’s POVThe ground was still shaking with the noise of the crowd. Some people were shouting for Axel, their voices strong like drums. Others were angry, their words sharp and bitter, saying he had not proved enough, saying he was not worthy yet. I held my cloth close to my chest, my fingers twisting into it so hard I thought it might tear. My heart had not stopped beating fast since the fight began, and now it was worse.The elders raised their hands, and slowly the crowd grew quiet. Their long robes moved in the evening wind, their faces heavy and without any smile. My whole body grew cold, because I knew they were about to speak, and whatever they said would decide Axel’s fate.One of the elders stood. His voice was deep, like it carried the weight of the whole pack.“Axel has won against Lucien,” he said, his words rolling over the ground like thunder. The people on Axel’s side shouted loudly, but the elder raised his hand again, and silence fel

Chapter Seventy Eight Her POVMy heart was pounding so fast it felt like it would burst from my chest. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. Axel. My Axel. He was there, in the middle of the challenge ground, facing the rogues. They were wild, big, snarling, eyes full of rage. The crowd had stepped back, some screaming, some holding their mouths in fear. But Axel… he didn’t move an inch backward. He didn’t flinch.I watched as he shifted his weight, moving like water, fast and precise. One rogue lunged at him, and he dodged so smoothly I thought he might have stepped outside time itself. Then he struck back—not in a wild, careless way—but carefully, with power and skill. Every hit, every movement showed strength. He wasn’t just fighting for his life; he was controlling everything, showing everyone that he was Alpha, that he was meant to lead.My hands clenched the cloth around me. My legs shook, and I felt tears stinging my eyes. I wanted to shout, to run to him, to tell him he was amazin

Chapter Eight - Intimacy Nora’s PovI could not stop shaking, even though Axel was sitting beside me on the edge of the bed. My hands felt cold, my heart pounding so hard it felt like it might burst out of my chest. The noise from the pack and the challenge was far away now, muted, and all I could hear was my own breathing—and his.He turned to me, eyes soft, yet steady, like the storm inside him had calmed just for me. “Are you okay?” he asked, his voice low and gentle. Even that simple question made my chest tighten. I swallowed hard, nodding, but my lips quivered. “I… I’m fine,” I whispered. My voice sounded strange to me, like it belonged to someone far away.Axel leaned closer, his hand brushing my cheek. “You don’t have to say that. I can see it—you’re scared,” he said softly, his thumb brushing over my skin in circles that made me shiver.I wanted to hide, to curl into myself, but I could not. My heart would not let me. “I… I was so scared,” I admitted, my voice breaking. “Tod