Chapter 1: The night my wolf never came

Everyone in the Ashen Creek Pack was watching me wait for a wolf that was never going to come.I stood in the middle of the gathering ring with the full moon above my head and the bonfire burning at my back, wearing the white dress I had sewn myself over three nights. It was my eighteenth birthday, and in our pack that meant one thing. At midnight, every wolf wakes up inside the girl or boy it belongs to, and the whole pack gathers to welcome them.Selene's wolf had come four months ago, the day she turned eighteen. They had thrown her a feast that lasted two days. For mine, they only brought a small fire and a few cold looks, and I had baked my own cake, which no one had touched."Breathe, Liana," my father said quietly from beside the elders. He would not look at me when he said it, and I noticed that, but I told myself he was only nervous.I breathed. I closed my eyes and pressed a hand to my chest the way I had practiced for months, and I waited for the pull, the heat, the howl th

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Chapter 2: Sold off

I sat on that stone path until the warmth in my chest faded, and by the time the moon slid behind the trees, I had almost convinced myself that I had imagined the whole thing. Grief can do that to a person. It can make you hear your own name in an empty forest, and I had heard enough of the pack's laughter that night to know that I was in no state to trust my own ears.I walked home before dawn and found my bedroom door open and my things thrown into the hallway. My clothes, my books, and my mother's old baking tins lay in a messy pile, and Vera stood over them with her arms folded."You will sleep in the storeroom from now on," she said. "A girl without a wolf has no use for a room with a window."I did not argue, because I had learned a long time ago that arguing with Vera was like pouring water on a stone. I picked up my mother's tins one by one, carried them to the storeroom, and sat on the floor between the sacks of flour. For the next three days, I was fed once a day, spoken to

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Chapter 3: The contract

For a moment, I forgot how to breathe.Eleven years ago I was seven years old, my mother had just died, and I did not know a single person outside of Ashen Creek. There was no reason for a man like him to have been looking for me, and yet he stood there in front of the whole hall saying it as if it were the simplest thing in the world."You must have me confused with someone else," I said. My voice came out smaller than I wanted."I do not." He turned his head slightly, and the woman on the stage jumped as if he had spoken to her. "The girl is mine. Have the papers ready in five minutes, and tell the buyers that anyone who wants to complain may find me outside."Nobody wanted to complain.Two of his men came forward and removed the hands that had been holding my arms, and the room went so quiet that I could hear the candles hissing on the walls. Then he took off his black coat and put it around my shoulders without asking, and the warmth of it hit me so hard that I realized how cold I

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Chapter 4: The stray he bought

The Blackwood castle looked even bigger in the morning.I woke up in a bed so soft that I thought I was still dreaming, in a room with tall windows and a stone fireplace and a view of a forest that went on forever. For one happy second, I forgot where I was. Then I saw my mother's locket on the bedside table, where I had put it down to sleep, and everything from the night before came back at once.I picked it up and put it back around my neck, just as Kaiden had asked."Oh good, you are awake!" a loud voice called from the doorway. A round, rosy woman in a white apron marched in carrying a tray piled with bread, eggs, and fruit. "I am Mira, the housekeeper, and I have been told to feed you until you stop looking like a ghost. Sit. Eat.""I am not really hungry," I started."Sit," Mira said again, and I sat.She watched me eat the way my mother used to, with her hands on her hips and a little frown that said she would not leave until the plate was clean. By the time I finished, I had l

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Chapter 5: Who locked your wolf

For a few seconds, I could not make myself move.The black stain on the silver tray kept spreading, slow and hissing, and I stared at it the way you stare at a snake that has just missed you. My hands were shaking so badly that I had to press them against my knees, and I only noticed that Kaiden had knelt in front of me when I felt his warm fingers wrap around my wrist."Look at me, Liana," he said. "Did a single drop touch your mouth?""No. I was about to drink it, but I did not.""Are you sure?""I am sure." My voice cracked. "You came in before I could."He let out a long breath, and for a moment he lowered his forehead until it almost touched my hand. It was such a quiet, private thing to do that I forgot to be afraid. Then the door opened again, and Mira ran in with a jar of honey and a face as white as her apron."Heavens above," she gasped, looking at the broken cup. "I only left for a minute. Who brought this?""That is what I intend to find out," Kaiden said, and when he stoo

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All Chapters of Rejected by My Mate, Sold to the Alpha King : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1: The night my wolf never came

Chapter 2: Sold off

Chapter 3: The contract

Chapter 4: The stray he bought

Chapter 5: Who locked your wolf