All Chapters of Rejected by My Mate, Claimed by the King: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Ren’s POV Fenris was right. I was entirely done living in hell. This was my one and only way out."I am willing," I whispered, nodding slowly.The moment the words left my lips, the tension on Lyall’s face completely melted away. A flash of profound joy illuminated his golden eyes. He pulled me flush against his chest."From this moment on, your suffering is over," Lyall vowed, his deep voice vibrating firmly against my ear. "You will know nothing but happiness."I closed my eyes, a small, genuine smile breaking across my face. For the first time in my life, I actually felt a spark of hope for the future.Under Lyall’s meticulous care, my wounds completely healed over the next few days. The bruising was gone, and my energy had fully returned.It was time to leave.Lyall escorted me out of the guest wing and pushed open the massive, heavy oak doors of the pack hall. This was the sacred ground where the Alpha announced all official pack business. Every member of the Silver River Pack

Hearing this, Catherine’s face twisted into an ugly snarl. She lunged forward, her perfectly manicured hands aggressively grabbing the collar of my shirt."You little bitch, know your place!" she spat, her emerald eyes burning with furious entitlement. "You will never be Queen! Nobody will accept you!"I didn't flinch. I didn't cower. I just looked down at her hands and let out a calm, confident smile."Princess Catherine, do not worry about that. I believe Lyall will be with me no matter what." My smile dropped, my eyes turning dead and cold. "Princess, you should be the one to be careful."I brought my hands up and violently pried her fingers off my chest, tossing her hands aside like they were covered in filth."You are being incredibly disrespectful to me," I warned, my voice dropping to a lethal whisper. "Once I tell Lyall, do not forget how your brother survived."All the color instantly drained from Catherine's face. She stumbled a step back, staring at me in absolute shock. "Y

Ren P.O.V"Ren, are you really going to meet this person alone?" Fenris paced anxiously in my mind, his hackles raised. "Aren't you afraid it's a trap?"I didn't answer him. I walked alone through the freezing, pitch-black woods, my right hand shoved deep into my pocket. My fingers were clamped so tightly around the anonymous note that my knuckles ached. I understood Fenris’s panic, but what had happened to my father all those years ago weighed on my chest like a suffocating boulder. Even knowing I was likely walking into a trap, I had absolutely no choice. I had to know.I reached the dilapidated cabin and cautiously pushed the rotting wooden door open. It whined loudly on its rusted hinges.In the dim moonlight filtering through the broken roof, I saw a figure wrapped in a heavy, dark cloak, standing with their back to me."I am here," I said coldly, every muscle in my body tense. "Who are you?"The figure slowly turned around. After scanning the dark tree line to confirm I had actu

Kane’s POV I wanted to catch up to him. I wanted to drag Ren back and make him understand that we belonged together. But by the time I pushed through the tree line, all I saw was Ren wrapped tightly in Lyall’s arms.To avoid being discovered by the Lycan King, I was forced to hide in the damp, freezing shadows of the underbrush. I crouched there like a rat hiding in a sewer, hidden from the light.Seeing Ren tilt his head up, offering Lyall a soft, genuine smile—a look so vastly different from the sheer disgust he had shown me just minutes ago—I felt myself going utterly insane with rage. I wanted nothing more than to storm out , tear Ren out of Lyall's arms, and take his place. Ren is mine. I was his first mate. The Moon Goddess bonded us first. His soul belonged to me first!But I couldn't move. I couldn't challenge a Lycan King. I could only stand there and watch another man hold what was rightfully mine.Regret gnawed at my insides, growing heavier by the second. I should never

Ren’s POV My breath hitched. I hadn't expected Lyall to say something so romantic. My heart pounded so violently against my ribs I was sure he could hear it.I took a deep, trembling breath and placed my hand into his outstretched palm. His long fingers curled around mine, his grip warm and reassuring.Lyall led me down the grand corridor. As the heavy double doors of the pack house were pushed open by the royal guards, the sight outside stopped me in my tracks.I hadn't expected the entire Silver River Pack to be gathered outside.Standing dead center at the front of the crowd was Alpha Kane, his face ashen. Beside him was Catherine, along with the exact same pack members who had trampled on my dignity, spat at me, and taken sick pleasure in humiliating me for years.But today, their eyes were different.The sneers were gone, replaced by a suffocating, complex mix of jealousy, regret, and shock. Who could have ever imagined that the lowly Omega they had bullied just days ago would