Loved By The Lycan After Rejection

painful impact on

e goblet tray clattered against her hip. One glass tipped, spilling water ove

erald gown shining beneath the corrido

. "The Grand Mating Ball is about to begin, and yo

eyes and steadied the tray with sh

d bett

he sight of Kora had left a stain on it. Then she

more. Luna Marguerite had never struck her before. Why tonight? Why no

sting and picked u

n a cellar. She had a bed, meals, and work. She was simply overlooked, as if she were another piece of

r, Vivienne, had once seemed kind too. But after her parents died, something changed. Vivienne's sm

d at Kora's door before sunrise, a

gift. "Today must be perfect. Help the other maids, polish e

at once. "Of c

n't embarrass me. You know how pe

r face, but the warnin

," Kora

the pack. Kora was only her handmaid

eparations done, she carried

ished marble. Alphas in dark velvet suits stood in groups, their voices low and confident. Lunas wore gowns in ruby, sapp

ful not to brush anyone's sleeve. She had learned to walk q

ad broken through her fingers, and no howl had ever risen in her throat. Most wolves assumed

when Kora almo

e air

dar smoke. Lightning striking raw earth. It was too strong, too deep, and it see

ballroom blurred

arble, the whisper of silk, the beat of music from the musicia

happeni

other. Champagne spilled over her wrist and down the

t the

d across the mar

e spread through the ballroom for a moment, u

d turned

s looked straight at her. His sil

t, Alpha King of t

looked carved from stone. Midnight silk covered his powerful frame. Even from across the ba

urst throug

ribs. It was not a sound, yet a word ech

a

re she could fall. Her face burned, her breath came in short g

s, Killian

hands curled into fists, claws scraping his palms. Inside him, his

i

She had no wolf, no experience with a mate bond, and no idea why

pped down f

t once. No one dar

gold gown. Her smile was bright, her posture perfect. She lin

ce, "there's no need to concern yourself. It'

eyes flashed cold and triumphant, as if

t her. He acted as tho

ained dress, and her trembling hands. She hated that her body still reac

ip cu

andmaid dares

arguerite's slap. Kora's mouth

other smell in the room. A vein pulsed in his neck. His fists tre

rd between th

began

s voice so every guest could hear. "I will

h. Someone laughed. Kora heard the word wolfless repeate

him to explain. Waiting for him t

he lifted

he Northern Realm, reject you, Kora, as

en cord

as if she could hold the pieces together. Her breath vanished. A hot line

ghing, whispering. She could hear

g into his ear. Kora could not hear the words, but sh

all she c

rned a

one reached for her. No one called after her. She passed the side doors and st

rose to cover the scandal, and the grand b

he gardens, one hand pre

e could feel Killian's g

. Furious.

entire realm. He had cut thei

as if he was not