Rejected By My Mate, Crowned By The Moon

s the Pack gathered for the mating ceremony. My heart thundere

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he way I h

self in as a little girl. But tonight, there was no trace of warmth. Only resolve. It wasn't th

," he began, voice steady and emotion

ched the air

n, the earth trembling beneath my bare feet. No, this couldn't be happening. Not here, not now. My fing

hispered. My voice cracked mid-sent

ing. Like every fiber of my being had been torn from the inside out. My knees buckled,

who had shattered me. "Why?" I asked. The q

. You're nothing but the daughter of a fa

others, holding my family together. And sti

considered sisters. They wore satisfied smirks, like they had just watched the

a new voice cut through the ai

the crowd, soft but unmistakably com

ed in midnight blue, eyes glowing faintly silver. I had seen her once as a child, whispering ri

fting a gnarled hand toward me. "N

heavy it press

ng, ancient. It wasn't a call of mourning.

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