Once Rejected Novels & Stories

before hanging up. I sat in a quiet booth in a corner café, my phone resting on the table next to an untouched glass of iced tea. I’d circled the same five streets all morning trying to make this work. Ryan had offered to come with me, but I told him I needed to do this alone. By noon, I had three confirmed responses. All rejections. One shareholder’s office replied with a short, templated email that read: We appreciate your concern, but the board has full confidence in the transition process and the nominee selected.

' 'We haven't rejected him yet, what does that even mean for him? 'That he is still bonded to us, can feel us even though we can no longer feel him. We can move on, once we accept the rejection, find someone else if we choose, but he's trapped in the bond until you utter those words out loud.' I stood up from the couch. parts of my body cracking as I twist around while stretching my body out. Standing with my head held high, well higher than usual, I opened my mouth to speak, my palms became sweaty as my stomach felt like it had knots in it.

“You don’t get to choose, Eila. You’re nothing. You’ll do as you’re told!” “Please, Ria… let me go. You’re hurting me. Why are you doing this to me?” Every pack has its traditions. In ours, we chose someone to witness our first shift. But I had no one. No one left to stand with me. And Ria—of course—would never agree. She hated this day. She hated the idea of mates. She had been rejected by hers, and ever since, she’d been hollow. Empty. Bitter. Maybe that’s why she despised me. Because I still had a chance at love, while hers had been stolen.

he told Kane. "Technically," Kane said, his tone measured, Savannah has only been rejected once. Not sure if 'reject' is even the right word. I never accepted your offer to begin with. You jumped the gun, even with Connor, pushing him so hard when he lacked clarity about Maisie."

I ask concerned that she is slipping away from me. “I rejected you,” she says quietly. I smile down at her, “Ahhh, well that did hurt, I must admit little mate. But I did not accept it, therefore, it did not take,” I say to her calmly. She looks at me in surprise. “Why didn’t you accept it?” she asks confused.

"I spent six months looking for you. I crossed the entire continent, asking every soul who might have seen you." "You shouldn't have." "Come back to me. Be my Luna. My only Luna," he begged, his voice cracking. "I swear, Selene. This time... I'll get it right." My eyes instantly welled with tears. But I couldn't give in. "Get up," I said coldly. "You're making a scene." "Then promise me you'll come back." "No." I took a deep breath and made the cruelest choice. "You're right. I did reject you. I was tired of the one-sided pain. I was tired of being tied to a man who didn't love me."

Endless sigh escaped her mouth from excessive thinking. "I doubt that." Lynn muttered. "He doesn't pretend, if he doesn't want you, he will reject you immediately, just like what he did to Aria." Lynn responded. Aria nodded in agreement. "It only means one thing– his wolf didn't recognize it second chances nate." she murmured. Mariella sighed again. She doesn't know what else to do. She hasn't even been rejected and she is feeling this way. How would she cope if he ends up rejecting her?

(His POV) The rejection comes at 8:41 a.m. Not curt. Not cruel. Careful. After consideration, we’re unable to proceed under the conditions outlined. We value your perspective and hope to remain in dialogue. Dialogue. The word institutions use when they want access without obligation. I read it twice, then a third time, looking for subtext that isn’t there. They didn’t negotiate. They didn’t counter. They didn’t ask for clarification. They chose feasibility over friction.

He brought them out of a safe to show her. Mrs James took a careful look at the pictures. “Are you afraid of her even in pictures?” Didi laughed at the way Mrs James turned her face. “She looks scary like a horror movie.” Was Mrs James' reply. “Thank goodness I wouldn’t ever get to meet her.” “You can never tell.” “So how did you feel when she left?” “She rejected our love. And I was ready to fight for it. But both parents wouldn’t consent to such. I wanted to keep it a secret affair. And Warrior Nun made everything easier by not agreeing to it.”

His voice shook because he was both sorry and determined. Ethan didn't move, and his hands were clenched at his sides. He had gone over his answer in his head a hundred times, but now that everyone was looking at him, he couldn't find the words. "I turned down my fated mate," Gabriel said next, looking away for a moment. "I said no to Ethan because I didn't think he was good enough for me. I was wrong, though. I didn't see what was important." The crowd let out gasps and murmured. It was a shocking thing for their boss to say.