All Chapters of Rejected By The Alpha Heir, Claimed By Blood: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Ophilia's POVThe bright blue moonlight above the gathering began to dim, like something unseen had reached up and smothered it.No one moved. No one breathed. The world had frozen.Embarrassed, I turned to the Luna Mother, and found her glowing — like this was the happiest day of her life.The disgrace was too much to bear.Then, without warning, a surge of pain tore through me, ripping a scream from my throat before I could stop it."Somebody — help—"The gathering, frozen only seconds ago, blurred and rushed past my vision all at once. I heard stilettos clicking toward me across the raised platform, each step landing like a verdict."You know what to do, Ophilia." Sydney's grin split wide across her face, hungry for it.The pain yanked me to my knees. I felt my bones splinter, one by one, like something inside me was being unmade from the marrow out. Sweat poured down my face in sheets, and for one terrifying second I couldn't tell if the sound tearing out of me was a scream or a s

Ophilia's POVWithout hesitation, I shoved Sydney out of my way with everything I had left in me. She hit the ground hard, a startled cry ripping from her throat, her composure shattering for the first time all night.She scrambled up fast, whipping around to face the beast looming in front of her. "Get her."Chase didn't stop. He advanced slow, deliberate, a low growl rolling from somewhere deep in his chest — the kind of sound that promised he wasn't in a hurry, that he intended to play with me first, chew on me like a bone before he finally decided I'd suffered enough. Literally.I kept backing away, my legs shaking beneath me. Then, from behind, a second sound rose — one I recognized instantly, and my stomach dropped straight through the floor.My breath came in short, panicked bursts. My cheek still burned where the Luna Mother had slapped me — twice, in a single night — and now I stood trapped, an Alpha in wolf form ahead of me and another closing in from behind, jaws already ha