All Chapters of The Rejected Mate Returns: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

The air smelled of incense and blood. The main hall of the Moonfang pack, which had once been my home, now felt like a prison.Silver chains burned against my wrists as I knelt in the center of the room, my gaze lowered and my heart pounding with fury. Not out of fear, but out of helplessness.The Alphas’ conference had been an event of honor, a time when the leaders of the most powerful packs gathered to discuss alliances and disputes.However, what should have been a diplomatic event had turned into a public trial against me, the daughter of the slain Alpha and the mate of the newly appointed Alpha Rowan.I was on my knees in the center of the room, my hair falling messily across my face, while my shaky breathing was the only thing breaking the silence before the verdict.“I reject Luna Lyra as my mate,” Rowan’s voice rang out coldly, echoing through the room.Rowan’s words were a cold knife plunging into my chest. My head snapped up, my lips trembled, but I couldn’t speak.No, this

“Did I hear you correctly, Alpha Mikail?” Rowan asked in a controlled tone, though her eyes betrayed a growing sense of unease. “Are you saying you want to stay with the pack for a few more days?”Mikail nodded calmly, unfazed by the Alpha’s apparent annoyance.“I have matters to resolve, and this seems to be the best place. I don’t want to cause any trouble,” Mikail said, though his tone suggested he knew full well how uncomfortable his presence was.Rowan frowned. Matters to resolve?Alpha Mikail had asked him to put Lyra in a room after she fainted, causing many in the pack to question his decision.Now he felt caught between a rock and a hard place for having agreed; he had expected Mikail to impose some kind of punishment on Lyra, but that didn’t seem to be his intention.What were his intentions, really?What worried him most was the reason for Mikail’s presence. He had been very surprised that Mikail was Lyra’s second-chance mate.The idea that Mikail could claim Lyra at any mo

The guard grew nervous and took a step back, which brought me dangerously close to him.Finally, he began to stammer in an attempt to explain himself.“T-the former Moon, Lyra… was taken to the dungeon… after Moon Calista told Alpha Rowan that she should be punished…”My fingers clenched. I hadn’t given any order for Lyra to be locked up, let alone punished.Calista.I wanted to know what had happened, why Alpha Rowan had made that decision, when he had left Lyra’s suffering in my hands.But before I could say anything to the guard, Rowan himself suddenly appeared, a spark of curiosity and pride in his eyes.“You’re finally back, Alpha Mikail,” he said in a strange tone, as if he expected my return to mean something more than just a mere presence on his territory.I held his gaze with my usual hostility.I didn’t like that he thought he was more than he was just because he held the title of Alpha.“I had to step away for a few hours,” I replied simply, crossing my arms, “but upon my r