Semua Bab Rejected By The Beta, Claimed By His Alpha Uncle : Bab 171 - Bab 180

The drive was quiet, damn too quiet for his liking. The sound of the engine filled the car, but his mind was louder. Every second Aria sat beside him, his wolf paced, restless and hungry, fighting every ounce of control he had built over the years.He’d driven women home before, escorted students, colleagues, allies but nothing felt like this. Her scent clung to the air, soft and clean, mixed with something wild. Something his instincts recognized, even when his mind refused to.“Do you always look this tense when you drive?” Aria teased suddenly, her tone light, like she was trying to cut through the tension.Kaelion’s fingers tightened on the steering wheel. “Only when someone’s sitting beside me, who makes my wolf lose focus.”Her laugh was small but genuine. “That sounds like a dangerous problem for an Alpha.”“It is.” He glanced at her, the corner of his mouth twitching. “Especially when the cause seems oblivious to it.”She blinked, pretending not to understand, but the faint pi

The smell of disinfectant hit before her eyes even opened. Sterile and Cold. Her lashes fluttered, and light came through. A low groan escaped her throat as she turned her head slightly…white ceiling, White walls, and a beeping machine somewhere close.Then she heard two voices. Deep, distinct. Each is a command of its own.“She wouldn’t be here if your pack had better control,” Kaelion’s voice, sharp as glass.“And she wouldn’t have been in the damn water if you’d stayed in your lane,” Ryker shot back.Her chest tightened…that voice. “Stop,” she croaked, throat raw.Both men fell silent.Her vision cleared enough to see them, one on her left, one on her right, their energy clashing in invisible waves that made her skin prickle. Ryker’s aura was wild and familiar, Kaelion’s cold but fierce, protective.Jenna pushed herself upright, wincing as her head spun. “Where… am I?”Kaelion leaned forward immediately, his hand hovering close but not touching. “You’re in the infirmary. You almo

Jenna spent the entire day avoiding Kaelion like he was the plague.Every corridor she turned, every class she stepped into, if she even sensed his scent, she vanished.Mina noticed first. “You’ve dodged him four times today,” she whispered during class.Jenna kept her eyes on her notebook. “Five,” she corrected.Celeste snorted softly. “You’re acting like he’s contagious.”“Maybe he is,” Jenna murmured, twirling her pen. “And I can’t afford to get infected.”Her wolf, Lexa, stirred at the edge of her mind. You can’t avoid him forever.Watch me, Jenna shot back internally, scribbling harder than she needed to.When the last bell rang, the entire hall erupted in chatter. Mina and Celeste were already talking about coffee plans when Jenna’s phone buzzed, a reminder notification.Her fingers brushed the small device hidden in her bag, the recorder.Today wasn’t about Kaelion.Today was about Ryker.By noon, she was in his office. Alone.The door clicked shut behind her.Ryker leaned back

The music still pulsed through the floor, but Jenna’s heartbeat was louder.She tore her eyes away from him and forced herself toward the bar, every step unsteady. She needed a drink.Something to drown the fire crawling up her throat, the ache that started when their gazes collided.The bartender smiled when she approached.“Something strong?”She nodded, still distracted, still feeling that gaze from across the room.The glass slid toward her. She didn’t notice the flick of the bartender’s wrist or the powder that dissolved soundlessly into her drink.She just raised it to her lips and drank.One shot. Then another.Her body warmed too quickly, and her thoughts slipped.Mina and Celeste were somewhere in the crowd, laughing. The music blurred. The lights twisted. The room swayed.Jenna pressed a hand to her forehead, trying to steady her breathing.Her wolf’s voice was faint, far away. Something’s wrong.But she was already walking, trying to find the restroom, her pulse hammering i

The scent still lingered Faint and elusive.But Kaelion could still catch it on his skin, that soft trace of vanilla.He sat behind his desk, staring at the same file he’d been pretending to read for an hour. He hadn’t turned a page. His pen was still uncapped.He wasn’t thinking about his business right now, He was thinking about her…the masked woman.The one who had moved like she owned every heartbeat in the room.The one who had looked him straight in the eyes, unafraid, almost defiant even when she was trembling in his arms.Kaelion rubbed his jaw, exhaling slowly. His wolf stirred again, restless, pacing. It had been quiet for years, subdued since he’d forced control back after Jenna died. But last night… it had recognized something.Something that shouldn’t have been possible.“She was different,” he muttered.“Alpha?” His beta, Darren, looked up from the other side of the office. He’d been talking for several minutes, giving a report Kaelion hadn’t heard a word of.Kaelion bli