All Chapters of The Alpha King's Rejected Mate : Chapter 161 - Chapter 169

LIORATired did not begin to cover it.The exhaustion went deeper than my body. It sat heavy in my head, thick and dull, pressing down on every thought. Pain stretched through me from my toes all the way to my scalp, like even my hair roots hurt. More than anything, there was a quiet wish for everything to stop.“Looks like you were wrong,” Mordane said from the doorway.The words barely registered. Understanding them felt like work I didn’t have the strength to do.The bathroom floor was cold beneath me. Knees bent, arms shaking, hands braced on the toilet bowl. Everything in my stomach had already come up, yet my body hadn’t gotten the message.“Here.”He crouched beside me and held out a glass of water.“Why are you being nice to me?” The question came out rough, forced through clenched teeth as another wave of sickness rolled through me. There was nothing left to throw up, but my head didn’t seem to believe that.“Is giving you water really being nice?”“It is.” The glass felt war

LIORA“You really think I didn’t know it was you who killed the old alpha and pinned it on me?” The words left my mouth steady, even though my chest burned. “If you’re wondering, yes. Darius knows you murdered his father just to turn us against each other. He didn’t take it well.”“That little bastard,” Mordane yelled. “Kane told you, didn’t he?”Before Kael could answer, Mordane snapped his head toward Ronan. Rage twisted his face. “You didn’t tell me the vampire was still alive.”“I thought Kael had killed him,” Ronan said quickly.From the way Kael watched him, it was clear the doubt had been there for a long time. He had let Ronan believe the lie on purpose.“Who cares?” Vireya cut in. She shoved Mordane aside and stepped forward. “Kael is here now, and you’re all wasting time talking. Let’s get this over with.”Kael laughed when she moved closer. It was calm. Almost amused. “Don’t rush it, Vireya. Don’t you want to wait for our friends to arrive?”Silence fell.“What friends?” Vi

LIORAA laugh slipped out of me before I could stop it, and I realized that telling her this wasn't as hard as I had expected. The memories were heavy, but her presence made them lighter, somehow."I won't go into every detail, but by the time I was a teenager, I'd had enough. Around twelve or thirteen, I ran away from my pack and started wandering alone. I ended up meeting Mordane about a year later. He was the first vampire I ever met.""He's my first too," Liora said with a small smirk."It's not a competition," I said, shaking my head."I'm just pointing out how much we have in common," she replied.I smiled, letting her words linger. "Anyway, back to my sad childhood story that you keep interrupting," I said, though her interruptions didn't bother me at all. Her teasing made the memories easier to handle."Okay, so what happened?" she asked, tilting her head."I was fourteen when I met Mordane. He was with this human girl, Lyra. He claimed she was his mate and said he would wait

KAEL Earlier, when I spoke to her, my body had moved on instinct and worry. This was nothing like that. Nothing about this was automatic. My mouth found hers again, slow at first, then urgent. The need behind it was raw and overwhelming, pushing everything else out of my head.Her lips parted under mine. Breath hitched between us. Fingers brushed over her breasts, light but sure, and her sharp gasp spilled straight into my mouth. Kisses followed her jaw, then her throat. Teeth caught gently at her earlobe, just enough to make her shiver.My hand drifted lower, tracing her stomach inch by inch. No rush. She was already wet when my fingers reached her, heat waiting for me. A thumb circled her clit, slow and careful, while my mouth stayed busy at her neck.“Kael…” The sound of my name came out broken, pulled from deep inside her.Her nipple filled my mouth, warm and hard, while my finger slid into her slick heat. The way she welcomed me made my body tighten hard with need. She was soake