His Rejected Mate's Secret
He freezes, and for a second, I see the flicker of guilt beneath the steel.
Serena’s voice slices through the tension.
“Alpha,” she says sweetly, stepping out from the shadows near the Council elders. Her golden hair gleams under the torchlight, her smile perfect and venomous. “Surely, you won’t let this… traitor remain here?”
Her gaze lands on me, dripping with false pity. “She abandoned her pack, disobeyed her Alpha, and now returns with… children.” Her lips twist. “Rogues, no doubt.”