Todos os capítulos de REJECTED BY TWIN PRINCES,CLAIMED Y THEALPHA: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

The kitchen was hot. I hated the kitchen, but I hated the stares even more.“Move, traitor spawn. Don’t stand there like the useless thing your parents were.”That was Martha, the Head Cook. She hated me most of all. Everyone did. It had been ten years since my parents were executed for treason, but the pack never forgot. I was the child of traitors, a slave girl, and a dirt stain on the royal floor.“I am moving, Martha.” My voice was quiet. I never spoke loud.“Faster! Alpha Princes Zayne and Zack are having their friends over. They want the new berry wine. You will serve it. Try not to spill it, or I will peel your skin off and feed it to the rogues.”I nodded quickly and took the large silver tray. It felt heavy. Everything in the Royal House felt heavy.“Look at her,” whispered a scullery maid named Lily. She was nineteen, a year older than me. “Eighteen, and still no mate. She is cursed, truly. The Moon Goddess knows not to waste a good mate on a traitor’s child.”My throat tigh

Pain. That was the first thing. It was everywhere. A heavy, throbbing ache in my shoulder and ribs.I forced my eyes open. I saw a ceiling that was too high. Too clean. It had carved wood that shone softly in the dim light. I did not know this place. My mind was slow and thick.Then I smelled the scent of power. A scent that belonged only to one person. The Alpha.My fear was a cold wave. It washed away all the pain. I tried to sit up, but my shoulder screamed. I was covered in thick, white bandages.He was there. Alpha Claude. He sat in a high-backed chair next to the bed. He was watching me. His eyes were dark and heavy.I panicked. I must have been caught. I ran away. I was near the enemy lines. This was it. The second execution. The pack would cheer this time. They hated me too much.“Alpha! Please, Alpha!” I cried out. My voice was a choked, weak sound. I did not care how I sounded. I had to live.“I beg you! I did not mean to run away! I was not leaving the pack! I just ran into

The voices belonged to Mia and the twin princes. I stood in the corner of my new, soft room. I was shaking. I had been set up by them. I had tried to run to find Alpha Claude. I had run into the hall, but the guard Garen had told me the Alpha was in a sudden, closed-door meeting with the Elders. He could not be disturbed.I felt sick. I was trapped. If I went back to my room, they would find me there. If I ran, it would look like guilt. I decided to wait by the stairs, hoping to intercept the Alpha.I waited for ten minutes. Then I heard the stomping. Heavy, deliberate boots coming up the marble staircase. Many of them.“She’s in here, Garen! The Alpha's private pet!” Zayne’s voice was loud and full of triumph.I spun around. Zayne, Zack, Mia, and four heavy guards were storming toward me.“There she is! The little snake!” Zack yelled.Zayne pointed at me. “Arrest her! Take her back to her room!”The guards hesitated. Garen, the guard who knew the Alpha’s orders, stepped forward.“

The silver blade didn’t hit me. At the very last second, Zayne’s hand faltered. Not from mercy but because the Alpha’s aura slammed into the clearing, so heavy it felt like the air itself had turned solid. My breath caught as Zayne stumbled, the dagger slicing the space an inch from my throat. Alpha Claude, in his massive wolf form, let out a sound I had never heard before ,a roar that was half beast, half anguished father. He lunged. One powerful swipe sent Zayne flying, his body crashing into the dirt. Silence fell, broken only by harsh breathing. Claude shifted back. He didn’t look at his sons. He came straight to me, his hands shaking as he checked my neck, my shoulders, his eyes frantic. When he saw I was unharmed, he pulled me into his chest. I buried my face in his shirt. He smelled like rain-soaked earth and pine. For a moment, I forgot everything else ,the clearing, the blood, the two men who were supposed to be my fated mates standing nearby with hatred in their eye

It was Mia. She looked terrified. "They're coming for you," she whispered. "Not the princes. The others. You don't understand, Rayna... the locket isn't just a trophy. It’s a key."Before I could ask what she meant, a heavy blow hit the back of my head. The last thing I saw was the Ironclaw Alpha ripping the arrow from his shoulder and staring at me with a desperate, wild hope."Elena..." he gasped, as the darkness swallowed me whole.The first thing I felt was the dampness. It was a deep, bone-chilling cold that smelled of rot and old iron. My head throbbed with every heartbeat, a sharp reminder of the blow Mia had delivered. I tried to move my hands, but the rough bite of rope held my wrists tight against a wooden post.I wasn't in the Ironclaw camp. I wasn't even in the woods. The walls around me were made of the same ancient stone as the pack house basement, but this room was hidden. I had been a servant here for ten years, yet I had never seen this room. It was a secret