All Chapters of Rejected By The Alpha That Buried Me Alive.: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Christina’s POVVictory didn’t feel like victory anymore.It felt like waiting.The pack moved with purpose now. Wolves repaired damaged walls, reinforced barricades, rotated guard shifts with quiet efficiency. No one had to be told twice.They were learning.Adapting.But beneath it all… something was off.I felt it in the pauses between conversations. In the way voices dropped when I walked past. In the subtle glances exchanged when they thought I wasn’t looking.Not fear.No doubt.Something sharper.Uncertainty.They’re watching each other, Kyros murmured.“I know.”And that was the problem.By midday, the first report came in.“Supplies are missing.”Finn stood in front of me, jaw tight. “Not much. Just enough to notice.”“From where?”“Western storage. The one we secured after the attack.”My eyes narrowed. “Who had access?”“A lot of people,” he admitted. “Too many.”Not good.“Double the guards,” I said. “No one goes in or out without clearance.”Finn nodded and left.I didn’t

Christina’s POVMira died three days later.Not from Elena’s knife.From something quieter.Slower.Poison.She collapsed during a routine check on the wounded. Just… fell. No warning.By the time we got her to the healers, her lips were blue. Her breathing was shallow.The younger healer Sarah worked frantically. I tried everything.But the poison had been in her system since the kidnapping. Delayed action. Designed to kill slowly. Invisibly.Elena’s final message.You can’t save everyone.Mira died in my arms.Calm. Peaceful.She looked at me and smiled weakly. “Not your fault.”Then she was gone.I sat there, holding her body, feeling nothing.Not rage.Not grief.Just… emptiness.*She was ours to protect, Kyros said quietly. And we failed.“I know.”This is what restraint costs. What control costs.“I know.”How many more will die before you stop holding back?I didn’t answer.The funeral was small.Mira had no family. The pack was her family.We buried her beside the others who’d

Christina’s POVDawn came slowly.Cold. Gray. Unforgiving.I stood at the window of what used to be Caleb’s office, watching wolves move through the compound. Some carried debris. Others tended to be wounded. Everyone moved with purpose now.Fear had become routine.Three days since the coordinated attack. Eleven wounded. Three dead.We’d held.But holding wasn’t winning.I could see it in the way wolves looked at each other. The exhaustion. The doubt.How long could we keep this up?As long as necessary, Kyros said quietly.“That’s not an answer.”It’s the only one that matters.A knock at the door.“Come in.”Sarah, the young healer who’d tried to save Mira, entered. She looked thinner than before. Tired. But standing.“The injured from the attack are stable,” she reported. “No new infections. No complications.”“Good. Thank you.”She hesitated at the door.“Something else?” I asked.“I just…” She looked down. “The way you fought. During the attack. Your eyes changed. The air around

Christina’s Pov We came back with information and one injured wolf.That should have felt like something.It didn’t.The camp felt wrong the moment we crossed the perimeter that specific kind of wrong that isn’t one thing you can point to, just the accumulation of too-tight shoulders and eyes that cut away too fast when they met mine.Something had happened while we were gone.I didn’t ask immediately. I let Finn take the injured scout to be treated and gave the rest of the team the quiet signal to disperse. Then I stood in the center of camp and waited for what was already moving toward me.It arrived in the form of shouting.Two wolves Dara and a younger male named Rowe had each other by the front of their shirts near the supply line. Not shifted. Not yet. But close enough that the air around them had that particular charge.“You hesitated,” Dara was saying, voice stripped down to something raw. “You hesitated and Brin almost died for it”“I made a call”“You made *nothing*. You f

Christina’s POVThis wasn’t silence.This was something holding its breath.Dawn came slowly, pale light creeping across the compound. Wolves moved through their routines, but something felt wrong.Not fear exactly.Instinct.Guards were more alert than usual. Patrols moved with extra caution. Everyone watching. Waiting.For what, I didn’t know yet.Something’s coming, Kyros said quietly.“I know.”I stood at the window of the strategy room, watching the eastern territory. No movement. No attacks. No scouts.Vax’s forces had pulled back completely.That scared me more than an assault would have.Behind me, the inner circle gathered. Kael. Finn. Caleb is stronger now, standing without support. Three other key wolves.“Reports?” I asked without turning.“Nothing,” Finn said. “Vax’s patrols have disappeared. No contact for twelve hours.”“That’s not normal,” one of the others said.“No,” Kael agreed. “It’s not.”I turned to face them. “He’s repositioning.”“For what?” Caleb asked.“Somet