Rejecting the Alpha’s Crown의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

Cheers came from the next room right away.I heard Stella gasp through the wall. Julian spoke in low, tender murmurs. He crowned her with his own hands.I stood alone in the empty bedroom. The cheap gold band sat on the table. A cold draft sliced right through my chest.Footsteps stopped by the door.Julian walked back in with a smile on his face. The smile vanished the second his eyes met mine."Still throwing a fit?" He tossed two car keys onto the coffee table.One was a matte black key for a custom supercar. It had the gold crest of a pack elder. The other key belonged to a cheap SUV. It had no keychain at all.Julian leaned on the table and tilted his chin. "The new cars arrived. The black one belongs to Stella. She leads cross-border patrols and needs the horsepower. The silver one is for you. It handles easy and keeps you safe."Always the same. Stella took the best. I got the scraps.I looked at the keys. My nails dug into my palms. For the first time in my life, I refused to b

"Stella, this is the biggest buck of the hunt. Eat. Keep your strength up."At the banquet table on the lawn, Julian carved the thickest, bloodiest cut of rare venison. He dropped it right onto Stella's plate.Tonight was my mating ceremony.Yet the entire square cheered only for Stella. Just minutes ago, she walked back into the pack lands with a signed peace treaty, ending decades of war with the Northern Pack.Julian turned to me. He hacked off a chewy, gristly scrap with raw veins and shoved the plate my way."Chloe, eat something."The thick stench of raw blood hit my nose. I looked at the red puddle on the plate, my stomach twisting with nausea."Julian, I cannot eat raw meat," I said, keeping my voice flat. "I am wolfless. Raw meat makes me sick. It tears my stomach up. Why did the kitchen not make a single cooked meal?"Julian's hand froze in midair.Every bit of softness left his face. His brows snapped together in irritation."Chloe, do you have to throw a tantrum now?" he hi

"Search! Send every guard out! Tear this entire territory apart until you find her!"Julian grabbed the butler by the collar and slammed him hard against a tree trunk.The searing fire in his chest ripped through his flesh. Black spots danced across his eyes.The blood on the grass had dried into dark, crusty stains. Under the cold moonlight, it stung his eyes like acid.It was Chloe's blood. It was the raw, open wound of a broken bond. She had torn their link apart with her bare hands.Another wave of copper hit his throat. Julian dropped to his knees and choked up thick blood onto the dirt."Julian! God, what happened?!"Heavy footsteps shattered the quiet night.Chloe's parents rushed into the clearing with several guards. Clan Elders Robert and Evelyn looked terrified. Evelyn took in the pool of blood and the broken Alpha on his knees, and her face twisted with pure fury."Where is that wolfless trash? The ceremony ended hours ago! Everyone is waiting! Where did she go?!""She brok

The front door slammed open with a violent crash. Wind, rain, and freezing air blasted into the bakery."Throw those damn flowers away!"Julian's raw roar tore through the shop.He was soaked to the skin. His bloodshot eyes locked onto the moon orchids in my hands, burning with pure madness. The agony of the broken mate bond had eaten him alive for an entire month. His proud Alpha wolf was now just a dying, feral beast, shaking with weak fury.He stormed toward me, slamming his hostile Alpha aura straight at Rowan."Get your hands off my woman!"Rowan didn't even flinch.He stepped forward, shielding me behind his broad frame. Then, his ancient Lycan aura dropped. It hit the room like a tidal wave, a hundred times deadlier than Julian's power.Julian's knees buckled instantly. The sheer weight of royal blood crushed him down onto one knee. He clutched his chest and spat a mouthful of dark blood onto the floor."Drop your pathetic act in my territory," Rowan said, staring down at him. H

Julian froze dead in his tracks. Ice-cold rain pounded his face without mercy."You thought I was blind?" I stood tall in the freezing rain. This ended tonight. "Your love was a joke. I was your backup plan. Tell me, Julian. Did you ever want me, or was I just your leash to keep Stella close?"Julian's pupils shrank."You... you heard me..." His throat worked. He wanted to explain, but his mouth couldn't form a single word."Yes. The night of her victory party. You were drunk. I stayed stone-cold sober. I heard every single word." I looked at him with dead eyes. "Now you finally know the agony of a ripped soul. But did you ever give a damn about my pain? I was your fated mate. Yet you treated me like a dirty secret. You shoved me into second place. You handed me her leftover garbage every single day!"Julian parted his lips, but nothing came out. Raw, ugly regret bled across his hollow face. Only right now did the truth hit him. He had personally murdered every drop of love in my heart