From Bait to Queen: The Rejected Mate's Destiny
To the Dark Moon Pack, I wasn't just invisible; I was a stain. Dean Lee, the Alpha designed for my soul, treated me like a shameful secret while he paraded his mistress, Karina, in red silk.
The night of the Charity Auction, Dean bought my late mother's moonstone pendant—the only thing I had left of her—for a hundred thousand dollars.
I begged him for it. Instead, he clasped it around Karina's ankle.
With a cruel laugh, Karina stomped her stiletto heel, crushing the moonstone into dust. Dean just watched, his eyes cold and unfeeling.
"It was just a cheap rock," he said. "I'll buy you diamonds."
But the cruelty didn't stop at emotional torture. When rogues attacked, Dean used me as live bait to distract them from Karina.
He threw me into the Blood Pit, a gladiator arena, to fight a massive Feral wolf while he sat in the VIP box with Karina on his lap.
"She won't last three minutes," I heard him say through our dying bond.
He watched with bored detachment as I was ripped apart, refusing to save me even as I screamed his name. He saved the mistress and drowned the mate.
I died on that arena floor. Or so he thought.
Years later, the mysterious and world-renowned artist "H.Y." returned to New York for a gallery opening.
When Dean saw me on stage, he rushed forward, tears streaming down his face, trying to claim the wife he had mourned.
"Hayley," he choked out, reaching for me. "You're alive. You're mine."
I didn't cry. I didn't run.
I unleashed a shockwave of ancient White Wolf energy that blasted him across the room, shattering the glass displays.
"I don't take orders from dogs anymore," I said, looking down at him.
"I, Hayley York, hereby reject you."
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Chapter 7
Dean POV:
The screen in the VIP box went black.
"What happened?" Karina complained. "I wanted to see her ripped apart."
I stared at the static. A sudden, sharp pain pierced my chest-like a violin string pulled until it snapped.
"Dean?" Karina touched my arm.
I flinched. Her touch felt wrong. The sweet scent that usually surrounded her was gone, replaced by something acrid. Sweat. And lies.
"We're leaving," I growled.
"But my winnings!"
"Now!" I roared. The Alpha Command slipped out.
We drove back to the penthouse in silence. A void opened up inside me, a black hole sucking in the air. I doubled over, gasping.
Hayley? I pushed the thought through the mind-link.
Silence. The silence of a disconnected line.
"Alpha!" Marcus burst in. "The Blood Pit... it's gone. Explosion. No survivors found yet."
"No," I whispered.
"She might have escaped," Karina said, leaning in the doorway. "Rats are good at running."
I looked at her. Really looked at her. Without the fog in my brain, she looked... plastic. Cruel.
"Shut up," I snarled.
I pulled up the traffic cams on my tablet. In the smoke, a large figure emerged carrying a small, limp body. Brennen.
Hayley wasn't moving. Her head hung at a sickening angle.
The realization hit me like a physical blow. The drug, the hex, whatever had been clouding my mind-it shattered the moment the bond severed.
"Get the car," I ordered Marcus.
"Where are we going?"
"To the ruins. I need to see it."
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