All Chapters of Rejected Plus-Size is now a Second Chance Luna: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

JadeFor several seconds, I just stared at her. My chest seized, and I couldn't catch my breath. Janet hadn't just stolen my mate. She hadn't just taken the life I had prepared for since I was a little girl. She had spent years systematically poisoning Carter’s mind against me. "He was so easy to twist," Janet sneered, her voice full of dark pride. "Every time you ate, I made sure to mention it to him. Every time you wore something nice, I laughed behind your back and pointed out how tight it was on you. I convinced him that the pack would laugh at him if he made you Luna. He cares way too much about his reputation to ever love a fat girl." She took another step closer, her eyes gleaming with satisfaction. "And tonight, I win. I am going to sleep in your Luna chambers, Jade. I am going to wear the crown that was supposed to be yours. And I am going to give Carter the strong, beautiful heirs you were never worthy of carrying." Something inside me snapped. Years of pain, self-

Alpha Asher I stood inside the royal infirmary, my hands clenched so tightly into fists that my knuckles turned white. Around the central treatment bed, four of our best healers worked in hushed, panicked whispers. Aster lay pale and completely motionless under the harsh lights, his broad chest covered in thick, clean bandages. On a silver tray nearby sat several glass bowls filled with blackened, bloody water and jagged pieces of silver that had just been pulled from his body. Watching my twin brother’s chest rise and fall in shallow, weak breaths, a crushing weight of fear and guilt settled into my chest. I never should have let him go alone. Aster had insisted on personally riding out to negotiate a private territory deal near the border of the Free Man’s Land. I wanted to send an entire unit of royal guards with him, but Aster had refused. He argued that arriving with an army would make the other party think we were coming for war. I had eventually given in. He was an Alpha

Asher I stood beside Aster’s bed, my eyes glued to the place where his pale, scarred fingers were wrapped tightly around Jade’s hand.I told myself that the sudden relief loosening the tight knot in my chest was only because my brother's breathing had finally become steady. But as I stared at their joined hands, a strange, painful twist of possessiveness flared deep inside my gut.It was a sick, wrong feeling, and it made no sense.She was possibly Aster’s fated mate. Even entertaining a single thought about her in any other way was a betrayal to the brother I had sworn to protect with my life.I felt a surge of anger at myself for even noticing her. But despite her matted hair, the dark purple bruise blooming on her forehead, her bare feet, and that hideous, oversized prison gown, I couldn't stop looking at her. She didn't look anything like the refined, heavily perfumed noble she-wolves who constantly paraded around the royal court. There was something raw and striking about her—th

AsterConsciousness returned to me in slow, painful waves. My body felt as heavy as lead, and a sharp, white-hot burn throbbed deep behind my ribs.I forced my heavy eyelids open.The harsh light of the room faded, replaced by the soft glow of candles. As my vision cleared, the very first thing I saw was her.She was sitting in a padded chair right beside my bed, her face pale, bruised, and marked with exhaustion. But what caught my attention was her hand. It was laced tightly into mine, her cool fingers wrapped securely around my palm.Memories of the storm came rushing back into my mind: the freezing cave, the agonizing burn of silver in my lungs, the snarl I had forced out to scare her away... and the incredible gentleness of her touch as she pulled the silver from my chest, refusing to abandon a dying male in the dark.I remembered the instant peace that had flooded my body the second her skin touched mine. It was a sensation I had never felt in my entire life."What..." My voice

Asher"Don't be ridiculous," I snapped, folding my arms across my chest and keeping my eyes firmly locked on the medical monitors. "I am not bothered by her. I am concerned about your safety. That is all."Aster leaned back against his pillows, a faint, knowing smirk playing on his lips despite the lingering pale exhaustion on his face. "Jade has already been proven innocent, Asher. She pulled silver from my lungs and carried me to safety. My wolf trusts her. Why can't you?""Because we still know virtually nothing about her!" I growled, stepping up to the side of the bed. "She appeared out of nowhere in the middle of a private ambush, running blindly through the Free Man’s Land. I don't care how innocent she seems—I am not going to let my guard down."Aster shifted his dark amber eyes, studying the rigid line of my jaw and the restless way my hands were clenched into fists. "Is that really what this is about, brother? Or do you just dislike how close she is sitting to me?"The accusa