All Chapters of REJECTED AND REBORN; THE HOCKEY ALPHA'S REGRET : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Talia"It's not a feeling. We have the mate bond between us."Hearing this from Kai felt like betrayal to me. I had known that they liked each other, but the mate bond happened so fast that I was surprised by it and annoyed that they would keep it from me, who rooted for them and had given so much for them.Apart from that, Kevin Grant was focused on getting to Kai. Someone long ago had given me a peek into what Pack Investigations felt like, but seeing it was intense. I had been told that they would draw your mind in every direction until you were not sure of everything that had not happened, of every lie there was, and the truth came spilling out unexpectedly, and watching it being done to Kai was gruelling.That had been until Kai pulled the chain that confined him to the bed.He did it with so much force that the bits flew about, darting all over so that I had to duck to avoid being injured. When the rain of metal was over, there was only Kevin Grant and Kai standing and locking

Talia.It is almost like life does not let one be happy for too long.There are moments of joy, some few and far between, before everything falls apart and there is only chaos and catastrophe and everything nobody wants happening in the quickest succession.Because that, in actuality, was exactly what happened.**Kai did not return to school for the whole time Aurelia was in the Pack hospital. He sent me there, nevertheless, to find out everything that had happened and what was going on and what everyone thought.Neither of us had left her side for long, and there was always someone there-with Kai even far more dedicated to her than I could have been."You should go," I protested when he first brought the idea up. Aurelia was lying with her eyes closed-she had fallen asleep right after the doctor had changed her bandages and shown us how well she was healing. "You cannot protect Aurelia," he said.For the first time ever, I was angry with him."What do you mean?" I snapped."We both

Zephyron. Ronan, for all he claimed, did not understand at all. He had been helpful to me for almost all my life, almost since the time I knew him, but for once he was missing the entire point. He had not been in my shoes for long enough to know how much it felt like I was losing everything. My inability to completely satisfy my father had pushed me to seek love and approval in other places. Where were those places? I had won the Wolf Competitions, and by a landslide, but at what cost, when it did nothing to quiet the turmoil in my life. I took up hockey to bring some fire into me, and just this morning I had gone and let my secret dislike of Kai Arden be exposed in front of the entire team. The arms of the woman I loved, Lyra, had become exceptionally cold, and I was happy that she seemed to have somewhere else to concentrate her thoughts. I feared before now that she would sense that I was stressed when I had to hold her, or kiss her, or make love to her. Now, she seemed to

Talia. There is almost no limit to how horrible people can be, and whatever this demographic on which such things are measured on, I think that Blackridge Academy's students have to be the worst of them all. I got a video that had been forwarded many times, and accessing it still remains one of the worst things I have ever done. It was an old, recorded clip. Somehow, someone had walked in on Aurelia and Zephyron together in an empty classroom, and instead of them walking away and making some very conscious effort to respect the privacy of two people who were where they were for whatever reason, the dog of a person had chosen to record everything for their own amusement. In it, Zephyron was obviously bored and unmoved, even unhappy, while Aurelia sought to make him even look towards her. "Honey?" She whispered, touching his hair while he inched away from the contact, trying to avoid it as much as she could without hurting her. "I told you already, I want to be alone, Aurelia."

Kai. The timing of the video was perfect in my opinion. Perhaps whoever it was that released it had forgotten about the holidays, but they were announced three days after Aurelia's discharge, and she had not needed to go to school after all, and I was thankful that she was spared from seeing all the mockery and sneering faces. The holidays also brought new things for the students to talk about, which would then distract everyone from the obvious disappearance of Coach Vance and everything else that had happened since then. Including the video, which eventually got to her. I knew the very moment she watched it, by the way. It was a distant feeling of self-disgust and self-loathing that took hold of me, and I knew in that instant what had happened. I picked up my phone and called her, but she did not reply, and I became terrified. I knew what such feelings could lead to. I was not sure Aurelia would commit suicide, but I did not want to take chances, so I began to prepare to g