All Chapters of The Alpha King's Rejected Mate : Chapter 151 - Chapter 160

KAEL The truth pressed harder the longer I held it back. Saying it out loud could paint a target on Liora’s back. Still, that risk had existed long before this moment. The second my teeth pierced her skin, there had been no turning away from it.Fate had already chosen. Whether I liked how it played out or not.“Liora is my fated mate.”The reaction came in layers. Shock stiffened his posture. Disbelief narrowed his eyes. Anger followed, sharp and raw. He stared at me like I’d insulted him, like I’d crossed a line that couldn’t be uncrossed.“That’s a lie,” Darius said. “Fated mates aren’t real.”A breath left me in something close to amusement. “That’s what Liora said when I told her. You don’t have to believe it. That part isn’t my concern. What is my concern is finding out who the woman is.”“Then ask her.”“She doesn’t know,” I replied. “If she did, this wouldn’t be a problem. She probably thinks something is wrong with her. That she’s defective. There’s no such thing.”His jaw t

LIORAA hard ache pulled me out of sleep. It pressed against my head like it wanted to split it open. The pain did not come in waves. It stayed heavy and constant, digging behind my eyes and wrapping around my skull.The feeling was familiar. It had happened once before. Back when Kael and I met for the first time. That day, the pain had faded while lying in my own bed, wrapped in clean sheets with the soft smell of home in the air. This time, there was no bed. No soft fabric. Nothing under my body felt safe, warm, or kind.Light stabbed my eyes when the lids lifted. They shut again right away. A low sound slipped from my throat as the pain pulsed deeper, making my stomach turn.Where am I?The eyes opened again, slower now. Breath was held while the sting settled. Shapes began to take form. The room was small and bare. A brown carpet covered the floor, rough beneath my palms. It smelled faintly of dust and old cloth. An old couch sat against one wall, worn and tired, with cushions t

LIORAGetting upright took more strength than it should have. Both of them stood over me, tall and solid, filling the space like walls that could close in at any second. Their height and strength pressed down on me in a way that made breathing harder than it already was.Of course this would be my life.Fall in love with the most dangerous alpha in the paranormal world. Catch the attention of one of the few female alphas alive. End up hunted by vampires.It felt unreal that I was still breathing.Maybe I did have nine lives. If I did, they were running out fast.“Kael doesn’t care about me,” I said to Mordane. Then my eyes moved to Vireya. “You were right about that. He doesn’t care about me at all. He probably will not even look for me. But he will not forget what you did.”“What Kael and I have is special.”A laugh tried to leave my throat, but it broke apart into a rough cough. One cough turned into another. Air became hard to find. My chest burned while I fought to breathe.Once

KAELThe door closed behind me, and the room fell quiet.Light from the tall windows cut across the floor, stopping just short of the desk that now stood broken and scarred. Dust from cracked wood still floated in the air. The smell of splintered oak mixed with the faint scent of metal and oil from the weapons that were usually kept here.A hand slid into a pocket.Fingers closed around the thin black hair tie taken earlier from the bedroom floor.It was small. Light. Almost nothing.Still, it carried Liora’s scent.The band rested against my palm while slow breath moved in and out. Her smell lingered there, soft and warm, and it made the chest tighten in a way that did not ease.Her hair had always refused control. Thick red curls spilled where they wanted. Pins failed. Clips slipped. Strands escaped every tie. That wild look had always drawn attention without effort. It had pulled my eyes to her even when nothing else should have.The band tightened in my fist.Love.The word felt s

KAELThe call came in deep into the night.It was five minutes past two when the phone rang. The road ahead was dark, stretching out like a narrow tunnel of moving shadows. Streetlights slid over the windshield and vanished again. Sleep had not touched me. It had not even tried. Not when there was still no sign of Liora. Not when the bond kept pulling at my chest, reminding me of what was missing and what could already be gone.We were on our way back to my land after leaving the Solar Peak Pack. The visit had been useless. Darius had sworn they did not have her. He claimed they had no idea where the vampire had taken her. His eyes had darted around while he spoke, and his hands had never stayed still. He had been tense the whole time, eager to push me out of their territory because of the unease my sudden arrival had caused. It was unnecessary. If I wanted blood, I would not have announced myself first.I would have let silence answer for me.“Kael.”The voice on the line was too l