All Chapters of Rejected by my Mate, Chosen by his Alpha Father: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Selene’s POV I woke to an empty bed. Ronan’s side was cold, which meant he’d been gone for a while. I wasn’t surprised. After everything Alpha Xavier had told us, there was no chance Ronan would stay in bed while the council waited for answers. I sat up and rubbed my hands over my face. For once, I’d slept without waking every hour. I still felt tired, but it wasn’t the same heavy exhaustion that had kept me in bed yesterday. My head was clearer, even if everything Xavier had said was still waiting for me. Cassius Varric had been searching for my bloodline for years. My mother had known. Helene had known. And somehow, I was supposed to wake up and continue as if I hadn’t learned my entire life had been shaped by people I’d never met. A knock sounded against the door. “My Luna?” “Come in.” One of the maids entered carrying a breakfast tray. She gave me a careful smile as she brought it over to the bed. “The Alpha asked me to bring this to you.” “Did he ask, o

Alpha Xavier’s POVBloodHowl’s gates came into view just as the sun cleared the mountains.I had never been so fucking unhappy to see them.Thirty exhausted warriors rode behind me, every one of us covered in enough dirt to make it obvious we had turned around halfway home and ridden through the night. My horse was pissed at me, my back felt like someone had taken a hammer to it, and I hadn’t slept in long enough that I was beginning to question whether the trees along the road were actually moving.None of that concerned me nearly as much as the warriors waiting outside BloodHowl’s gates.Ronan had doubled his patrols.Smart.It also meant Kieran had made it here.One of Ronan’s men stepped into the road and lifted a hand.“Alpha Xavier.”I pulled my horse to a stop.“Where’s your Alpha?”“Waiting for you.”Of course he was.The warrior’s expression remained carefully neutral, which told me Ronan had probably given very specific instructions about what was supposed to happen the seco

Mira’s POVThe first impact against the gates rattled the windows hard enough to send one of the crystal glasses on the sideboard sliding toward the edge.I caught it before it fell.The second impact came almost immediately after, followed by the unmistakable crack of wood giving way.Garrick came rushing out of his study, looking more irritated than alarmed until the shouting started outside.“What in the Goddess’s name—”The gates burst inward.BloodHowl warriors flooded the grounds.Several were already in wolf form, huge bodies cutting across the lawn while men followed behind them with weapons drawn. Servants scattered toward the rear of the estate, and someone near the kitchens screamed when a dark wolf bounded onto the veranda.Garrick stopped beside me.All the color drained from his face.I looked at him.“That’s reassuring.”“What?”“You look terrified.”“Armed men just broke through my gates.”“Ronan’s men.”“That doesn’t make it better.”It did tell me exactly where this

Darius’s POVI heard Mira scream before I reached the bottom of the stairs.I had been watching the back of the warrior who had just shouldered past me on his way up, debating whether I felt like dragging his ass back down and reminding him that rank still existed even when someone was in a hurry, when her voice tore through the dungeon hard enough to wipe every other thought from my head.“Help her!”I turned and ran.The corridor opened in front of me, and for the first few strides I couldn’t tell what the hell I was looking at because Garrick was against his bars shouting something I couldn’t make out, Mira had both arms shoved between hers, and the door to Helene’s cell was hanging wide open.Then I saw Helene.She was crumpled on the floor with one shoulder against the wall and her hand clamped beneath her jaw.Blood poured through her fingers.There was so much of it that my mind rejected what my eyes were seeing until another stream slipped over the back of her hand and ran dow

Selene’s POVThe door shut behind Ronan, and for several seconds I stared at it like I could somehow see through the wood and follow him down the corridor.I hated that he had gone.I hated even more that I understood why he had to.Xavier moved somewhere behind me, but I barely registered it. My hand was still warm from Ronan’s, and my lips still carried the pressure of that kiss he had used instead of answering me because apparently my husband had decided kissing me into silence counted as an Alpha strategy.Usually I would have informed him exactly how ineffective it was.Right then, I wanted him back badly enough that I might have let him try again.“He’ll be fine.”I looked toward Xavier.“I didn’t ask.”“No. You’ve only been staring at the door like you’re considering ripping it off the hinges.”“I could.”Kieran snorted from beside the window.Xavier gave me a look.“You’re not following him.”“I’m aware.”“Are you?”“I said I’m aware, not that I’m happy about it.”“That sounds