Alle Kapitel von Rejected Once, Now Claimed By The Lycan : Kapitel 101 – Kapitel 110

"After everything I have promised you, you still can't manage a little faith in me."He said it with a sigh rather than an edge, and took her hand."What did I tell you, right before I walked in there?"Ava sniffed and dropped her eyes."I told you to trust me. I told you I would never let anything happen to you." His thumb moved over her knuckles. "I made you a promise to keep you safe. I keep my promises, Ava. Yours above all of them."He wasn't angry with her. He understood exactly why she'd broken — the day had asked more of her than any day should, and the way those reporters had looked at her would have hollowed out someone far harder than his wife. He could only guess at what was moving through her head."I know." Her voice came out so small he had to watch her mouth to catch it. "I'm just — I'm frightened, Sebastian. What if they turn on you because of me?"He took her face in both hands and made her look at him."That is not going to happen. I have told them, on camera, in fr

"What about me, Daddy?" Elsie's voice pitched up. "I want to stay in the Lycan palace too."Beta Samuel looked at her as though she'd lost her mind. "Stop being foolish, Elsie."He got to his feet, straightening his jacket for the walk to Alpha Jackson's study."Then could you at least ask him to let me have my room back?" She caught his sleeve. "I'm so tired of scrubbing floors, Daddy. Please."And because he loved his younger daughter in the particular, indulgent way he had never once loved the elder, he nodded.He found the Alpha where he expected to — bent over his computer in his study. Samuel knocked once and let himself in."Beta Samuel." Alpha Jackson looked up. "Is everything all right?"Samuel said nothing and dropped into a chair."I'm sure you've noticed my mate hasn't been home in some time."Jackson raised his head from the screen and smiled, though something in it wavered at the edges."Of course. She went to Ava's wedding. I'm aware."He kept his face even, but the nam

"Or else what, Beta Samuel?"Every head in the room turned. Alpha Jackson stood in the doorway, and he was not supposed to be there — he'd meant to be gone until evening, which meant someone had called him home. Nobody said a word.His eyes went straight to the girl on the floor."Why is she still *here*? Do you mean to let her die?" His voice cracked like a whip. "Get a car ready and take her to the hospital. Now. I'll follow."One of the men gathered Bianca up with as much care as speed allowed and was gone within the minute."It was Elsie." One of the maids stepped forward, her eyes fixed on the corner. "Bianca was only telling the truth, and Elsie lost her temper and went at her. Twice."Samuel could no longer keep the frustration off his face. He had spent the whole day trying to work his daughter out of the maids' quarters — and less than half an hour after coaching her to *perform* remorse for exactly this man, she had done this. Whatever ground he'd been trying to gain, she ha

"Sebastian? This is Beta Samuel. Ava's father."Sebastian bit down on a groan.He had wanted one thing from this month — quiet, uninterrupted, with his wife — and a call from Samuel could not possibly deliver any of it. He didn't even bother asking how the man had gotten his number."Is there a reason you're calling?""I've been trying to reach Ava. She isn't answering."That gave Sebastian pause. Ava hadn't mentioned any missed calls. Then again, she'd barely glanced at her phone since they landed, and he intended to keep it that way."And why are you trying to reach her?" He dropped his voice, unsure how much the bathroom door let through."Things have gone bad here. I thought she should know Clara's left the Lycan Kingdom.""What? Why?" The last he'd heard, Samuel had forbidden Clara from returning to the pack house at all. Her going back of her own accord made no sense."There's been a situation with Elsie. Clara had to come home." A pause. "Ava ought to hear about it. Is she near

The next morning Ava and Sebastian were awake early, both of them too eager for the day to lie still.They had already been through the schedule Zeena sent over, and neither could wait to begin. The first day was a tour of the resort with Zeena herself, followed by a local restaurant a few minutes down the coast — the sort of place, Zeena had promised, that most of her guests ended up loving more than the resort itself."How are you feeling, Princess? Ready for a proper day out?" Sebastian pressed a kiss to Ava's cheek where they lay tangled in the sheets."I can't *wait*." She stretched. "Zeena said nine o'clock. It's barely six — I don't know how I'm meant to survive three whole hours. I want to be out there already.""Then we'll fill the three hours." He grinned.They spent them getting ready, and at nine exactly, Zeena knocked."All right, Mr. and Mrs. Reyes." She was beaming. "Are we ready for the day?"Ava squealed."I've been ready since two in the morning. Can we *please* star