All Chapters of Slipped Inside the Alpha I Hated: Chapter 21 - Chapter 28

ALANAThe afternoon sunlight streamed through the large glass windows lining the main hallway as Connor came to pick me up from the guest room, just like he had promised last night."Ready for the tour?" he asked, dressed in a casual white shirt that made him look a little different from the cold Alpha I was used to seeing at the academy. His hair was neater than usual, and for a brief moment, he looked like an ordinary young man instead of the heir to the strongest pack in the entire territory.I nodded and followed him down a corridor I had never walked through before. The sunlight pouring in through the tall windows made tiny specks of dust dance in the air, illuminating every intricate wooden carving decorating the walls."This is the Hall of Ancestors," Connor explained, gesturing toward the row of massive portraits lining the walls. The stern faces of generations of the Savagaz family stared down with the same cold expressions. "Every Alpha who has ever led this pack has a portr

ALANAThat morning, I woke up before my alarm went off. The sky was still dim, with the first rays of sunlight slipping through the gap in the guest room curtains. I sat on the edge of the bed for a long while, staring blankly at the cold marble floor, trying to sort through the tangled emotions that had been weighing on me since last night.I was already in the guest room—the place where I was supposed to be. The last thing I remembered was Connor carrying me here in his arms after we made love.Well... shit.Okay. I needed to forget about what happened last night. I would think of it as the last time our wolves were ever together.Today was the rejection ritual.I should have felt relieved. This was what I had wanted from the very beginning. The bond that stood in the way of my mission would finally be severed, and I could return to searching for the Lunar Sword without the burden of a mate bond weighing me down. But for some reason, my chest felt heavy, as if there was something in

ALANAThe next day.I sat in the grand meeting room with my back straight, my hands tightly folded in my lap to hide the trembling that refused to subside. The seven elders of the Savagaz Pack sat around an old wooden table carved with wolves, with Alpha Alaric seated at the head and Morgana at his side. Connor stood behind me, very close, as if ready to step forward the moment I needed him.It had been two days since the failed ritual at the sacred pool. Three long days filled with suspicious looks and whispers that stopped whenever I walked past. Now, they had finally summoned me to hear their decision.Elder Vasha, the oldest of the elders, a white-haired man with a raspy voice, was the first to speak.“The mate bond is real,” he said firmly. “We reexamined the ritual records with the Ritual Master. Although the ritual failed to complete properly, traces of the bond were still detected on both sides.”“What does that mean?” I asked quietly, even though I could already guess the ans

ALANAThe meeting should have ended after the blood contract was signed, but the tension in the room still hadn’t eased. Several elders were still whispering among themselves, casting suspicious glances in my direction every now and then.“I still feel like something isn’t right,” one of the male elders, Elder Grayson, finally spoke, his voice filled with suspicion. “Such a simple request from an omega without a family name? It doesn’t make sense. What kind of omega wouldn’t want money or protection when given the opportunity?”I held myself back from reacting, even though his words pricked at me like tiny needles.“Maybe she’s planning to steal something while she’s wandering around here,” Morgana added, narrowing her eyes at me. “This residence is filled with valuable artifacts, priceless heirlooms of the pack. How can we be sure this girl doesn’t intend to take something and sell it to survive?”The accusation made my blood boil, though I forced myself to keep my expression calm. I