Lahat ng Kabanata ng Rejected, Then Crowned Luna: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

He didn’t move.“I said hold position,” I repeated, keeping my voice steady and controlled.He looked at me without hesitation. “I heard you.”That shifted everything.The others felt it too, not loudly, not dramatically, but enough that the air tightened around the moment. No one spoke, no one stepped in, and no one looked away, like they were all waiting to see how this would play out.I glanced at Ethan for a second.He was watching.That was it.No interruption, no correction.This was on me.I looked back at the man. “Then follow the command.”He stayed exactly where he was. “I take orders from my Alpha.”The words weren’t raised, but they carried weight and now everyone was watching more closely.I stepped closer, not rushing, not hesitating, just enough to make it clear I wasn’t backing down. “And what did your Alpha just do.”He didn’t an because he already knew.Ethan hadn’t stopped me, hadn’t corrected me. hadn’t overridden me.That silence meant something.“You’re hesitatin

People kept whispering, and it started to piss me off, not loud, not in my face, just constant like they didn’t give a damn.“She shouldn’t be leading anything.”“That wasn’t normal.”“He didn’t stop her.”“That’s the problem.”I kept walking like it didn’t get to me, but it did, my chest tight with a pressure I didn’t know how to handle.Ryan would’ve snapped, and I didn’t, and that sat wrong in my chest in a way I couldn’t ignore.“They’re not even trying to hide it anymore,” I said, my voice low but edged, like I was holding something back and didn’t want it to slip.Ethan didn’t even look surprised, just matched my pace like this was expected. “They don’t need to.”I let out a quiet, dry breath. “Yeah, well… that doesn’t make it easier to ignore, does it, because it kind of sounds like they’ve already made up their minds.”“It’s not about ease,” he said calmly. “It’s about honesty.”I glanced at him, a little sharper than I meant to. “Honesty still feels like shit when you’re the

**** BACK TO BECKY ****Morning didn’t give me time to think, and Ethan didn’t either.“Training ground,” he said, already walking, like there wasn’t even a question.I blinked once, still trying to shake off the leftover tension in my chest. “Wow, good morning to you too.”“You’re already late,” he added without looking back.Yeah… that got on my nerves fast.“Late for what, exactly, because I’m pretty sure I didn’t sign up for—”“You did,” he cut in calmly. “The moment you stopped losing control.”I frowned, picking up my pace anyway. “That’s not how that works.”“It is now.”Yeah… I hated that.By the time we reached the training ground, the pack was already there, some training, some watching, and yeah, the moment I stepped in, I felt it again.They weren’t just curious anymore, there was something heavier in the way they looked at me… expectation.“God… this is getting old,” I muttered under my breath.Ethan stopped in the center, turning to face me. “Focus.”I exhaled slowly, tr

Training ended and everything felt different, not loud or obvious, just… off, like something had shifted and everyone felt it but no one said it, like the air itself was holding onto something none of us wanted to name out loud.I walked beside Ethan in silence, my chest still tight, not from the power this time, but from what came after, from the way people had looked at me, from the way they had reacted like something had already changed without permission.“That hesitation…” I started, then exhaled slowly, trying to find the right words, because none of them felt enough. “I don’t know why, but it didn’t sit right with me, like something about it just… felt off.”Ethan didn’t answer immediately, and yeah, that alone made something in my chest tighten more, because when he stayed quiet like that, it usually meant he was choosing his words carefully, and that never meant anything simple.We stepped further away from the others before he spoke, his voice lower now, controlled in a way

Everything broke at once, one second I was still trying to process the blood on the scout, my chest tight and my thoughts all over the place, and the next something snapped, I didn’t see it first, I felt it, fast and sharp, coming straight at me, and my body reacted before I could think.“Becky—move!”Ethan’s voice hit hard, urgent in a way I hadn’t heard before, and yeah… that alone sent adrenaline straight through me, my body reacting before my brain could catch up.I shifted just as something cut through the air where I’d been standing, close enough that I felt it pass, close enough that my breath caught hard in my chest.“What the hell—” I started, my voice breaking slightly as I turned, heart pounding.They were already inside, not just one, more.Moving fast, coordinated, not hesitating, not scattering like a random attack.This was planned for me.That realization hit cold and heavy, something twisting tight in my chest. “Oh shit… they’re targeting me.”“Stay behind me,” Ethan