Rejected By My Mate, Claimed By Racer Alpha のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 131 - チャプター 140

VictorLucian was already at his desk when I walked in.He had a file open in front of him but he wasn't reading it. He was staring at the wall with that particular look that meant he was thinking about something he hadn't decided how to handle yet.I sat down across from him without being asked."Jessica?" I asked. He closed the file. "I don't want to hear her name again."I nodded and left it there. There was nothing else to say about Jessica. That chapter was closed and we both knew it.Lucian leaned back in his chair and looked at me."Valen is still in town," he said.I had noticed that too. Alpha Valen had attended the gala two nights ago as a guest, which was normal enough. What wasn't normal was that he was still here. His motorcade hadn't left the city and he had extended his hotel booking according to the information I had pulled that morning."I heard he was very comfortable around Katy at the gala," I said."Too comfortable," Lucian replied. His voice was even but I had

Katy povThe garage was my favourite part of the day.That probably said something about me but I had stopped apologising for it a long time ago. There was something about the smell of engine oil and metal and the particular quiet of a space where the work was honest that settled me in a way nothing else really did. I had been under a '98 Defender for the better part of an hour when I heard the sound of two bikes. They rolled into the garage forecourt with unhurried confidence that immediately told me whoever was on them wasn't here by accident.I slid out from under the Defender and sat up, pulling the rag from my back pocket and wiping my hands.There were three of them. Two on bikes and one who had stepped out of a car that had pulled in quietly behind them. Then a familiar face stepped outside of the car.Alpha Valen looked exactly the same as he had at the gala. Relaxed and well put together. The kind of man who moved through spaces like he had already decided they belonged to

KatyThe apartment was dark when I walked in but my wolf sensed something… as if someone was there. I stopped."Lucian?" I called but got no answer. I frowned. I swear I could smell his scent all over the room. But that was not strange since this was our home, our scent always filled the space, right? I found the switch and flooded the room with light and spun around. I nearly screamed out loud. Lucian was sitting in the armchair in the corner. His jacket was off, sleeves rolled and elbows on his knees…just sitting there in the dark like that was something people did."Jeez, Lucian." I pressed my hand flat to my chest. "You scared me. Why are you sitting in the dark?" I asked but he didn't answer.Instead, he stood up and crossed the room and I barely had time to register the look on his face before his hands were on me. One at my jaw, the other at my waist, and his mouth came down on mine before I could say another word.The kiss wasn't soft.It was hungry and demanding.My hand

CelesteI had one bag. One bag that held the sum total of my current life and it wasn't even full. I stood in that apartment for the last time and took one look around at the water stained ceiling and the mattress on the floor and the barred window and I felt something I hadn't expected. Hope. Excitement. I closed the door and walked away.Victor was at the bottom of the stairs with his hands in his pockets, leaning against the wall like he had all the patience in the world. He saw me come down and reached for my bag without making a thing of it. I almost argued and then decided that some battles weren't worth having this early in the morning.We drove mostly in silence and I watched the neighborhood change outside the window.I had been part of a pack before. It was a smaller one but I knew how these things worked. I knew what it meant to walk into a space as an outsider and wait to be assessed.I just hadn't expected to be nervous about it."Stop overthinking." Victor said from t

Elias POV I was all smiles as I parked my car and headed toward Nova's apartment. This was our second date and I had every intention of letting her know how I felt today. I had been turning the words over in my head for days, arranging them and then scrapping them and starting again, which was new for me. I was not a man who struggled to say what he meant. But Nova was different. Not just her, everything about the situation required care and I knew it. I took the stairs because the elevator in her building was slow and I was impatient to see her beautiful face again. And oh did I mention? We were taking Aria with us on our date. We had been good. Nova had been open with me and that still surprised me every time. She laughed easily when we were together, asked questions that showed she had been listening and remembered small things I had mentioned in passing. There was also a warmth to her that she tried to keep measured, tried to keep at a careful distance. I had learne