All Chapters of The Rejected Luna Is the Hidden Heiress: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Ava's POVAdrian had left. The oversized bedroom was quiet now, with only me in it. His strong cedar scent still lingered in the air, mixed with the warm smell of food. Somehow, the two together made the whole room feel weirdly safe, reassuring and strangely comforting.I leaned against the headboard and ate my toast slowly. My body was still drained, but my mind had already kicked into overdrive.The attack from last night had hit me like a bucket of ice water, snapping my fully awake from the fragile peace I'd been living in since leaving Darkmoon Pack Manor. I had always thought my fight with Lucas would stay in the business world, all fought in boardrooms and across negotiation tables.I was wrong.I hadn't expected Lucas to go this far. To stop me from inheriting Crawford, he had actually dared to risk being cast out by the council and hired rogue wolves to finish me off. That meant one thing loud and clear: he didn't care about family rules at all. He just wanted me gone. Comple

Ava's POVI stood alone on the wide, empty lawn, watching Adrian's back disappear at the far end of the garden. All around me, the Bloodmoon Pack moved through its usual rhythm, busy but orderly.Warriors who had just finished training walked past in twos and threes, laughing, shoving each other, talking trash like normal. There was warmth on them, the kind that came from belonging, from having people who were your own. Couples walked hand in hand, heads bent close, their voices low, their eyes soft with love.None of that had anything to do with me.I felt like a stray ink mark on someone else's canvas, awkward and wrong, standing there all by myself, out of step with the whole world. Damon had abandoned me. Lucas wanted me dead. And now even Adrian, the only one who had actually reached out to help me, had turned away because I had been too sharp, too defensive.Had I really done something wrong? I had spent all that time by Damon's side giving in, backing down, swallowing everythin

Ava's POVLinda and I picked a quiet bar in the middle of downtown, the kind of place with a chill vibe. The lights were soft, jazz drifted lazily through the room, and the air carried a faint fruity wine scent. It wasn't like the Howling Hounds Club at all, none of that raw, in-your-face aggression. This place felt way more friendly to women."To you, Ava!" Linda lifted her cocktail, eyes sparkling. "To finally kicking that jerk Damon to the curb, and to your brand-new life!""And to you, Linda." I smiled and clinked my glass against hers. "Welcome to the new world."We talked for a long time, hopping from one topic to another, from the ridiculous rules in the Darkmoon Pack to the way women were trapped in werewolf society. Linda told me that in the Darkmoon medical division, every Omega researcher earned only two-thirds of what a Beta at the same level made. And compared to an Alpha? Not even close. They worked just as hard, sometimes harder, yet didn't even have the right to put th

Ava's POV"Ava, are you okay?"Adrian's voice snapped me out of that mix of shock and rage. Only then did I notice my hand, the one clutching the phone, was shaking hard. My fingers were clenched so tightly my knuckles had gone white."I'm fine." I drew in a deep breath and forced myself to calm down.Now wasn't the time to lose it. Getting mad wouldn't fix a single thing.Adrian got to his feet, took the phone from my hand, and ended the call without hesitation. His tall frame moved in front of me, blocking off every curious look from the people around us."Want me to step in?" He lowered his eyes to me. "Just say the word. I can have that journal pull the article within half an hour and make them issue a public apology to you. I can also crash Darkmoon Pack's servers completely, make sure they can't produce a shred of proof claiming that research belongs to them."His offer was very tempting. The Alpha of Bloodmoon Pack had both the power and the means to do exactly that.But I shoo

Ava's POV"Unless you can prove to them that keeping you around brings real, visible profit." Alvin kept his voice low. "Ms. Crawford, the board only worships one thing, benefit. They don't care about bloodline, and they don't care about gender. They only care about who can make them more money.""I get it. Thanks for the heads-up.""No need to thank me. If there's anything you need, just say the word."The moment the call ended, a chill ran straight through my bones.Lucas and Rebecca were even more impatient than I had expected. Clearly, the Blackwood Pack contract hadn't been enough to make them back off.What was I supposed to do now?Almost without thinking, I thought of Adrian.With his power, it would only take one phone call. Just one sentence from him, and those fence-sitting board members would switch sides on the spot. If he publicly said I was the fiancee he had chosen, then not just the Crawford family, no, the entire West Coast, would stop questioning my status.But... c