Rejected by the Alpha, Desired by All

te of myself, my hands are slightly trembling while I smooth the fabric. Tonight marks a turning point. The mo

state, torches vacillate under the night breeze, projecting moving shadows on impatient faces. Wolves from all the packs have gathered to attend this sacred

sations, the laughter, the frizzying of the ceremonial fire - everything seems vague, as if I f

aw charisma attracts all eyes, and yet he remains distant, cold, indecipherable look. My h

remony

gy rises, swirling, vibrant. My breath gets stuck in my throat when the lunar light intensifies,

their eyes are sealing, and the connection becomes inevitable. I'

the momen

oment when ever

hine. A whisper runs through the crowd, and I look up at Leon ,

doesn

zen, his icy g

suddenly. My heart hammered against my chest while Leon advanc

he sp

use thi

s me, sweeping all

t unde

his words. But the stupor of the crowd, the horrified murmurs, the

just re

eath

if this announcement did not mean anything. As

whispers someon

he

st di

onexistent. Rejecting his soul mate goes against all natural laws. Ho

poke, slice the vo

on, but the words remain blocked in my throat. Humiliation bu

orthy of a last look. Then he turns aro

e is a

nter of the circle, expo

ers that infiltrate my mind

alpha reject

o be too we

hame for t

der my feet, nor the night breeze on my skin. All I perceive is this unbea

comes

g rage stifled

ay here. Not

a look back, I turn my h

eyes pierce me, but I do n

g, my throat tied,

thing left

, and when they

as the weak woman r

lf that they should

for an explanation, a justification for his refusal. But the alpha does not vacillate. He straightens up

not wor

ked whispers, stifled exclamations. Some look up, unable to support such a declarat

s mind refuses to understand, refuses to accept what he has just said in front of the whole pack. Not worthy? Ho

rejection is already an offense to the sacred balance of linked souls, b

tions one of the ancients, his d

steel gaze is anchored in that o

Ye

y. The tension becomes suffocating, a

what is she representing in her eyes? After all these years, after every m

but she refuses to let the pain that laces her

humiliation it undergoes was deserved. Others look away, embarras

ty. She could beg. She could demand an explanation, shout his right to thi

worthy, then she has n

ing the mocking laughs of some. Each step that s

s, broken

ill all understand

o consolation. The weight of mocking looks that follow it, muffled laughter and cruel whispers, is growing on its shoulders. She could almost feel them pierce her sk

in her soul mate. She had prepared her life for this moment, convinced that the alpha Leon would choose it, that he would recognize in

her ears, icy, cruel. * Unworthy of him.* These words, pronounced without hesitation, are embedded in her, marking her mind forever

d impulse, an instinctive leak. She rushes into the forest, sinking through the dark trees, each cold breeze coming to touch her bu

kness that surrounds him. She closes her eyes and lets anger take over. A deaf, devouring rage bursts in it. She hates

thing even more powerful awakens in her. This suffering, this acute pain, slowly turns into a fierce determination. It will not be this weak wolf that l

igger. A new Elena was born in the rubble of betrayal. A stronger, more resolved Ele