All Chapters of REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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JUST A PRIVATE CONVERSATION

Talia's POV Speaking of Zephyron… I felt even angrier now that I remembered that incident, and how easy it had been for Gabrielle and Shayla to get away with doing it unscathed. And they had done it for one to vent her frustration over not getting close to Zephyron. Aurelia was too weak to fight them, and admittedly, so was I. None of the students bothered too, because Aurelia was the Academy’s joke and they were all glad to watch a beating at her expense. But Zephyron. I thought he could have done something. He was the heir to the Duskmere Pack. He could have breathed and it would all have stopped right there. He could have picked Aurelia right from their clutches, and no one would have even dropped a pin in retaliation. But when she needed him the most, he wasn't even there. I pointed out to Aurelia that he was nowhere to be found when she needed him, and she told me that Gabrielle had made sure to do it when he was not around, so he would not find out. And when I insisted

ASSAILED

Zephyron's POV I was relieved to hear Lyra storming off. The footsteps faded, and it suddenly made me feel alone and miserable, even if the feeling had already been there when I couldn't do much good in training. It was sudden for me, and confusing, because I felt as though I had woken up and then suddenly forgotten how to play hockey. I knew what Father would have said if he was there, watching me play. ‘There are sometimes, Zephyron Ellis Theodore Duskmere, that I think that you are simply not good enough to lead this pack, or anything at all.’ I slammed my closed fist on the wall at the sound of the voice in my head, while my wolf growled and shook so much I felt myself rock on my heels. It was followed by the more realistic, and far less threatening sound of my teammates laughing at the things that happened as we played in training. Someone was saying something about having to kick the puck away from a boy called Mack, because Mack would have broken the net needlessly. It

JUST A PRIVATE CONVERSATION II

Zephyron's POV I opened the door a little and found a familiar face waiting there.“Talia?" Her aura was impatient and felt corrosive, and my wolf sensed it. I almost immediately regretted opening the door because I could not believe that there was one more person waiting to eat me alive, bad as everything already was. I opened my mouth to send her away—she would have no choice than to leave if I did, but she was quicker and spoke first."I want to talk to you about something important.”I wanted to shut the door in her face, but again, I stopped.“About what?" “About Aurelia." My wolf came to life at the sound of her name.“What about her?" “I want to come inside and talk to you. It's quite private." I pulled back, checked to see that I was not too naked—a towel I had hung around my waist while Lyra was still here seemed just fine, and so did everything else if she could choose to ignore the pieces of broken table."Come in,” I told her, pulling the door even wider.She stepped

THE OFFICE OF THE HEADMISTRESS

Talia's POV I felt justified as I stormed out of Zephyron's locker room. I also thought that I reserved the full rights to do so. He, nor no one else knew how much of myself I gave to have Aurelia reborn after he left her to die. If he thought he was going to ruin everything just like that… Then he was making a grave mistake. He had me to contend with. The moon now hung high in the sky, bestowing the only bright silvery smile in the darkness, and I suddenly felt so tired and overwhelmed that I found myself wanting to relax and lie down and rest myself. In my head, I already knew where I wanted to be—the one place that gave me peace. I shut my eyes and changed form, and then began to run outside of Blackridge and its hostile environs, past the lonely road that no one used anymore beside it, and up and over the hill that stood in the way as the air passed through my fur and my tongue lolled out of my mouth. At last, I saw the silvery reflection of the little river. I reached th

IN THE AIR VENT

Talia's POV By the sound, they were about fifty yards away.I had little time to bother about what Headmistress Selene Dusk was doing at 2AM in school, so I hurried the spell, jumped up into the air vent as noiselessly as I could, and was putting the cover back in place just as the door was pushed in, so that I held my breath and waited where I was, too terrified to move any further for fear of being caught.I could only hope I cast the spell well.Else, she would pick my scent and things would get very bad. “Welcome to my office," her voice echoed as two figures followed her in. "It is an ungainly hour, or else I would have offered you some drinks.”Again, there came the sound of shuffling feet and chairs being drawn.I shut my eyes and swallowed, almost shedding tears as I thought of the tight fix I now found myself in. I was doing all I could to breathe sparsely so that none of them would sense it, and I was afraid of moving as well so that no one would hear it. My wolf whined in

TRAPPED

Talia's POV It was most ironic that Aurelia's unconsciousness breathed some life into the Academy Clinic that was often so unused. Some sympathetic junior students helped me take her in, and the two nurses who worked there seemed truly surprised that they actually had some work on their hands. "What happened to her?” One of them asked me. "We were coming into the school together and she just fell unconscious.” They put her on a stretcher and carried her into one of the wards, while the other nurse stood with me, jotting as I gave her my answers. “Did she show any symptoms of any sort of illness before she collapsed?" “No. She was hale and hearty," I replied while wringing both my hands together, a habit I had adopted to keep sane when I was panicking. My wolf whimpered on the inside, and I muttered its name to keep it still. “What did she eat?" “Some bacon and eggs. At home." “Do you know if she is allergic to them?" I shook my head and wrung my hands some more. "That

UNEXPECTED

Talia's POV Everyone froze where they stood. The incoming Nurse looked at me and Headmistress Selene, and then at Aurelia before returning her gaze to the Headmistress, who had been looking at me until Aurelia spoke and she turned to look at her at the same time as me. Aurelia herself, the centre of attention, was sitting up in the bed and staring around, seemingly trying to make sense of things. “You are awake," the Nurse said, moving towards Aurelia. “How do you feel?" “I don't know." “Are you sure?" “I don't feel anything. I don't even know what happened. All I know is I was walking in with my cousin, Talia Thorn. And I suddenly felt drowsy and… Talia?” She must have seen me for the first time then, because her eyes filled with so much brightness at the sight of me, only to immediately dim as soon as she saw who I was standing with, who was staring back at her as well. “Headmistress Selene?" She cleared her throat as soon as Aurelia said her name, and there was immedia

THE BODY

Talia's POV A girl named Erica Nowdell was the first to discover the body.The grounds upon which Blackridge Academy stood covered an area as large as twenty-five acres, and a lot of this was unused and filled with trees and shrubs and tall grass that coveted every little inch of sand in the area.Classes were in session when someone came screaming into the hallway, yelling and forcing everyone to run out, and when Zephyron—he knew how to be a proper hero in those days before he and Lyra Soren were a thing, so it was little doubt that Aurelia fell for him then—held her, spent a good deal of five minutes trying to calm her jumpy nerves and aggressive wolf—she had an incredibly strong wolf, too—and managed to get a single word out of her. By then, everyone was watching them.That included the low-ranking teachers, and not the most powerful ones.“Body," she managed to gasp when she finally said something."Somebody?” He asked her, his voice patient."No… body," she said, her eyes wide

THROUGH THE COMMOTION

Talia's POV The time after that passed, and everything that happened, happened.Lyra Soren left Zephyron Duskmere. Aurelia fell in love with Zephyron and tried to be the one he would choose as his mate. Blackridge Academy laughed at her efforts and made her into a laughing stock, and Zephyron himself rubbed the salt into her wounds when Lyra came back to him. To think I had warned her about him just that evening.All of everything happened so fast and with so many twists and turns that it was only when Aurelia lay still on the stage of the Blackridge ballroom while all the spectators ran into a commotion after laughing at her only moments before that I began to understand what it was.Nurse Magdalene McAvery’s death had only been a side effect, a distraction.The real target in the whole thing had always been Aurelia, and I had stood by and watched without even noticing when the plans to eliminate and get rid of her had been made right under my nose, and literally. Tears fell out o

THE STRANGER

Talia's POV The car came to a stop right where I stood. I was still too dazed to do anything when the door opened and out came a man who looked like he was in his thirties, with slight wrinkles on his face to indicate an age advanced past youth, and a tall, powerful figure that alerted me to the fact that this was no weakling. This was a man. “A young girl standing by the side of the road early in the morning is not something you get to see everyday," he said, his voice deep as he came closer. “Still, there is something that tells me that you need help." I stepped back, suddenly distrusting of him, and my wolf mirrored my uncertainty. He gave me a look that was questioning, as though he was surprised that I was afraid of him, and I, too, swallowed, becoming aware of the fact that I was showing too much fear to this stranger. I had to be brave. I cleared my throat and swallowed again. “You seem to be a good man, Sir," I began, trying to look him in the eyes. “I don't know muc

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