Alpha's Awakening: From Rejected Woman to Queen

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edar and mint

Bryson Cardenas. The scent that had

his powerful chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm beside me. La

e seed of hope had plan

Maybe he was finall

harp line of his jaw. Wanting to feel the warmth of his skin

him, a vibration buzz

lit up the

owed on t

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d to ice. Every ounce of warmth from the night b

rson, but with the sharp alertness of an Alpha. His ice-

fog cleared. A softness I hadn't

ate. He didn't

the bed and walking toward the floor-to-ceiling windows

onally quiet, but in the silence of

n't cry. I'

. The space where he had been lying was already growi

ncy that was brutal. No wasted movements. Just a man o

closet, his movements sharp. He

tching its way out of my thro

th an annoyance that felt like a physical blow. "Kelsey h

A reminder that another woman's discomfort was more important

he movements were so clean, so pr

r years, I had never once helped

His eyes, now fully awake, were chips of ice. "You

s a warning. An Alpha's

d the covers tighter, creatin

tisfy him. He turned an

ing. It sealed me in with the lingering scent of

he whispers from the pack, the pitying looks, the four years

te bond was unbreakable. A sac

new the

d I was the only

hit the cold hardwood floor. I walked to the

t through the pre-dawn gloom. He was speeding away,

ights to my own wrist. To the small, pale b

egends. The forbidden stori

Rejectio

in the barren wasteland of my mind. It was sharp

ed over the contact list. There was only

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stared at her name, the first real choi