Alle Kapitel von Rejected and Banished While Carrying the Alpha’s Heirs: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 5

The council elders spoke about my body like I was an empty chair in the room.I stood on the stone platform beside Kael, keeping my eyes fixed on the floor while six old men debated my fertility. They had summoned me here for this sole purpose.Three years of marriage, three years with the Luna title, and no baby to show for it.They didn't care that I had drunk every bitter herb the pack healers gave me. They didn't care about the rituals, the prayers, or the examinations that left me feeling stripped of any dignity.To them, I was just broken."The bloodline is weakening,"Elder Ezra said, his voice echoing off the walls. "A pack without a future is an invitation for war."I kept my hands folded tightly in front of my dress, my nails digging into my palms so I wouldn't start shaking.I was used to the words by now. Barren. Useless. A bad omen.Then there was the mark on my collarbone. It was a birthmark, shaped like a fractured crescent, but the older wolves claimed it was a curse fr

The summons came right at dusk, delivered by two armed guards who stood outside my room like I was a prisoner awaiting trial.When I stepped through the doors of the great hall, the number of people made my breath catch in my throat.The entire pack was gathered inside.The elders occupied the front row of benches, flanked by ranks of armored warriors, while pack families crowded the edges of the room in total silence.At the center of the raised platform stood Selene, dressed in fine blue silk, with Kael standing rigid beside her.I knew right away that this was not a regular gathering."Why have I been summoned here?"I asked, walking down the central aisle until I stood below the stone dais.Nobody answered me at first. The silence in the room was suffocating.Then Elder Ezra stood up from his seat, unrolling a parchment in his hands."After careful deliberation following this morning's events, the council has determined that you are no longer fit to hold the title of Luna,"Ezra dec

I had been stumbling through the thick trees for hours, but it felt like days.My boots were soaked through from the mud, my limbs shook with exhaustion, and a sharp pain throbbed in my left ankle where I had tripped over an exposed root an hour ago.The deeper I went into the neutral territory, the worse the cold became, biting straight through my thin shirt.My knees finally gave out, and I collapsed onto the wet moss beside a shallow, rushing stream.I curled into a ball against the trunk of a fallen tree, trying to convince myself that I could build a fire and survive the night.Deep down, I knew I was lying to myself. I was probably going to freeze or get ripped apart by rogues before the sun came up.I had spent my entire life being told I was weak and useless.I had spent years believing the strange jagged mark on my collarbone was a dark curse that ruined everything I touched. Something like badluck, more or less. The reason nothing went right for me. I had let the elders and