Rejected Luna, Claimed by the King

lla

stale wine, and the suffocating musk of a hundred wolves p

pty glass like a lifeline. My dress, a faded grey chiffon that had seen better da

it, wol

apologize. He didn't even pause. Why would he? In a world governed by the strength of one's beast, I was less tha

ting of tears. Don't cry. Do

, golden-boy way that had made my heart race since we were children. He was my best friend. My protector

ed, amplified by his Alpha aura

de him. Katherine Parrish. The daughter of a neighboring Alpha. She

ing over the crowd but deliberately avoiding my dark corner. "W

in, whispering something in his ear, and Braydon laughed-a sound that shattered the last

the hall became too thin, too h

gs, until I burst into the sanctuary of the Pack Library. I slammed the he

dust and ancient parchment, I fin

o the empty room. "You we

ste of hydratio

floorboards and straight into my bones. I

f the history section was a man I had

l. The Alpha K

h to carry the world. But it was his eyes that paralyzed me-pitch black, abys

anymore. It smelled of a violent thunderstorm and

My knees were shaking so hard I nearly fell again.

in the air, though as a wolfless, I shouldn't have felt the

he door, announcing his engagement feast. The pain in my chest flared again,

t hit t

r human eyes, Dallas was there. H

a

hot, and undeniable. I gasped, staring up at him in shock. His pupils blew wide, swallowing the

the most dangerous creature on the continent, a man known for slaughtering entire rogue p

ked. "If you leave with me, Adella, there is no coming back. You

turning into something cold and

as a different world. Silent. hermeticall

center console and drank from it like it was water. The burn in my throat was the only

nd cruel against the passing city lights. He was power incar

wanted to make them pay-I

e me a courage

e," I bl

bin dropped instantly. Dallas didn't look at me. His grip

drunk, Ms

o family. Braydon will kick me out by morning to please his new bitch. I need pro

rest of the drive, the tens

er, I stumbled out, the adrenaline fading into exhaustio

t he

wall, moved it aside, and opened a hidden safe.

gleaming with something that

agger. He placed the paper on the marble console table. "This is a Binding Prote

y head spin. "But in return, Adella, I own you. Your

ords swam before my eyes. Bi

e about the consequences. I just wanted th

pen and scrawl

a Eve

thing I felt was Dallas's arms scooping me up against his hard chest, and the