All Chapters of MOONBORNE-BOUND TO TWO ALPHAS: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

ARIAThe silence after the rejection felt louder than the gasps that filled the hall.My chest still burned where the mate bond had snapped, the pain raw and unbearable. It felt like something had been ripped out of me, leaving behind an empty, aching void.I stumbled backward, struggling to steady myself. My legs felt weak, and my vision blurred with tears I refused to let fall. I wouldn’t cry. Not here. Not in front of them. Whispers spread through the crowd like wildfire.“She got rejected…”“By the Alpha…”“She’s just an omega anyway…”“What was she thinking?”Every word felt like a dagger slicing into my already broken heart. I clenched my fists tightly, forcing myself to stay upright. Alpha Logan had already turned away, as if I didn’t exist. As if I meant nothing.That hurt more than the rejection itself. He didn’t even care. “Aria…” Lily rushed to my side, her eyes filled with worry. She grabbed my arm gently, supporting me before I could collapse. “I’m fine,” I whispered,

KAELThe moment she was out of my office, I let out a slow breath and leaned back against my desk.Aria Stone.I had been searching for that name for months. I didn't have a face, didn't have a location, didn't have anything except a name that kept surfacing in whispers and old intelligence reports that crossed my desk. A girl connected to the Crescent Moon Pack, connected to a bloodline that mattered, connected to something I needed. And now she had walked straight into my territory like fate had personally delivered her to my door and knocked twice.I wasn't a man who believed in fate. I believed in strategy, in patience, in the kind of calculated movement that other men called luck because they didn't understand the years of work behind it. But tonight had tested that belief.Because the moment I felt the intruder breach the eastern border of my land, I had gone to handle it myself. A decision that surprised even my wolves. I didn't do perimeter checks. I sent men for that. But som