Bound To The Alpha I Rejected のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

Anyone looking at Kaelan's face right now wouldn't be able to detect a hint of his true expression, but I could.I could see the subtle curve of his lips and I know he's doing this on purpose.He was fully aware that I hadn't been listening to a word of their discussion, and now, he was trying to put me on the spot.But such surprise attacks don't work on me."Honey..." I smiled, placing my hands lightly on his shoulders. I felt him tense. Whether it was the endearment or my touch, I couldn't tell.I continued smoothly, "I'm still trying to gather the threads of your discussion. I haven't started learning about Shadowcrest officially, and right now, I don't know what to make of it yet." I paused. "But I'm trying to learn in every way I can. And that's what I'm doing right now. Learning."Kaelan fixed me with a hard gaze, and I flashed him a sweet smile."Permit me, Alpha, but I have a suggestion," one of the officials said. Kaelan gave him a nod."I would suggest the Luna be fully ed

KAELAN'S POVI scribbled through the files in front of me, trying to block out Rio's incessant rambling. Ever since he'd returned from the meeting, he hadn't allowed me to hear the end of it."You didn't tell me our Luna was such a fierce one. The fire in her eyes when she questioned Delta Aston; I thought he would burn to a crisp," he chuckled."Damn. Her face looked so calm, but she's brimming with so much fire that even you didn't get spared," he laughed, earning a stink eye from me."What do you mean, 'I didn't get spared'?" I asked, narrowing my gaze."You felt it too, didn't you? It was obvious you were trying to catch her off-guard, but she didn't let her guard down at all. She twisted the whole thing. Damn, I like her!" he commented, slamming his hand on my desk for effect."Just leave, Rio. I'm sure you have work on your own desk. Go sort it out; you're disturbing my peace," I hissed."You're such a killjoy," he scowled.My phone chimed with a notification from inside my draw

KAELAN'S POVI tapped my foot impatiently on the floorboard, my patience for Landon's whining wearing dangerously thin.I looked down at him groveling at my feet and almost barked a laugh.This was me, ten years ago. I had gone to Alpha Landon then, begging him to convince my pack not to disqualify me from the Alpha succession. His pack was the strongest; he could have easily spoken a few words to mitigate his daughter's blunt rejection.But he had turned a deaf ear.He had blatantly refused my pleas then. And now? The tables had turned."You can leave, Alpha Landon. And please, get up from the floor. You may be an egocentric old man, but you are still older than I am; and my father-in-law, at that," I paused, smirking at the final title."So, yes... can't you consider those facts and take my plea into consideration?" Alpha Landon begged.I sighed, rubbing my palm against my temple. I detest pointless rambling, and that is precisely what Landon was doing."I don't repeat myself. Come

"Prodigal Luna? Excuse me?" I asked, unable to stop myself. I could feel Kaelan's eyes boring into my skin, a silent warning, but the insult had already lit a short fuse in my chest.She cleared her throat, before plastering on a smile so false it was almost insulting. "Pardon my manners, Your Majesties. Please, let's proceed to the table," she said, motioning to a vast dining hall.We settled in, and she immediately engaged Kaelan in talk of pack trade and border patrols, her words carefully sculpted to exclude me. I was furniture.Then, a shriek came from the west wing, and I turned to see someone I never expected.Isolde?What was she doing here? A cold trickle of foreboding dripped down my spine."Oh my Gosh, Your Majesty! I didn't know you were here!" she gushed, fluttering to where we sat. "Why didn't you tell me, Mum?" she asked, facing the Empress."Mum?" I blurted without meaning to. The Grand Empress is Isolde’s mother?"Yes. Mum," the Empress said, her smile now dripping wi

I clutched the glass in my hand so hard the crystal quivered. But that was the least of my concerns as I stared absently at the women trying desperately to hold my attention.I’d driven to this club in a fury after the conversation with Seraphina. Rio, who’d seen me take off at an insane speed, had followed. He was now sitting across from me, trying to decipher my black mood. He’d even suggested bringing in company to lighten it, but all they did was grate on my nerves.Seraphina called me a coward.A dark chuckle escaped me, though my insides were a furnace. I hated remembering the past so much that it ached when I did. But there was nothing much I could do when the main cause of my brutal past was right in my house."Honestly, I thought everything would get more fun, and you know, you’d be more happy, now that you’re married," Rio shrugged after looking at me for minutes and noting my expression."Did a fairy godmother whisper to you that marriage is all rosy? Marriage is crap," I