All Chapters of REJECTED AND REDEEMED : Chapter 41 - Chapter 45

Chapter 42: FATHER AND DAUGHTER The bronze household smelled of cedar wood and old ambitions and old designs.Lyra sat across from her father, elder bronze, in his private study, a room filled with awards from his active warrior days, dusty scrolls, and the faded scent of cigars. A fire crackled in the hearth, casting long shadows across their faces.Bronze was smiling. It was not a kind smile but a fulfilled smile, a smile saying his plans had worked. "Did you see her face?" He asked, leaning back in his leather chair, swirling a glass of amber liquid. " When they dragged those documents out of her room? When they announced the treason charges? The confused, frustrated and downcast look. It's the best thing I have ever seen."Lyra's lips curved upward. " I saw it. She looked like a rabbit caught in a snare." "Good, she deserves all of it and even more." Bronze took a long sip, his eyes glinting over the rim. "That's exactly what she is. A rabbit playing wolf. A nobody playing qu

Chapter 44: CAUGHT SNEAKING The fight started over a woman. Caden has been walking through the lower district, investigating supply lines and everything that had been brought into the kingdom for the past two weeks for arden, when the first punch was thrown. A drunk wolf, reeking of cheap ale and more cheaper decisions, he still didn't stop as he kept ordering and drinking more and when the owner of the shop refused to give him more, he started making awful comments about her. He did not know her mate sat down among them and said nothing and before he could realize a punch landed in his face as the mate had responded with his fist.By the time Caden arrived, a crowd had gathered, everyone cheering and hollering as the two men rolled through the mud, tearing at each other like animals, baring their canines at each other as their claws elongated, their eyes blood red but still maintained the human form. Technically, they were."Break it up!" Caden shouted, shoving his way through