Rejected By My Fated Alpha, Claimed By His Rival

d, the Blue Moon Cer

in front of the whole pack. Instead, the three men I loved most - my mate, my oldest friend, and m

d under the blue moon and let

for surrender. This

pte

reat hall, watching the Blue Mo

age, she must be publicly acknowledged by her fated mate beneath the blue moon. The Moon Go

side you feels abandoned. It turns savage, an

nt a crown. I wanted one year in which I

to his name, and my fated mate - put my name on the registr

ant men in my life. Moonstone is exceedingly rare, and in the old, sol

grew up beside, and the Gamma of the pack. The la

y done. It was only meant to secure my place as the future Luna. I did

n altar, draped in

e is only an Omega, her blood muddled, the lowest of the low in the pack. Yet

stones tha

and Leo are standing there with c

s on Selene's alt

thick with her distress pheromones just now. It was driving us crazy. You have the purest bl

er picture. Selene is fragile by nature. The lower ranks are protective of her. As the future

word is law. The dark bespoke suit he wears is worth

too?" I look him s

ood and strong tobacco, the smell that used to sett

consideration. The wolf in you is too proud. If you cannot set aside your pride for one ni

nch. I do not scream. I do not cry. I simply stand where

ce makes them shift their feet. Even in human form,

look as if a breeze could knock her down. She re

pitch, "I have the moonstones now, but the elders say I still need a guardian

s, smiling gently at her. "Pac

just say yes. Selene has bee

looks down at Selene. "All

ng the procession with an Omega is the same as publicly declaring cou

ve and fragile, Elara. You use your bloodline like a weapon. The way you're hysterica

t and draws out a small cloth pouch. It is the charm I sewed for Arthur myself, stitched with pure silver th

to you... I can give it back," Selene

to take back

eps between us. He lifts his hand and knocks

eed it," Arthu

of poured concrete. Under that sheer, crushing authority my knees bend on their o

y," Arthur commands, his voice laced with something beyo

ht to the elders' registry table. Finn and Leo

ding alone under t

posed to rip a soul apart. But my wolf does not want to die. To shield me from an agony that would have wr

s her breath. She sinks into

mate bond slows, beat by beat, until it is barely there - slow, distant, al