Rejected by My Alpha, Claimed by the Lycan King
Inside, painted in fine, faded detail, was a woman's portrait — silver-black hair, pale golden eyes, a face achingly, impossibly familiar despite the fact that I had never once seen it before in my life.
My own face, or close enough to steal the breath directly from my lungs.
"That is Queen Alara," Elowen said softly, "ruler of the Lunar Dominion, beloved by her people, and — if I am not mistaken, and I pray every day that I am not — your mother."
"No." The word came out cracked, barely more than breath. "No, this isn't— this can't be real."
"I understand this is difficult to hear."
"Difficult?" A broken, disbelieving laugh escaped me. "You're telling me my entire life was a lie. That Selene