All Chapters of Rejecting My Alpha: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Athena's POVThe ballroom smells of power. This is the first thing I notice the moment I step into the room. Eyes shift to me, like they always do, but I am used to it by now. I have learned it is better to ignore them than to react. A room full of Alphas has a certain weight to it, one I felt long before I understood what I was feeling, back when I was small enough to hide behind my mother's dress at gatherings like this one. I can still remember my mother's voice echoing clearly in my head, "Head high. Eyes forward. Fear no one, not even the ones who could tear you apart."Head High...Eyes forward...Fear no one...My heels click softly against the marble floor, catching the light thrown down from the chandelier towering over the ballroom. This year's Alpha ball is being held by the Voss pack, and they have left no stone unturned to make it spectacular. Everything here screams old money.My lips curl into a discreet smirk because I can feel the hungry eyes of unmated wolves track

Athena's POVAlpha Voss's office smells like cedar polish and old cigars, the kind of room built to remind everyone sitting in it who owns the walls. I take the seat across from Dimitri because Asher steers me there with a hand at my elbow, and I don't fight him on it, even though some new, unfamiliar part of me wants to sit closer to the man on the other side of the table instead of directly across from him like we're about to negotiate a border dispute.Hailey sits on Asher's other side, and every trace of the woman who teased me an hour ago about the face I make at unwanted suitors is gone. In its place is the Luna she's becoming, back straight, eyes sharp, watching the room the way Asher taught her to watch a room, for the thing nobody says out loud until it's too late to stop it.My mind is a mess of things I haven't had time to sort through yet. The scent of him still sitting under my skin. The word that left my mouth without my permission. None of it feels like regret, and that