The Alpha's Regret, The King's Offer

Bloodmoon Pack, but nothing felt be

eart trapped in her throat, while the rest of the pack danced and

to be the happie

teenth b

ting Ce

oddess would bless he

he ache of eyes watching her like she

e was just

pack as the runt. We

a voice hissed behind

olden hair, blood-red lips, and a cruel smile - the perfect Beta dau

ially

na purred. "You're already barely there.

e you even here? Shouldn't you be

r. "Besides, your little fantasy ends tonight. Let's just hope the Moon God

as churning. Her wolf was restless -

it ha

he Elders stood. The

itness fate unfold. Let

ugh her chest - like lightn

ross the crowd unt

ade Bla

yes that had haunted her dreams for years.

her

t. The bond between them roa

locked

nd, the wo

pped f

'd ever taken le

it sha

said, voice hard as steel, "rejec

s the circle. The bo

nees wobbled. Her lu

. Her fa

cted

ide him, eyes glea

tion," Arielle whisp

she

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at her skin. Thorns ripped her dress. Her h

h

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r in front of

w colder the d

y a silent stream. Her tears fell quietly into

red inside her,

ispered to the night

e snap of

ipped

a

pack m

ing black armor, wearing cloaks etched

l Gu

oss

e of them said, "you're com

dows, her bare feet slick with mud, blood trailing where thorns had kissed h

nothin

and again. Even the win

could anchor her in a world that had spun too far. The rejection bond was a brutal thing-magic ripping apart

wolf, silent for years, whimpered

g else. Some

ise. As she stumbled through dense brush, a strange sensation crawled

en...

st sound

insects f

t stretch

n

ch beh

ly, but there w

ap. Closer

ipped he

ran

it wasn't gri

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to a clearin

e alread

ognize. Their eyes glowed faintly under the moonlight - not golden like

ya

olf stirred again, not in

," one of them said,

t answer.

t come w

," she stammered, heart po

len

ward. His scent was powerful

Nightshade Lands," he said. "

," she whispered.

. "Your bloodline pe

ha

. Before she could scre

ound her. A fire crackled nearby. The s

re.

t through her side. Her ribs ached, br

rom stone, lined with glowing crystals em

a thron

tem

meant to

teps

head, and her

d him like spilled shadow. Tall. Broad-shouldered. Bla

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n Nig

nd mad

xpression, though someth

ter, heart poundin

into royal la

n't me

ly, then walked closer

inked.

aring down like he was seeing

the truth of who

ook her he

e omega they to

lse qu

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trembled. "Prote

se who would use your power. Or d

Kade's rejection, but her soul...

hing

t po

ng her chin with one gloved

le

nes in water, and her worl

re ly

Moonborn. Hidden in the Bloodmoon Pack by

le ga

moth

said. "And you are t

ams that never made sense, and the quiet voice inside

"No. I'm no one. Just a burden

to the throne of the North. And whether you believe it or not, the war i

d in her ey

e quiet. "Because blood reme

alone on the balcony of his chambers, jaw clenched ti

fel

snapped like a whip i

ng else dis

vo

ed had been taken -

-of Arielle looking at him with those wide,

t he'd fe

he felt

iled like

e deepest part of h

i

s already