All Chapters of Rejected by My Alpha, Claimed by His Rival: Chapter 41

The world didn’t end.It changed.The silence that followed the battle was different from before.Not heavy.Not broken.Peaceful.The territory slowly came back to life.Warriors moved again—not in fear, not in urgency, but in rebuilding. The scars of battle remained, carved into the land and into memory, but they no longer defined everything.For the first time—There was no pressure in the air.No unseen force waiting to strike.No imbalance threatening to break the world apart.---Lyra stood at the edge of the territory, looking out across the horizon.The wind moved gently now, brushing against her skin like something familiar.Something… normal.---But she knew better.Nothing about her was normal anymore.---“You always come here.”Darius.---She didn’t turn immediately.“I like the quiet.”He stepped beside her, his presence steady, grounding as always.“It’s different now,” he said.“Yes.”A pause.Then—“But not in a bad way.”---Darius studied her carefully.He had don