Lahat ng Kabanata ng Rejected Luna : Alpha's Promise, King's Claim: Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

VENUSI follow his gaze. On the screen, I see the west wall corridor. A guard is patrolling there again and again. My eyes narrow as I stare at it for a few minutes. “Wait,” I gasp. “That’s the same movement.”Rowan’s fingers fly over the console keys and he types something. I watch him work alongside the operator who also looks lost like me. The screen flickers as he pulls up the archived feed. It shows the same thing. “It’s a loop. The timestamp is stuck at 11:30pm.” Rowan says as he looks at the screen. The operator’s eyes widen. “How is that possible?” “We need the real-time footage,” Rowan mutters and looks past his shoulder. “Nile.” His general steps in and the operator backs away, getting intimidated by the large sizes of the two men. Nile sits on the chair and does something on it for quite a long time. “Done!” Nile says, “Someone overlaid the main channel. But the backup server’s still live.” He plays the real-time feed and my stomach twists as I see the hallway on the

VENUSI gasp, my head snapping toward him. “What?” “Bronze is my sister’s child,” he continues. “I’m his uncle.”For a moment, my mind goes blank. His uncle?I stare at him, trying to process what I just heard. Their bond isn’t just of an Alpha and his king. They are blood-related! Suddenly, everything makes sense. That’s why they seemed close when they spoke to each other. I knew in my gut that something was strange. I remember Bronze not being very fond of his mother who’s dead. She’d passed away long ago. I look at Rowan, “I’m… sorry for your loss,” I say, keeping my voice low. “You must miss your sister.”Rowan doesn’t say anything about that. Then a thought strikes me, “Wait,” I say, frowning. “After Bronze’s father died, why didn’t you take him in?”Rowan lets out a slow breath. “I sort of did,” he replies. “But Bronze hated me and the elders were against it. They said they’d take responsibility for him.”“I didn’t want to force him,” Rowan continues. “He was young and I ha

VENUSThen his gaze flicks to me, his eyes observing me sharply.“How well do you know that Alex guy?”I frown. “Alex? Why?”“I don’t like him,” Bronze says immediately. “He seems to have eyes for you.”His words make me think back to the training grounds where Alex was flirting with me. I bite back a smile and glance at Bronze teasingly. “You sound jealous.”In an instant, his hand wraps around my waist, pulling me closer. I gasp softly as he leans in, his breath warm against the side of my neck.“Of course I’m jealous,” he murmurs. “I don’t want to share you with anyone.”Instead of feeling excited under his touch, I feel odd. It somehow feels wrong and my body is repulsing it. I force a small smile and step away slightly, pretending it’s nothing. “We should hurry. Don’t want to keep the elders waiting.”When we reach the meeting room, the cool air from the air conditioner hits my skin, making me sigh in relief. After all that training under the sun, it feels good. But the relief

ROWANI tighten my jaw. “I had no intention of keeping her in the camp.”He hums, taking a few steps closer. “So what then? You suspended her to get back at me? Because you couldn’t stop her from choosing me?”There’s an edge of cockiness to tone. It grates at my nerves. If only he knew. He has her now because I allowed it. If I wanted Venus for myself, she’d never have gone back to him. Never. I would have never let her go. The next punch on the bag lands harder than I intend. The bag swings violently, chain rattling above. The silver tears through the glove and bites into my palm. I catch the bag with one hand and hold it still. The sting feels good.“I had no such intention,” I say while staring at the bag. My breathing comes out slightly ragged. Bronze smirks, shoving his hands in the pockets of his joggers. “Come on, Rowan. Admit it. You’re losing whatever game you’re playing. Venus is mine now. You can’t do anything about that.”“I wasn’t finished talking.” I mutter. His sm

VENUS “What do you mean suspended? They can’t do this! This is unfair!”Sid’s voice practically explodes through her room the moment I finish telling her everything that happened at the meeting. She shoots up from the couch, her face flushed with anger. “I’ll talk to my mom about this,” she adds, pacing back and forth.Alex stands near the window, arms folded tight across his chest. His jaw is clenched. “This doesn’t make sense at all,” he mutters. “Why are they always cornering you, Venus? Out of everyone in that camp, it’s you they go after every single time.”I give a small shrug, staring down at the floor. “Because they probably don't like me. I’m the only one here without a wolf. It’s easy to blame me for things when I’m already… different.” I hate how sad I sound now. Sid turns to me sharply. “That’s absolute bullshit. You’re stronger than half those loudmouths in the camp. They just talk big and pretend to be powerful.”I want to smile at that, but it doesn’t come. My chest f