All Chapters of Rejected, Bound to the Ruthless Alpha: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The black wolf stood squarely in the middle of the ruined entrance, towering over the shattered wooden beams.Smoke curled lazily around its enormous body, and its glowing golden eyes never left mine.Its voice echoed through the vast, ruined Grand Hall with terrifying clarity:"We found the heir."Silence followed. The heavy, unexpected words seemed to steal the very air straight from everyone's lungs.My heartbeat thundered like a war drum inside my chest.Heir?The monstrous rogue couldn't possibly be talking about me. I was nothing. A servant. A prisoner in the very pack that had once been my loving home.I looked around frantically, desperately hoping someone would laugh out loud and call it a tragic mistake.No one did.Instead, every single pair of eyes in the hall slowly turned toward me."What heir?" one visiting Alpha demanded, stepping forward."The girl?" another whispered in shock."That's impossible."Buck's dark gaze hardened instantly. Before he even realized he was do

The words echoed through the ruined Grand Hall like a death sentence.> "She remembers the night you murdered your father."> Every sound disappeared. The warriors froze mid-step, the Alpha Council stared in unblinking shock at the hooded stranger, and even the raging battle outside seemed to vanish beneath the crushing weight of the silence.My knees weakened.The memories... they were coming back. Not all at once, but in sharp, fragmented pieces of a nightmare I had spent five years trying to piece together.Smoke.Fire.My mother's scream.My father's roar.A shadow moving through the flames.I clutched my head as another sharp pain shot through my skull. "No..." I whispered, my voice trembling. "I can't..."Buck instinctively stepped toward me, his hand reaching out to steady my shaking frame.Before he could reach me, Damon roared, "Seize him!"Silver Moon warriors immediately surrounded the hooded man, weapons drawn and sharp steel glinting under the flickering torches.The stra

The silver arrow sliced through the air with deadly precision.Everything seemed to slow to a crawl. Athena stood frozen on the cracked marble floor, her tear-filled eyes still fixed on her father's smoke-stained letter. She never saw the dark projectile cutting through the air."Athena!"Buck reacted purely on instinct. He lunged forward, his broad frame shoving her violently aside just as the arrow reached them.THUD!A sharp grunt escaped Buck's lips. The heavy silver arrow buried itself deep into his left shoulder, punching through fabric and muscle. The sheer force of the impact spun him sideways before he crashed heavily onto one knee.The Grand Hall erupted into utter chaos."Alpha Buckley!""Protect the Alpha!""Find the archer!"Ravi drew his longsword in a flash of silver steel. "Seal every exit!" he roared over the din. "No one leaves this hall alive!"Hen sprinted toward the shattered stained-glass windows with a squad of heavily armed Ironclaw warriors. "Search the roofto

A deathly silence engulfed the Grand Hall.No one breathed. No one moved.Athena stood squarely in the center of the chamber, her silver eyes glowing with an ethereal, ancient light as she pointed a trembling, unrelenting finger directly at Alpha Damon Grant."You..." her voice echoed, eerily layered with a booming, ancient resonance that didn't belong to her alone. "You watched them die."The words struck Damon harder than any physical blade. His face drained of all color. For a fleeting fraction of a second, the ruthless Alpha everyone feared looked stripped of his power—vulnerable, terrified, exposed.Then the terror vanished, swallowed by a wave of cold, venomous fury."She's lying!" Damon roared, his Alpha aura exploding through the hall like a concussive shockwave. "Her wolf is unstable! She's trying to deceive the Council!"The crushing atmospheric pressure rolled through the chamber like a violent storm. Candle flames flickered out, and several weaker wolves staggered backward

The words echoed through every corner of Silver Moon Manor, cold and eternal."The Heir has awakened."Silence. Absolute, suffocating silence.Every Alpha, every warrior, and every servant froze where they stood.The silver pillar of light burst through the cracked marble floor, illuminating the Grand Hall with an ancient glow that made the flickering torches seem insignificant.Athena couldn't breathe. The light felt... familiar. Not warm, nor cold—it felt as though it had always known her.Nyx whimpered inside her mind. "It's calling us home..."Before Athena could respond, another violent tremor shook the manor.CRACK!The marble split even wider. Heavy chunks of stone crashed into the hall, forcing the surrounding warriors to retreat."Protect the Elders!" Bobby Nash commanded.Hen immediately formed a defensive line while Ravi directed Ironclaw warriors toward the frightened Council members. "No one crosses the crack!" Ravi ordered, his blade drawn.Buck never moved. His attentio