Rejected By The Alpha Heir, Claimed By Blood
Chase's jaw locked so hard I heard his teeth grind from three feet away, fury rolling off him in waves, as if I had personally reached into the moon goddess's design and rewritten his brother's fate out of spite.
Then Jace laughed.
It wasn't warm. It wasn't disbelief. It was low, slow, and cruel, curling through the silence like smoke.
"Well," he said, dragging his gaze over me the way you'd inspect something you were about to throw away, "I suppose even the righteous moon goddess makes mistakes. Look at you — a mate built like a burden instead of a wolf."
He started toward me, and every step closed the distance between us while the bond in my chest pulled tighter, sweeter now instead of pai