All Chapters of Her Rogue: Alpha Queen's Rejected Mate : Chapter 21

Chapter 15 (Part 2)SERENA POVI stood frozen the moment I heard the voice. It was familiar. Too familiar. For a split second, I thought it was Jayden. My heart reacted before my mind did, tightening painfully in my chest. But when I turned, it wasn’t him.My heartbeat steady when It turns out to be Zora. She was walking toward me with a calm, warm smile, as if the tension in the air didn’t exist, as if the ground beneath this palace wasn’t layered with politics, power, and unspoken cruelty.She looked relaxed, confident, and strangely kind for someone who had just fought me hours earlier.“How are you doing?” she asked gently. “I hope you’re good.”Her tone wasn’t mocking. No challenge. It wasn’t cold. There was no hidden edge to it. Just a simple concern.“I’m fine,” I replied, offering a small smile of my own. “And you?”“I’m good, thank you,” she said. Then she gestured ahead. “Everyone is already waiting for you and the Alpha King.”Her words tightened something in my chest, but