Semua Bab Rejected by My Alpha, Crowned by the Moon King: Bab 1 - Bab 10

The night I found my mate was supposed to be the happiest night of my life.Instead, it became the night my entire world shattered."Stop fidgeting."Evelyn slapped my hand away from my dress and rolled her eyes."You've adjusted that sleeve at least twenty times.""I can't help it.""You've waited for this ceremony since you were sixteen."I stared at my reflection in the small mirror hanging inside our cottage.The silver dress wasn't expensive, but Mother had spent weeks sewing it by hand.Tonight was the Moon Bond Ceremony.The night every unmated wolf between eighteen and twenty-five gathered beneath the sacred moon to discover their fated mate.My stomach twisted.Not from fear.From hope.Because deep down, I already knew who I wanted.Ryker Storm.The Alpha Prince.The future Alpha of the Storm Pack.The boy who had once carried me home after I sprained my ankle.The boy who secretly taught me how to defend myself when other wolves mocked me for being weak.The boy who had smi

The clearing had become a battlefield.Growls, screams, and the clash of steel drowned out every other sound. Wolves lunged at masked assassins while frightened families fled toward the village. Moonlight and blood painted the sacred ground in shades of silver and crimson.I stood frozen.Everything had happened too fast.One moment, I was an unwanted omega.The next, strangers were willing to kill for me... or because of me."Seraphina!"Evelyn's voice broke through the chaos.I turned just as she ran toward me, her dress torn and dirt streaking her face.She grabbed my hand."Come with me!""I can't.""What do you mean you can't?"I looked toward Lucien.He stood surrounded by assassins, yet none of them could get close. Every movement was precise. Every strike effortless. It was like watching a storm take human form."I can't leave him."Evelyn stared at me as though I'd lost my mind."You don't even know him!""I know.""Then why are you looking at him like that?"Because every in

No one moved.The woman's smile was flawless.Too flawless.She glided across the shattered clearing with effortless grace, her white robes untouched by the blood staining the sacred ground.Every priest and priestess lowered their heads."The High Priestess," they whispered.Selene's silver eyes settled on me."So..."Her voice was soft."...you are Seraphina."I forced myself to meet her gaze."Do you know me?"A flicker crossed her face before the smile returned."I knew your mother."My breath caught."You knew Queen Elara?""I served beside her."Something about the way she answered made my skin crawl.Lucien stepped between us."You've said enough."Selene chuckled."Still protective.""I know what you're capable of.""So suspicious."She folded her hands."Have five hundred years changed you so little?"Lucien's expression remained cold."I could ask you the same question."The tension between them was suffocating.King Aldric looked from one to the other."This isn't the time.

The blood had barely stopped pooling on the marble floor when the massive silver wolf began to shift.Bones cracked. Fur melted into skin. Within seconds, Selene knelt before me, breathing hard, her silver armor splattered with crimson.My hands wouldn't stop shaking.I stared at the blood on my fingers, unable to convince myself it belonged to someone else. The dagger still lay where I'd dropped it—its blade slick with crimson, the edge chipped from where I'd driven it into flesh.Real flesh.A real person.I'd killed someone.I'd dreamed of survival for so long. I'd imagined escaping the Storm Pack, finding a new life, becoming someone worthy of respect. But I'd never imagined what surviving would cost."Seraphina."Selene's voice came from far away."Seraphina, look at me."I couldn't move.The assassin's face flashed behind my eyes. His shock when I'd stabbed him. The way his eyes had widened, then gone glassy. The sound he'd made—a wet, choking gasp that would haunt my nightmares

The name echoed through the suite like a death knell."Alpha Magnus," I repeated.Selene nodded grimly. "The council meeting was a distraction. While we argued about borders and reinforcements, Magnus's allies were already moving through the palace."Lucien's aura flared. "Where is he?""The throne room.""Surrounded?""By his own guards.""How many?""Thirty at least. Possibly more."Lucien's jaw tightened. "And the other council members?""Confined to their chambers.""Darius?""Resisting."I stepped forward. "We need to move."Lucien's gaze snapped to me. "You're staying here.""No.""Seraphina—""I'm not hiding while the palace falls.""This is a war zone.""Then I'll fight."His expression hardened. "You killed one assassin. That doesn't make you a soldier.""It makes me a survivor.""Seraphina—""Lucien."I met his eyes. "I've spent my entire life being told what I couldn't do. What I couldn't be. Who I couldn't become."His jaw tightened."I'm done listening."Silence stretched