The Rejected Omega: Rise of the White Wolf

h the pack's feet, an

paired me with Ethan

he couldn't feel our bond. I was

nning away with hi

nd caught fire on the hi

e wreckage, my hands bl

e was safe, he d

ve

his eyes fl

the Alph

. I dove back into the burning car to drag Chloe

while Ethan cradled Chlo

ed, Ethan stood over m

ega until Chloe is t

e left me to bleed out in the cold night air

inside m

ath, I didn't be

empty coffin th

I walked back into

a the serva

he Whit

to burn his king

pte

Ava M

cked window of the Omega dorms, painting the

asp, my sheets tan

nd whining. It wasn't the usual gnawing hunger or the ache

eck. The skin there

mpty room, clinging to a hop

month ago. According to the Moon Goddess-our deity

eed. The Alpha heir. The future

ything. The Alpha is the king, his word is law. The Betas are his

niform that marked my low status. I had to get to

the Pack House, I kept my head down,

r sneered, shouldering past me

Sorry," I mumbled. Submission wa

tered when I reac

e he

ed by his father's advisors. He was tall, with

sure that demanded respect. To me, it smelled like rain on hot pavement and pine nee

, cold and blue, met m

desperate for his attenti

as if I were part of the wal

eb that connects every member of the pack, allowing us to speak without w

Ethan,* I proje

of grey noise. He

ccident had caused "selective amnesia." He said he remembered who I was,

d to believe him. Because the

va

ly friend I had, grabbed my arm. She pulled

gain," Maya hissed, her da

y mate,

"Because he doesn't smell like he's missing memorie

say that. He's just stres

gripping my shoulders. "I saw him nea

to say the nam

amma. She was beautiful, ambitious, a

ed. "Once I fully settle into my wolf after th

o the Alpha's private study. My morni

ose of pine and rain that made my knees wea

A heavy book had been moved, leaving a gap on th

a pho

out. My br

ed around Chloe's waist. They were in a hotel room.

on the bottom was

hook in my hand. "He said h

it wasn't directed at me. It was a stray thought, a leak in the con

. just wait until after the

's voice. Cr

ck. *Just keep telling her you have amne

lo

psed onto the rug, the pho

bond, the sacred thread that the Moon Goddess had tied

He wasn't confus

ding place, my fingers numb. I coul

say it. I needed to

o celebrate the coming full moon. I waited by the e

ever sh

Alpha heir?"

" a Gamma repli

t. I was surrounded by my pack,

highway ran past our lands there. I needed to clear my head. My wo

watching the headlights

eding down the road. It wa

der the streetl

in the passenger seat, her

is hand that

casually, possessivel

The ice in my ve

k business. They were