All Chapters of Rejected Omega, Alpha's Claim : Chapter 71 - Chapter 77

AsheronIt was finally the dreadful wedding day. The main hall had been transformed. Every seat was filled with elders, allied Alphas, ranking wolves, and the carefully invited representatives of houses that needed to witness this moment. I stood at the front in formal black with the Sinclair crest heavy at my collar. Pearl stood beside me in white, her expression composed and victorious. The bruises on her wrist from the night of the relic had been carefully hidden. The story given to the guests was simple and clean: a private disagreement, resolved. The ceremony would proceed as planned.I had not slept a wink for the past few days. Every time I closed my eyes I saw Seraphina’s face in the garden when I told her the date was fixed. The quiet way she had absorbed the news. The small, tired smile that had not reached her eyes. She had asked for no comfort. She had offered no anger. She had simply understood, and that understanding had followed me into this hall like a second shadow

SeraphinaAsheron’s hand stayed over mine for longer than I had expected. He belonged to someone else on paper now. And still I sat there, staring at the shape of his fingers against my skin, wanting more than I had any right to want.I wanted to kiss him.I felt like leaning just across the small space between us and pressing my mouth to his. I wanted to feel the heat of him, the strength of his hands, the way his breath might change if I got close enough. I wanted to hold him the way I had in the courtyard under the Blood Moon; except this time without the violence of the shift forcing the contact. I wanted him to be mine in a way the ceremony had made legally impossible.The wanting made me feel shallow.I was a pregnant Omega who had spent most of her life being discarded, used, and underestimated. Yes, the bloodline mapping had confirmed Sovereign markers. But realistically, I had not claimed any of that power yet. I had not learned what it meant. I still flinched under raised

Narrator Pearl angrily stood exactly where she had been told the two of them preferred to meet when they thought no one was looking.Seraphina was still there. She was not quietly removed after the wedding as Pearl had been promised in private conversations before the ceremony. Instead, the Omega was walking with the Sinclair Alpha himself. Asheron’s head was bent toward her as she spoke. Whatever she said made the hard line of his mouth ease for a fraction of a second—an expression Pearl had never once managed to draw from him in all the years of their arranged future.She got jealous Asheron’s gaze dropped to her hand for a moment too long. The way he looked at her was already a claim more intimate than the ring he now wore for Pearl.The wedding had been perfect on the surface. The hall had been full. The vows had been spoken. The territory had seen the Sinclair Alpha bind himself to the correct woman. Pearl had smiled through every required moment and accepted the congratulati

AsheronAs I watched her, I felt some type of tension.Seraphina held the cup with both hands, the way she did when she was trying to anchor herself. Her eyes stayed on the Sovereign texts, but her attention kept flickering toward me in small, careful glances. She still did not fully trust me. Every kindness seemed to land on her like something that might be taken away without warning.I understood why. I had given her enough reasons.I had given Pearl the public claim her family required. And then I had spent the days since adjusting schedules around her The contradiction was not lost on me. It lived in every decision I made.Kevin’s latest report lay open on the table beside my own papers. Border activity remained quiet. Rowan’s confinement was held. Pearl had arrived at the secondary residence as ordered, though the tone of the messages from her household suggested she was not content to stay there indefinitely. None of those matters required my presence Seraphina shifted in he