Rejected By My Mate, Crowned By The Moon

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silver light-ancient and cold, like th

s the Moon

y unmated were

r fated bond

zed with energy. Mates were already beginning to stir, wolves shifting nervously or drawing closer to those their wolves yearned for. Everyone wan

ha

touchable. But I felt the bond. My wolf felt it. It had started weeks ago. A dull thrum that built e

gining it. I

ning in her deep blue ceremonial gown, her auburn hair braided with silver beads. "Do y

en nodded. "I t

tall, dressed in dark ceremonial armor, his shoulders squared like the Alpha he was

That's incredible! He's powerful. If you're his ma

was exactly why

y in the background where no one important ever looked. I wasn't a warrior. I wasn't a l

ond... it

n low, rhythmic, ancient. The Moonlight Ceremony wasn't just symbolic-it was sacred. The Moon Goddess revealed bonds

h us. The wind picked up, swirling moonlig

s as their bonds were affirmed. Cheers erupted around the circle. Someone cried o

en I f

pull in

pen. My gaze s

a

ready loo

. My heart pounded in my ears. My wolf howled in elation

s m

ped fo

el...

, and loud enough to cut thr

turned. My s

not toward me. His face twisted in

d, his voice ringing through the crowd.

ers who followed him. The word "that

hest tightened. My wo

en back at me, and his voi

eject Kaia... of no house. You ar

earing

physical blow. Rejecte

I dropped to my knees. The bond was still there-how could

side, but I barely registered her presence. All I could see was

led to a nobody," he added

, he turned h

inside m

clouds rolling in like a

bled to my feet. No elder spoke.

I r

oods. Into

on stones. I didn't care. My tears were hot and blinding.

he river that marked the edge of our territory. The bord

most

ouldn't

fter

hless, staring up at the Moon as she e

ce shaking. "Why would you bond m

ed back, but no d

sil

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inside me shifted. A spa

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