All Chapters of Rejected by My Mate, Claimed by the King: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Ren’s POVWarm blood flowed down the hilt of my dagger, and the rogue’s body collapsed heavily into the mud. His legs twitched violently a few times before finally going still."Dad... Mom... wake up! Please, wake up..."A desperate scream suddenly rang out. I turned my head stiffly and saw Vera kneeling beside two blood-soaked corpses, weeping in sheer despair. They were her parents. I hadn't planned on bringing her with me when the fire broke out, but I never expected her to secretly follow us. Yet, all that awaited her here was a ground covered in dead bodies.Looking at the raging inferno consuming my home, tears streamed down my face. I wanted to go back to my mother's side, but at that exact moment, the huge, burning house next to us made a loud noise.With a deafening crash, the roof collapsed, the flaming debris raining down right next to my mother. The dry timber met the roaring fire, and in an instant, a violent explosion of heat engulfed her completely."No—!! No!!" I was

Ren’s POV My heart slammed against my ribs. We had finally found them.The monsters who had taken my mother from me were right below us.Lyall deliberately slowed his pace, and together, we crept to the jagged edge of a steep cliff. Parting the tangled bushes just enough to see through, the entire scene below opened up before us.It was a deeply secluded, desolate valley. Down below, vast swathes of vegetation lay shattered and uprooted, exposing nothing but barren, dry soil."Hurry up! If you dawdle any longer, I'll snap your pathetic legs!"A brutal shout from the valley floor instantly yanked my attention toward the gorge entrance. A group of towering, heavily scarred rogues were fiercely brandishing barbed whips, using them to herd a long line of captives chained together with heavy iron shackles.My breath caught in my throat. They were the survivors of the Silver River Pack.The vast majority of them were women and children, stumbling through the dirt. Behind the column of pris

Ren’s POV You absolute fool!I cursed her over and over in my head. If she exposed me right now, not only would the captive women and children die, but Malachi and I would be torn to shreds in seconds. My muscles tensed, and my thumb slid toward the dagger at my waist.The Rogue Leader let out a fierce, malicious laugh, cutting Catherine off mid-sentence. "I love breaking wildcats!”He marched down the stone steps."The fiercer the temper, the sweeter the submission!"He grabbed the chains around Catherine's wrists and dragged her toward the dark passage behind the stone throne.Catherine fought desperately, kicking and screaming. Her eyes never left me.She wanted to call my name again.I saw it in her eyes."Ren..."My blood ran cold.But before the sound could escape her lips, the Rogue Leader suddenly stopped.For a split second, his crimson eyes shifted toward me.My heart nearly stopped. Had he noticed me?No...I forced myself to remain still, lowering my head like every other rogue

Ren’s POV Seeing Malachi's solemn, rigid expression, Lyall and I exchanged a sharp, tense glance. Our usually reckless Gamma never looked this serious. Whatever lay ahead couldn’t be simple."Lead the way," Lyall commanded in a low voice. The heavy arm he had wrapped around my waist tightened, pulling me flush against his side as we stepped into motion.We followed Malachi through the cave's damp, twisting labyrinth, turning down darker and more narrow tunnels until we reached the most secluded chamber near the cliffside. Malachi stopped before a rough-hewn wooden door. He hesitated, his jaw clenching as he cast a look over his shoulder at us. He threw his weight against the wood and shoved the door open.A wave of a suffocating, putrid stench instantly blasted our senses.It was a sickening cocktail of stale sweat, human waste, dried blood, and the unmistakable rot of festering wounds. The odor was so overpowering that everyone present instinctively pulled their sleeves over their

"It was him! I saw it with my own two eyes! He is the one who killed him!"Seeing the suspicion in the crowd's eyes, Vera completely panicked. She raised her voice, screaming frantically at the top of her lungs. "I swear it in the name of the Moon Goddess! If I have uttered even a single lie today, may I drop dead right here! May my soul be trampled to dust by the rogues!"The survivors collectively gasped, stepping backward in sheer horror. A blood oath to the Moon Goddess was sacred. It was impossible to lie under such a vow without being struck down."How could it be Alpha Kane?" the young warrior who had been shouting the loudest muttered to himself, his face draining of color. "He's... that was his own father..."My hand trembled around the silver dagger pressed against Vera's throat. I had considered a thousand different suspects over the past few days, but I had never imagined it would be Alpha Kane—not even in my darkest nightmares. Kane had brutally slaughtered his own fathe