Left in the Ashes: The Alpha's Rejected Mate

thday, she suggested everyone try out the

pered with and filled with deadly silver mis

spoke to me in a co

et through that door in five minutes, the

disgrace. My childhood friend snee

le, in front of live‑stream cameras, they celebrated her birth

fe. Instead, it fully awoke the legendary wh

time, every wrong they have done to

pte

Point

ain ridge. The five of us trekked down

to wolf‑clan customs, Kael was suppos

he old underground quarantine room downstairs into a simulation‑training chamber with bra

n a silver mine when I was eight, I instinctively recoiled fr

open the door," he said without looking back. "Sinc

ent. "Our Seraphina is so brave. Unlike some people,

edly at me. "Rest assured, everything is simulated. Not a speck of real silver dust will leak out. I calibrated th

ad constantly complained to them that I targeted her. They probably wanted to use this chance to s

ing and ste

up for ten minutes, subjected t

pened from the inside at any

hou

e clan's underground quarantine

und echoed through

from high‑tech ventilati

our metal and

lv

ubstance that could e

clan, my physical constitution wa

ugh my lungs, as if I had

dly, painting the steel observation plat

voice began counting do

s, the entire chambe

a biometric emerge

third‑in‑command, smashed its

ly four silve

ere fiv

oke into exa

in out of kindness. She possessed no pure‑blood l

silver‑proof cloak and clutch

tearful. "But Ella is only an Omega. She nee

kles whitened from how hard she gripped the fabric.

brother and a clan Beta,

gle glance as he slung it

r dust. She nearly died in that silver mine at eight. If she runs out into the mist, pa

y own brother

void opened in

hood trauma as an excuse, con

ot hesitate

k and quickly fastened it

swore to protect you when I was little. Still, you hav

s only masked h

d towar

our clan and a billionaire with i

mate, chosen for me

eassuring pine forests after thunder

rked my neck, he had

er make me face silve

one cloak

s tear‑streaked face, then

yes and stood p

ive the last cloak

ntly as I picked up

d draped it over Kae

shut and offered

c mist t

ilver mist began

d, my voice hoar

them toward the hea

on lever, sealing them safel

alone in the

ist threatened to

suffocating dust, and the cold des

r poison, I preferred to burn to

he floor and smashed it again

e flames to

blue light flicke

lens projected

blet, scrolling across neon te

with joy; no trace

d through the device. "Did you truly think we were in danger

een, standing inside a luxurious

with mocki

Thorn shook his head in scorn. "Pathetic.

his digital co

bragged triumphantly. "The whole system is unde

frame. His expression

t, Ella?" Kael snapped, unle

wer‑ranked wolves in

ight, my frail Omega body

ordered. "We are celebrating Seraphina's

down at t

from the smashed

eady licking the rei

ad turned into a g

box on your way out,"

he corner and spot

l had pressured me int

precious moonstone necklace l

aking with genuine terror.