All Chapters of The Alpha's Rejected Mate : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Ava’s povThe bridge stretched over the river like a blade under the dying sun. Milrac’s hand stayed locked with mine the entire drive, thumb tracing slow circles over my knuckles. Every pass sent heat crawling up my arm and straight into my chest. My wolf pressed harder against my skin, begging.“Stop fighting it,” he said without looking at me. His voice was rough. “I can feel her pulling at you.”I kept my eyes on the trees rushing past. “Feeling her does not mean I trust you.”His grip tightened just enough to remind me he could break bone if he wanted. “You will. After tonight.”The car stopped. Guards spilled out first, forming a tight wall around us. Milrac stepped out and pulled me with him, arm sliding around my waist like armor. The black dress rode up my thigh from the movement. He adjusted it with one finger, the touch lingering a second too long.“Eyes on me,” he murmured against my ear. “Not them.”Ahead, the rogues waited in a loose line. My grandmother stood at the cen

Ava’s povThe door rattled again, harder this time. “Open up, Alpha! The elders will not wait!”Milrac’s mouth stayed pressed to the tiny wound on my neck, his tongue tracing slow, deliberate circles over the spot where his fang had broken skin. The bond flared hotter with every lick, threading fire through my veins and straight into my core. My wolf purred. I hated how much I arched into him.“Say the word,” he breathed against my throat, voice raw. “One word and I finish it right here. Full mark. No more half measures.”My fingers tightened in his hair, pulling him closer even as the pounding on the door grew louder. “They will break it down any second. And you are still bleeding from Silas’s bullet.”He lifted his head just enough for our eyes to lock. Gold swirled in his stormy gaze, hungry and furious. “Let them try. I have waited too long to feel you like this.”His hand slid from my throat down my side, fingers digging into the curve of my waist through the torn dress. The slow

Ava’s povMilrac’s teeth sank deeper.Pain and pleasure crashed together so hard my vision blurred. The half mark flared white hot, then snapped into something complete, something alive. I felt him everywhere at once. His thoughts brushed mine like smoke, raw and unfiltered. The bond flooded open.I have wanted this since the photo.Do not fight it, little scientist. You are mine and I am yours.I gasped against his chest, fingers digging into his shoulders. His blood still coated my hands but the wound was already closing, the bond knitting him back together through me. My wolf howled in triumph, merging with his until I could not tell where I ended and he began.“Finish it,” I whispered, voice breaking.His fangs pressed all the way in, sealing the mark. Heat poured down my spine, pooling low and heavy. The slow burn that had tormented me for days finally ignited into something I could not name. I arched into him, chasing the feeling, needing more.Then Grandmother’s voice sliced t

Ava’s povMilrac’s mouth stayed pressed to the fresh mark on my neck, slow and deliberate, as the last alpha vanished into the trees. The courtyard below us was empty now, silver chains scattered like forgotten warnings on the stone. Pleasure rolled through the bond in warm waves, each stroke of his tongue pulling a soft sound from my throat that I could not hold back.He lifted his head just enough to look at me. Gold still edged his eyes, but the hunger there had sharpened into something quieter, more dangerous. “They ran,” he said, voice low. “But they will be back by morning with more chains and more lies.”I slid my hands up his chest, feeling the steady beat of his heart now perfectly matched to mine. “Then we use tonight to make sure they cannot break us.”His fingers flexed on my waist. Through the bond I caught the echo of his thoughts, dark and unfiltered. *Want you alone.* *Want to feel the mark while no one is watching.*He did not speak it out loud. Instead he lifted

Ava’s povWe stayed locked together, my body draped over Milrac’s, his cock still buried deep inside me. The bond hummed like a living current between us, every tiny aftershock of pleasure echoing back and forth until I could not tell where I ended and he began. His hands stroked lazy circles down my spine, possessive and soothing at once. I pressed my cheek to his chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heart that now beat in perfect sync with mine.“Still inside me,” I whispered, voice husky from everything we had just done.His hips flexed once, slow and deliberate, pushing a little deeper. A fresh spark of heat rolled through the bond. “I like feeling you clench around me when you breathe,” he murmured, lips brushing my temple. “Makes me want to stay like this forever.”I shivered, rolling my hips in a lazy circle just to hear the low groan he could not hold back. The bond fed me his satisfaction, thick and dark, the way my wetness still coated him, the way my walls fluttered