All Chapters of The Orphan Luna's Rejection: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Chapter Eleven

Chapter ElevenMelody’s POVTraining is where I can finally breathe.Where the past can’t claw at me, where the ache in my chest quiets, where the noise in my head drops away and leaves only instinct.Observe.Anticipate.Strike.Survive.For ten blissful minutes, that’s all there is.Then Dane’s laugh rolls across the cold morning field like a crack of thunder. A single heartbeat of distraction is all it takes. Thomas sweeps my legs out from under me, and the world flips. My back slams into the damp ground and my breath is knocked from my lungs.Before I can recover, he pins me. His huge hands clamp around my wrists, his weight is solid, immovable above me. The cold from the ground seeps into my skin through my clothes, sharpening every sense.“I thought you weren’t going to make it easy for me,” he says quietly, inching closer. “Little savage.”The nickname shouldn’t warm something in my chest. But it does.“I was distracted,” I mutter, blowing a strand of hair from my fa

Chapter Twelve

Chapter TwelveArthur’s POVI watch Melody walk away, and it feels like part of me goes with her. The emptiness that’s been growing in my chest these past two years is becoming unbearable. Every step she takes feels like a thread being pulled loose inside me, the bond tugging, fraying, tearing just a little more each time I let her walk out of my sight.Bobby’s words echo through my mind. “She still cares more than she wants to admit… her wolf does anyway.” He shouldn’t have given me hope. Maybe I’m clinging to scraps… but scraps are all I have left. Hope is all I have left. Why would Bobby, of all people, give me that?“Who the hell does she think she is? Playing the poor little orphan. Come on, Arty, they’re all beneath you.” Regina’s shrill voice drags me out of my thoughts. She tries to pull my attention away from the four men who would clearly kill for Melody. Her touch makes my skin crawl.“Don’t touch me,” I snap, stepping away from her. “And stop calling me Arty. I am not

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter ThirteenArthur’s POVIt’s the first day of the Cup and the arena is a living beast.Growls, shouts, laughter, clashing metal, the thud of bodies hitting the ground. Thousands of voices blend together into a roar that bounces off the stone walls and into my bones. The air is charged, thick with adrenaline and competition. Above us, banners ripple in the breeze, snapping like angry wolves baring their teeth, but all of it fades the second I see her.Melody moves through the warm up grounds with the confidence of someone who has bled for her place here. Every step is measured, every breath steady. She looks powerful. Controlled. Glorious.And not mine.That thought hits so hard I sway for a moment before regaining my footing. My wolf snarls, “Mate. Ours.”I swallow hard. “I know,” I murmur under my breath. “I know. But she needs time. We need to give her that.”My wolf disagrees. Violently.Dane elbows me lightly. “Mate, you’re staring. Again.”“I’m observing,” I growl.

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter FourteenArthur’s POV Melody charges onto the field with grace and fury.She moves like she owns the ground beneath her feet. Strong, steady, balanced. Her shoulders are squared, her chin lifted, her gaze unwavering. The Melody I remember had a softness to her. A quiet, shy presence that tried to make itself smaller in the shadow of grief.This Melody?She stands like she’s carved from the moon itself.Dane whistles low beside me. “Bloody hell. She’s not playing, is she?”My throat feels tight. “No, she isn’t.”He glances at me, amusement flickering. “You’re proud.”“I’m terrified,” I correct.The ball is hurled into the centre of the field, and chaos erupts instantly.Wolves sprint, clash, shove. Metal rings out as weapons collide. Someone takes a hard fall, dirt and grass exploding around them. A woman from Pine Ridge leaps and grabs the ball before being tackled by two men twice her size.But Melody doesn’t rush into the fray. She watches. Calculating. Waiting. T

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter FifteenMelody’s POV My ribs aren’t the reason I’m struggling. Yes, they hurt like hell, but my wolf is already healing them. My problem is the two men fighting over me like it’s a tug of war.“You can’t keep this up. It goes against our nature. You will be in full heat by tonight, and if you want to be capable of competing in your next round, you will need to do something about it.” My wolf uses my desire to win against me. “I can’t be going into heat. Only marked and mated she wolves have heat cycles.” I scoff. I know she wants Arthur. That she needs him. But I won’t be manipulated by her. I’m hurt that she would lie to me to try to get her way.“It’s not a lie melody. It’s nature giving you a push. You haven’t accepted your mate, but your body has felt that bond for two years. That burning need, the one you can’t satisfy for yourself, that’s only the beginning. It’s called the heat for a reason.” “You can’t be serious. Now... I’m going into heat now... can’t you stop

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter SixteenArthur’s POVShe nods her permission. It’s not words, but given the circumstances I’ll take it. “I promise you won’t regret this, Melody. I’ll look after you and make you feel good.” It’s a promise I feel to my very core. This is a second chance I never thought I would get, and I will show her not only that she is mine, but I am entirely hers.My lips close around her nipple and her body trembles as her back arches off the damp sheets. Her fingers fist in my hair, pulling me closer, needing what only I can give her. “Arthur. More. I need... more. Please.” She groans in between gasps as her hips lift rhythmically off the bed, searching for what her body craves.The scent of her arousal and the pleading in her voice is intoxicating. “Give her what she wants. She is begging for it.” My wolf growls, his thoughts flashing in my mind. He wants to mark, to mate, to feel her pussy sucking us in, squeezing, wet and warm. I won’t do that. I won’t take advantage of her vu

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter SeventeenMelody’s POV My senses have up and left me. Well... my common sense at least.This is wrong but it feels so right. His touch, the way his fingers feel inside me, the pull of the mate bond making everything feel deeper, stronger... it’s too much. All I can do is let go. So I do. I let go of everything for tonight. When it is done and the heat has passed, I can get on with this, the reason I am here. Win the Cup, take the position Grandpa promised me and get on with my life.“It’s not that simple Melody. I’ll explain later. Just let your body feel what it needs to. Accept that he is what we need.” My wolf purrs inside me. She finally feels the connections he has been yearning for and it’s like she grows inside me. How do I take this away from her now?My entire body jerks as his hand pumps harder, deeper. It’s not enough. The burning is worse, the heat is swallowing me up, spreading throughout my body, consuming me.“More... pleeeease... more...” I need... I don’t

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter EighteenArthur’s POVI need to get out of here. My wolf needs to run, before we go back in there and fuck up all the progress we have made. I can still taste her on my lips and smell her on my fingers. It’s like she has seeped inside me without even trying, and I know I’m damned because now that I’ve seen and felt what it’s like to be hers, I need to win her back more than ever.There is no shifting allowed in the arena or training areas, so I have to leave the grounds to let my wolf run. It’s peaceful and quiet out here, the forest spans for miles and the lake reminds me of home. It’s exactly what we need to get our head straight.“Little mate has no idea what our bond means does she?” my wolf has changed his tune since we left her room and he is analysing everything that happened. He isn’t the only one. When she was under us, he was pushing me to mark her, to take what he sees as ours. He is a creature of instinct, and everything in him drives him to complete the bond

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter NineteenMelody’s POVI came out for a run around the lake to clear my head, to get away from the scent of Arthur, which is still lingering in my room, making my skin itch. When a scolding hot shower and a scrub that left me raw didn’t get him off my skin, I knew letting my wolf run would take my mind off of everything. I didn’t expect to stumble across the two men at the centre of my confusion, brawling like wild animals in the sand.Now Arthur is hurt, and my stupid heart is pounding away in my chest. Seeing him bleed triggers a need inside me that I’m not comfortable with. Thomas doesn’t look the least bit remorseful, if anything he looks furious. He had every intention of killing him right here, I have no doubt about that. I don’t like this new, protective, possessive feeling that is bubbling up. I miss feeling in control of my emotions, my body.I can’t deal with this right now, but the way these two are going it’s bound to end in bloodshed then our packs will be drag

Chapter Twenty

Chapter TwentyArthur’s POVI watch, barely controlling my jealousy, as Dane holds Melody’s hands and tells her what a prick I am. He really has a strange idea of what helping actually involves.“Let’s get you two to bed.” I hear the tail end of their conversation as they walk with her hand resting in the crook of his arm. The way she so casually touches him and accepts his presence is painful. She hasn’t been like that around me in years. I miss that. I miss her.“He didn’t reject her.” my wolf huffs. He seems to have accepted that we need to go at her pace if we are going to have any chance of winning her back, but it goes against the grain, and he is in a foul mood. Lucky me.“He didn’t, but he was a dick to her, just like I was. How can she forgive him so easily?” Okay, so maybe I’m feeling petulant. I know it’s not the same, he wasn’t as close to her as I was. Being handled by Thomas and fighting my instincts to put that dog down, has left me with some pent-up frustration and no

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