All Chapters of The Alpha's Scorned Mate : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

Selene It felt so good to hold my sword again. It had been too long. Granted, I’d been busy giving birth and looking after a newborn, but still. The weight of the hilt in my hand was like heaven. Avery was an exceptional Gamma, truly. She was brilliant at hand-on-hand combat, an art form not all warriors practiced. Sure, we often fought in wolf form, and she had training exercises for that, too, but there were times when we couldn’t shift and had to fight in human form. Avery told me the ability to take down an enemy in human form is what separated the good warriors from the sub-par ones. I’d always been fascinated with warriors. Growing up in the slums, we didn’t see them often. We were forbidden from so much as even stepping foot on the warrior training grounds back at Crescent Moon, so the only time I’d ever seen warriors growing up was at official pack events or when they came through the slums to arrest someone—which wasn’t often since the rest of the pack didn’t really care

Selene My heart stopped, and I stared in utter disbelief as I realized that it was, in fact, Jax. But how was that possible? How had he found the Silvermist Pack? No one knew they were still alive. It...it didn’t seem right. It had been almost a year since that painful day when he exiled me. Why was he here? I pulled back from Jack. “What’s wrong?” he asked, sensing my mood had shifted. I shook my head. “It’s Jax,” I said faintly. “What? Where?” he asked, whipping his head around in the direction I was looking. Jack knew all about Jax, as did Avery. I’d told them the whole story, from the Alpha Mate Reveal to the rejection. Jack had been angry when I recounted the public rejection and exile details. He’d said he hated him, full stop. It was different with Avery. I didn’t have my mom here at Silvermist, so she stepped in and took on a motherly role. I’d spent countless nights alone with Avery, crying, trying to work through all the pain that Jax had caused. She’d comforted me,

Selene Letting Jax stay was the right thing to do. I knew Jack wasn’t overly thrilled with the idea, but I also knew Jax wasn’t a threat to the Silvermist Pack. I didn’t know how I felt about Jax. He’d hurt me so badly, but he was Hennessy’s father. Plus, I’d be Alpha Queen soon, so I figured there was no harm in letting him stay until he healed and having him meet Hennessy. We didn’t know where to put Jax during his stay. Silvermist wasn’t exactly equipped with many guest houses—or any, for that matter—so we decided to put him in the storage house, with a small makeshift bed. He needed to bathe, and I offered my house. I boiled pots of water to give him a hot bath, and he thanked me and went into my bathroom to undress. He left the door open a crack, and I couldn’t help but see the back of his naked body through the crack in the door as he undressed. My breath hitched in my throat at the sight of his muscular back. My mind flashed back to our many nights together in his bed. He’d

I sighed. Marcus’ betrayal had been really hard to take, but I knew why he’d done it, and there was some solace in that. He was right; he’d been blinded. He hadn’t been thinking straight. “If I could take it all back, I would,” he said. I missed him. I missed having him as my Beta. He’d fucked up, yes. But he was contacting me now to warn me about my parents and Gamma Stone, so that was something, and he was back there, at Crescent Moon, defending me. “I appreciate that,” I told him. “Anything,” he said, his tone shifting to a hopeful one. “I’ll keep you in the loop if I hear anything else,” he said in a rush. “You have my word.” I nodded. I felt like it wouldn’t be much longer before Selene caved. In the meantime, having someone on the inside, someone I trusted, would be helpful, just in case my parents tried to pull something stupid. If they somehow found out where I was, it would give me advance warning and a chance to fend them off. Honestly, I didn’t particularly like livi

Selene His lips were hot on mine, taking me completely by surprise. For a moment, I sank into him, letting him kiss me with so much passion it made my heart race. But then I realized what was happening. No. I couldn’t let him do this! I pushed him away roughly. We stood, facing each other, both breathing heavily in the snow. I couldn’t read the expression on his face, and I didn’t care. I needed to get away from him. If he kissed me again, I didn’t know if I’d have the power to stop him. “Leave me alone,” I said in a low but stern voice. “I’m going back to my house. Do not follow me. I mean it, Jax.” Then I turned and walked away with Hennessy in my arms. I was barely back at my house when I heard a light knock. “I told you,” I snapped at the door, assuming it was Jax. “I don’t want to talk to you!” “Selene, love, it’s me, Avery,” her voice came through the door. “Come in,” I sighed. Avery entered my bedroom and took a seat beside me on the bed. “You okay?” she asked gent