His Rejected Luna is the Lycan's Queen

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ying, "Some roads sh

e of them... and I'm no

ith my twenty-second birthday. The day I finally proved I was more

it wasn't anything

y room. After years of whispers and sideways glances, after being

ckwood. The rejection, the

had

nd, my phone buzze

bride-to-be?" Stephanie's voice burst through the

the smile out of my voice. "You

one's in a

re you? You're supposed to b

om door

hurricane, arms full of makeup bags

phanie, my loud, loyal, and utterly shameless bestie. My only real friend in

shoving me toward the chair. "L

Whatever make

y, dusted shimmering powder across my cheekbones, painted my lips a soft rose. With every brush

ay, I fin

ep my tone light. "Isn't she suppose

econd. "She said she had to oversee

important to do. Something that made her look i

back, eyes bright with sati

irror and my brea

elonged in this world-like I could stand b

efore your dad sen

t was a vision in white-lace and silk that shimmered really go

d around me and Stephanie zipped me up, then m

," she said softly, fas

small, intricate, beautifully carved. For a moment, I could

red eyes change

see my eye

ination, desperate for s

irl," I said with a sad smile, f

nd, her expression fierce. "Don't you dare call yourse

te

know it. And if you say the word 'wolfless'

to let them fall. Not now. Not when I

will kick my ass if

ou," I w

grabbed my hand. "Come on. You're lat

squeezed my hand one last time, then slipped inside. I stood alone at

ter today, eve

the doo

ly how I'd imagined: soft lights, trailing ivy, candles flickering like tiny stars. For a moment, I fel

saw the

rned to watch me enter, and not a sing

owns on their faces and some

kept walking. I didn't w

the whispe

eve she's goi

ace. What is the

a middle-aged man hissed, hi

ha?" his companion shot back.

ilent, but his glare

n shift. Not l

That's wh

I wouldn't let them see me break. After today, I'd

's what I kept

Luke waiting

th a broad-shoulder in his dark blue suit. His brown ha

aura around him and somehow, by s

irl," Stephanie whi

but it fel

onor. She was my twin. My opposite. She was everything I wasn't-strong, confident,

t I was the heir. The eldest. T

had ever f

ched the altar. Maybe today, I'

the way Luke and May wer

ind of way, it was more like l

heart raced but I tried no

ficiant's voice cut thr

Luke, forcing mysel

me, in a blank a

sband and Alpha?" The officiant said looking at me a

d and then he turned his

n as your bride and Luna?" The officiant

as he kept refusing t

when he spoke, he said the

I d

hear was the roaring in my ears. My vision

isn't real. I

n?" My voice came out

thing diseased. "Mate?" His lip curled. "I won't bind m

oice ringing with authority. "I Lu

est tightened and my breathi

ispered, but the words ba

nd stretched out but

rd May. My

my head was 'What t