All Chapters of His Discarded Mate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The pregnancy test landed hard on the bathroom floor. The pink lines seemed to mock me from the pristine white tiles. My hands shook as I gripped the vanity, staring at my reflection. I looked pale, tired, and broken.I was six weeks pregnant carrying the child of the man who had just embarrassed in front of our whole pack.*“I, Alpha Nathaniel Blackthorne, reject you, Ella Montgomery, as my mate and Luna,”* he had said.The words kept playing in my head. It felt like a knife to the heart. He said it at a pack meeting, with tons of people watching. His mistress, Vivian, was right there, clinging to him like she'd won a prize.I put my hand on my stomach, where our child was growing, not knowing any of this was happening. Nathaniel didn't have a clue. How could he? I found out myself just hours after he dumped me in the worst way possible.A knock at the door broke my thoughts. “Luna? The Alpha wants you in his office.” It was Beta Harrison, sounding formal and cold.Luna. Not for long

Kane Winters, Shadowmere's Alpha, wasn’t who I figured he’d be. We were driving to his territory on winding mountain roads in the back of his SUV, and I was rethinking everything I thought I knew about rival pack leaders. Nathaniel was all about sharp edges and barely controlled power, but Kane had this quiet, dangerous vibe.He seemed younger than I thought—maybe early thirties, with messy dark hair and these sharp green eyes that just seemed to *see* right through you. He almost seemed like a scholar, someone more suited for a library than a boardroom. But the way he moved, that easy confidence, that was all Alpha.“So…” he said, his voice low, breaking the heavy silence since we left the diner, “Sage says you want a *fresh start*.”“Among other things,” I said, my voice tight, trying to sound professional. I might be desperate, but I wasn’t about to spill my guts to a guy I just met.“And what else is on your mind?” His eyes flicked to mine, searching.I met his gaze, my heart poun

Nathaniel's POVVivian's laptop glared at me from my desk, the screen showing proof I should've noticed months ago. Emails to unknown people, details about patrol routes, area weaknesses, alliance talks I'd told her about in secret.My mate. My carefully picked political move. A spy.I slammed the laptop shut, the sound cracking in the quiet office. It was 3 a.m., and I was alone with the mess of every choice I'd made this past year, each one worse than the last.Security footage filled in the gaps. Vivian met with reps from the Northern Coalition, the packs I'd been trying to beat for land. Her dad wasn't joining forces with me; he was using his daughter to take me down from the inside.And I dumped Ella for this. Turned away my true mate, embarrassed her in public, treated her like she was nothing because I fell for Vivian's act. I thought power came from political marriages instead of real feelings. What a damn idiot."Alpha?" Harrison showed up in the doorway, looking as beat as I

Ella's POVThe west tower door swung open quietly. Creaky hinges would've been better somehow. Kane had been sneaking in here a lot, super careful, like he was obsessed.The room inside took my breath away. Every surface was covered in photos of a woman with honey-colored hair and amber eyes. She looked just like me. She was wearing floaty dresses, and in most pictures, she's touching her tiny baby bump with a happy smile.Lyra.But it was the new stuff that freaked me out. Pictures of me, lots of them, taken without me knowing. Me in the gardens. Me reading by the window. Me holding my stomach. And some disturbing ones where they'd manipulated my face to make me look even more like the dead woman in this room."She was beautiful, wasn't she?"Kane's voice behind me made me jump. I turned around fast, my heart pounding. He was in the doorway, blocking my exit, looking way too calm as he surveyed his shrine."Ka

Nathaniel's POV The guards pulled us apart before I could rip Kane's throat out. My wolf was howling for blood, for justice, for the right to protect what was mine. "You're insane," I snarled, struggling against Harrison's hold. "You can't just steal someone's child!" "I'm not stealing anything." Kane straightened his torn shirt, his composure already returning. "I'm saving a life. Something you clearly couldn't be bothered to do." "I didn't know!" The admission tore from me. "I didn't know she was pregnant when I rejected her!" The courtyard went silent. Even Ella looked shocked. "What?" she whispered. I turned to her, seeing the woman I'd destroyed, the mother of my child, and let the truth spill out. "You tried to tell me that night. Before the rejection ceremony. You said you needed to talk to me about something important, but I was too focused on Vivian, on t