All Chapters of Rejected By Alpha Ethan, Chosen By The Alpha King: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

SophiaNorth was telling me some story about chaos that had broken out in the pack house that morning, and I was actually laughing for the first time in what felt like forever. It was a small thing, just two maids getting into an argument over whose job was whose, nothing serious, but the way North narrated it made me lose it. "And then Beta Drew came running in like the house was on fire," North was saying, grinning. "Screaming about how Alpha Kai hates noise and they'd better quiet down before he came to find out what was happening." "Alpha Kai definitely seems like the type to kill someone over a loud voice," I said, shaking my head. "He actually did fire someone once for laughing too loudly in the hallway," North said seriously. "But you seem to be in a better mood today. That's good." I wasn't going to tell her that better was relative. Yes, I'd had moments where I wasn't thinking about Ethan or Victoria or my old life. But the memories still crept in, especially at night. Ti

Ethan.It had been a month. Thirty days since Sophia walked out of my life, and I still couldn't wrap my head around how badly I'd fucked everything up.I sat on the couch in my office, staring at nothing. The house felt wrong without her. Empty in a way that had nothing to do with the physical space. She'd been the heartbeat of this place, the person I came home to when I was tired, the one who listened when I rambled about pack problems, the only person who'd made me feel like home was actually possible.My wolf growled at me from somewhere deep inside. "You did this. You threw it away."He wasn't wrong. Every single day since she'd left, my wolf had been reminding me exactly how catastrophically I'd fucked up. I'd tried to convince myself it was worth it, that gaining Alpha Philip's alliance justified losing my wife. But standing here in this empty house, surrounded by servants and staff who all looked at me with barely concealed judgment, I knew it was a lie.Victoria wasn't Sophi

SophiaI needed air.After Alpha Kai's father left the cottage, I couldn't stay inside anymore. The walls felt like they were closing in, suffocating me with cigarette smoke and impossible choices. So I'd found myself on the balcony overlooking the grounds, watching the sun bleed orange and pink across the sky.He'd asked me to seduce his own son. To sleep with Alpha Kai in exchange for money, all so he could manipulate him into doing something. The whole thing was so utterly disgusting that I almost wanted to laugh.Except I didn't have the energy to laugh. I barely had the energy to breathe.What kind of father does that? What kind of person uses their own child that way?I thought about my parents, dead for years now, but the memories still intact. They'd raised me to understand the importance of family. They'd taught me that you protected the people you loved, that you didn't use them as pawns in some twisted game."How much did he offer?"I nearly jumped out of my skin. Alpha Kai

KaiI was going to kill him.That was my first thought when Bruno walked into my office like he had every right to be there. My second thought was that I'd need to make it look like an accident."So good to see you, brother," Bruno said, settling into the chair across from my desk like we were old friends catching up over drinks. "It's been what, two years? Three?""Four." My voice was ice. "What are you doing here?""Father sent for me. He's worried about you." Bruno smiled, and it was the same smile he'd been wearing the day he'd betrayed me. The day he'd lied to our father's face and left me standing alone with the truth nobody would believe."I don't care what Father wants," I said."That's obvious." Bruno leaned back in his chair, completely comfortable in the face of my obvious fury. "He's concerned that you're not focusing on producing an heir. That you're letting a woman from another pack distract you from your responsibilities."I said nothing. Let him keep talking."So here'

KaiI'd been staring at the same page for twenty minutes without actually reading a single word.Alpha Drew had been talking about something the pack business, reports that needed my signaturebut I wasn't listening. My mind was still back on the porch with Sophia, or in the forest with Bruno, or in the past where all of this had started, and I couldn't figure out how to stop it."You're doing it again," Beta Drew said, his voice carrying a note of exhaustion."Doing what?""Zoning out. You've been in this office for three hours and haven't actually accomplished anything." He set a new stack of files on my desk. "We need to talk about the women's detention facilities."I leaned back in my chair. "What about them?""They're getting attacked. The women we've detained are getting assaulted by the male inmates. It's becoming a serious problem." Beta Drew's expression was grave. "We need to build a separate facility for female prisoners. They need their own space, their own guards.""Why is