Fated Hearts:Rejected by the Moon

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my chest. His eyes, icy and distant, met mine, and the w

ad thickened, driving the

d, his voice steely, devoid of the

eper than any bl

breathe. This wasn't

how we were

e, the one I had been p

to think. And yet, in front of the entire Blackthorn pack, he s

fist at my side, claws

d the words out, but they s

nced at me with eyes full of remorse... or was it relief? It

fall. Not here, not in front of the pack. I had too much pride

y head swirling with

ou're my mate, Thorne.

voice got harsher. "I never

ece of hope I had held slid awa

eversible. But I wasn't ready t

I begged, "Please... I don't comprehend.

hought I detected a glimme

rt of him that still cared. But i

d, and with a last, spite

n me, Lyra. Forget abou

s if someone had sma

. Forget about us. I was being set aside, thrown away, left

ixed, feeling the eye

ced through me like daggers. I wanted to shout, t

ackthorn pack. I was meant to b

more exposed than I

Zane Blackthorn, my elder brother,

couldn't quite place, somethin

nough to recogniz

o keep going, to ignore the gnawin

right, that there was more to Thorne

h the pack looking, not with my heart still hur

illness and worry. I kept shut up in my

y heart so easily. But I couldn't. I couldn't ignore the no

d about the pack, attempting to ignore the

ion, and I knew they were al

horne rej

alm. My thoughts were occupied with him,

alker, the renegade Alpha who h

ain numerous times in the preceding few

in the woods one evening, a lo

, his voice low and fierce, eyes scourin

fe for you h

ed, my perpl

you talkin

ing on the small symbol on my neck-the

oing to be the key to a conf

yra. And it's not only Thorne

to the belly. "What are you sa

ove a whisper. "You're not just the fu

rful than you could think. Something that th

y mind racing. "W

ow you're secure. But you need to trust me. The longer you s

ct in me screaming to go, t

me hesitate. He wasn't lying. I c

d, my heart a tangle of

the man you

ot the same man you fell in love with. The i

ng me. I had trusted Thorne, and believed in

Caleb encouraged, his tone harsh. "I can

g. But something inside me to

ion that may alter everything. As I turned to face

ck of my neck stood

s the night, as a figure stepped

," Thorne muttered, his voice thi

issing a beat. What

forward, standing in front of me prot

savage. "This is my pack, Caleb. And

tood there, stuck between two forces, two men who each possesse

happened

eb so desperate

colder, something more evi

n the distance, lo

the jungle, a black figure appeared, t

nowledge hit me-this wa

darkness will