Queen of the Rejected: A Wolf's War

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houldn't be here. Not like this, in front of e

ark, hard to read. He's the Alpha of the most powerful pack aroun

eady. I, Ethan Sinclair, reject you,

gasp. My knees wobble, but I stand tall. If I'm going to break

etting ripped apart. The mate bond-sacred

ike stone, so cold. But his hands are clen

s voice rough. It's an order, not a req

elf to do it. I, Alexandra

est feels like it's gonna cave in. For a second

g me, waiting for me to fall apart. I look

e them what

es blurry, but I w

A woman, amused. She thoug

ns, and I clench my fists. But I keep walking.

a mistake

e someone's laughing. Adrian Wolfe, the r

ut I don'

this, Wolfe,

woman in this room, for what? Some stupid dut

air is thick

here, the next, you hear a crack as a fist h

an's on one knee, his mouth

ok right at me, like he knows something I don't. Walk aw

my heart's

way like I planned, or I can

shaking. My

make a

tep back t

n. Adrian smirks.

care o

with be

getting

mess with me, it's got

was dense, so the moonlight barely peeked through the branches. Every

en me tonight. Or at le

e joke. An illusion wra

ll pulsed through me like venom, but I refused to be a victim of it. I

e trees stoppe

ned, my senses sharpening. I was r

gure stepped f

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that had just found its prize. Unlike Ethan, who always carried the weight of his duty, Adr

actually running, aren't you?" His voice w

attitude. "And what do you want, Adrian

and dark. "I'm here to offe

don't need a knight in

g the gap between us. "Because I'm here for is making sure

ground. "And you see yourself as so

ate's stupid. And I don't bel

trees, carrying his scent-smoky,

m he stood, how unaffected he

to touch, not to comfort, b

urling around me like a forbidden thought. "There's a whol

down a diff

red in the space be

errifying-taking his hand, or