Alle Kapitel von The Alpha Rejected the wrong Luna: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 9

"Enough!" Kane Blackwood's voice cracked through the pack square like a whip, and every wolf in the crowd went still. "I, Kane Blackwood, Alpha of the Mooncrest Pack, hereby strip Aria Ashcroft of her title as Luna. From this day forward, you are banished." Three years. Three years standing beside Him, and it took him ten seconds to erase all of it. "You are never to return again." I searched his face for something. Regret. Hesitation. Anything. There was nothing. The crowd said nothing either, but their silence had a taste to it. Some looked away, ashamed to watch. Others could not hide their smiles. And then I heard the laugh I had spent three years running from. My backstabbing bitch of a sister stood near the front, one hand covering her mouth like she was trying to be polite about enjoying this. "I told you this day would come," she said, loud enough for everyone to hear. "A barren L

I did not leave my room for the rest of the morning. No matter how many times I replayed the council hall in my head, I still could not believe it.My own stepsister had stood in front of everyone and claimed she carried Kane's child. And Kane had not denied it. A soft knock broke my thoughts. "Luna?" Mira, my personal maid."What is it?""Your stepsister is here."I frowned. "Tell her to leave.""She said she only wants tea with you."I laughed, bitter. "After everything she did this morning?""That's what I thought too, Luna. But she says she came to apologize also." I almost refused. Then I stopped myself. If I sent her away now, everyone would say I had something to hide. "I'll meet her."Minutes later I stepped into the small garden behind the manor. She was already waiting by the stone table, a pot of tea between two cups. The morning air still carried the smell of last night's rain, and the flowers along the path looked brighter than I remembered them, almost too bright for a

I do not know how long I sat there. The room stayed silent, so silent the old clock sounded louder than it had any right to be. I stared at the floor and thought only of Kane and the paper my maid had given me. Three years loving him. Three years believing he would never leave my side. Now I was not sure of anything.A soft knock. "Luna." Mira. "You haven't eaten all day.""I'm not hungry.""Luna.""I'm fine." The words came out thinner than I meant them to.She sighed through the door. "I'll leave food outside." Her footsteps faded down the hall.I shut my eyes. A few tears escaped before I wiped them away fast. No. I could not keep crying. Not anymore.Another knock, softer this time, almost afraid to land. I stood and opened the door. Not Kane. My stepsister.The instant our eyes met she dropped to both knees. "Sister."I frowned. "What are you doing?""Apologizing.""Go back to your room."She shook her head. "I won't. I've caused you enough pain already. I'm not leaving until yo

I had not slept all night. At dawn I walked into the council hall with a heart that felt heavier than stone, and found the elders already seated beneath the banners of Mooncrest Pack. Kane sat on the Alpha's throne, his expression cold and unreadable, and when I took my seat beside him, neither of us spoke. The doors opened, and Selena entered slowly, supported by two maids. Her pale face and the protective hand she kept over her stomach drew immediate sympathy from the hall. Murmurs rose around her, soft prayers for the child and the Moon Goddess' protection, and I lowered my eyes because no one offered me the same kindness. Before the trial began, one of Selena's maids stepped forward and bowed to the elders. "My Alpha, there is something else you should know," she said, and Elder Gareth nodded for her to continue. "Last night, Alpha Kane went to comfort Luna Aria, but she slammed the chamber door in his face." Gasps spread through the chamber. "The Alpha himself went to her

The clock struck eleven before the maid worked up the nerve to knock. I hadn't changed out of my trial dress. Three hours in it and the collar still felt like a hand at my throat. "My Luna." She didn't wait to be invited in just crossed the room, set a folded paper on the table, and stepped back like it might bite her. "No one saw me bring it. Burn it after." She was gone before I got her name out. The paper was cold. Not chamber-cold *outside* cold, like it had been carried through frost instead of hallway. *If you want the truth about Selena, come alone to the old fountain when the moon is highest. Trust no one. Not even the Alpha.* I read it twice. Then a third time, because some idiot part of me was checking whether the handwriting looked familiar. It didn't. Here's what I knew: someone had watched me lose everything in that council hall today, and their first instinct wasn't sympathy it was *leverage*. That should have scared me more than it did. I went anyway. The east