All Chapters of Rejected By The Alpha, Claimed By His Uncle: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Darius’ POVThe garden was quiet in the way only old non habitable places could be.. like stone remembering footsteps that were long gone, hedges trimmed into obedience and perfection, with moonlight resting gently against marble and leaves alike.Kade and I sat behind the western sculpture, a carved wolf frozen mid-snarl, its stone eyes forever watching the mountains. A decanter rested between us, already half-empty. I leaned back against the bench, glass cool in my hand and the faint burn of wine settling low in my chest.Kade took a slow sip, then glanced sideways at me.“So,” he said casually, far too casually. “I’m guessing Fael’s abrupt return in Sera’s life is what’s affecting you?”I didn’t look at him.I didn’t need to.. it was obvious he was staring at me with pity.“No,” I replied at once. Too quickly. “I’m just concerned about Aurelian. The change, the tension.. children feel these things. I want to be sure he’s well.. I want to be sure what ever Fael is saying is a lie.”

Seraphine’s POVI quietly stared at my reflection far longer than necessary as I sat on my vanity.The woman in the mirror that was staring back at me, she looked composed.. Too composed.Her hair was neatly brushed, the gown was smooth against my body, posture straight. But her eyes betrayed her... Too thoughtful.. Too aware.. Too guilty.I lifted a hand and slowly rested my fingers against the edge of the vanity.How do I face him?What do I say to him now?The thought echoed loudly in my head, in a relentless repetitive way that was getting annoying.Darius..My chest instantly tightened at the memory of his gaze during dinner.. my chest tightened at the thought of those stolen glances he hadn’t realized I noticed, the way he left before Aurelian could finish teasing him and telling him all of his stories and then at the empty seat at breakfast this morning.And worse..What if he knew?I swallowed hard.What if he’d been awake longer than I thought? What if he’d felt my hesitat

Darius’ POV Sera couldn’t stay still. And honestly I didn’t blame her one bit. She paced the length of the room like a swirling storm that was trapped in human form, her fingers were constantly twisting together, then pulling apart, then clutching at her sleeves as though the fabric itself were failing her. Each step she took echoed too loudly against the stone floor. “They.. They can’t just say that and leave,” she said for what must have been the tenth time. “They can’t say that and leave us with nothing. Blood seeks blood? Bond seeks bond? What does that even mean?” Kade leaned back in his chair, legs crossed, expression thoughtful but calm. Too calm, perhaps.. like a man that was already running through contingencies, through every possible means to get an answer. “I know healers in the west,” he finally said. “Old ones.. The kind who don’t announce themselves with prophecies and riddles.” “There’s one near the salt flats who still owes me a lot for getting him out of

Fael’s POV“Oh how convenient” Mylor whispered as I watched Darius and Seraphine.You see..Anger was a familiar companion of mine.But today for some weird reason it quietly sat in my chest like a living thing as I watched Darius’s arm curve around Seraphine’s waist.. too natural, too possessive, too practiced. The way she leaned into him, even slightly, felt like a blade that was twisting into where an old wound had never fully healed.‘She was ours first.. Mine.’ Mylor groaned out again but I said nothing to him.Instead.. I kept my face schooled into indifference, but my jaw tightened.“So,” I said coldly, breaking the charged silence and their stupid lovey dovey, “where exactly are we headed to eat? I don’t have all day.”Seraphine stiffened at my tone, her fingers curling as if she wanted to claw my eyes out if the opportunity ever mistakenly appeared. Good. Let her feel something.Darius didn’t even glance at me at first. He adjusted his grip on her again , slow and deliber

Seraphine’s POV“This isn’t over.”“This isn’t over”The words crawled under my skin like tiny little critters and stayed there.They echoed in the dining hall long after Fael said them, heavy and deliberate, like a threat that had been carved into stone.For a split second, everything froze.. air, sound, breath even my own heartbeat.Then something inside me snapped.It snapped into two like a rubber band that had been pulled too hard and without thinking my palms slammed into the table.The crack was thunderous.Goblets jumped. Cutlery clattered. The sound tore through the dining like a fire bomb that had been detonated all and brought every head whipping in my direction.I was already on my feet before I could think clearly.Fael had just begun to turn when I pointed straight at him, my hand shaking not with fear but with a rage so sharp it made my vision blur.“You watch your mouth,” I said, my voice ringing loud and raw. “Alpha of Grimfang.. who the fuck do you think you bloody