Alpha Aidan's Rejection
“How long have we been mates?” Aidan barked.
“Four weeks,” I cried, tears rolling down my face and neck.
“And how many times were we intimate, Tara?”
My lungs tightened in my chest as I whispered. “Once.”
“And we were being safe, so why do you think this lie would stick?”
Venom dripped from his next words. “Get out of my life because the next time you show up, I will kill you.”
*****
It wasn’t exactly a one-night stand, but the possibility of a pregnancy was almost non-existent even though he was my mate.
When I mustered the courage to break the news to Aidan Graham, the father, he denied me. He severed our bond and plotted my death, and my only option was to run.
Nine years later, my daughter walks into my office with a man, and the scent I recognize all too well fills my lungs. She says. “Mommy! I found you this handsome man!”
The match my baby girl just made for me…is to my ex Alpha mate.
I have been broken in the past, so how do I make this work for my daughter? Can I still try even when Aidan ropes us into a web of secrets, deceit, and brings me to a past I wished to bury forever?
The plot twists are bound to make you ask… “Wait…What. The. Heck??” So, read on!!
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Chapter: 110: Feelings For Aidan TARA The attack from the Stonewolves had become stale news. People freely went about their businesses now, so it was no hassle for me to go restocking Aidan’s kitchen with foodstuff one week after everything happened. I had to admit, it wasn’t easy feeding a man the size and stomach of Aidan, but what was a girl to do when he took care of her and their child with so much dedication? Aidan could as well eat portions meant for me and Nadia combined and doubled, and he still wouldn’t be satisfied. It was why the foodstuffs in his house never lasted more than two weeks without needing a restock. His love for food was what made me conclude that it was why Aidan could not only whip up meals that could pass for a chef’s standards, but could also make actual fancy meals! Back to shopping. I loved the activity’s semblance of serenity, so this was a win win. And since Nadia was with Esme for the Saturday afternoon, it was the perfect way for me to spend it. With the trolley in hand, I
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Chapter: 109: Home Safe TARA Everything Aidan said made sense. They were going to try to reverse the Stonewolves’ curse, and if anyone would have the resources to do so, it was going to be Aidan, whether in Vermont Pack or Attica. But if that didn’t turn out to be successful, we would have to stick to other means of protection, and that included our wolf sides. I wasn’t much of a shifter. I couldn’t even remember the last time I saw my wolf. After everything that happened all those years ago, I couldn’t help but feel more vulnerable than safe when I wasn’t in control of my physical body. Not after I’d been stabbed in the back, almost taken out at the hospital where I should have been recovering, and having to spend years trying to heal those wounds. I knew my wolf was capable of protecting me, but I just had to get to trust myself on that again. And I had to do it for Nadia too. If she was going to have a chance at being in tune with her wolf side, she had to actually experience her wolf side. No one was
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Chapter: 108: Your Safety AIDAN As soon as Tara and Nadia were out of sight, I did the first thing that came to mind. Made sure the multiple entrances to the house were well secured from intruders and activated the security alarm system around the house. I was back in my spot before Tara came back out, hoping that this plan I had in my mind worked. Having Stonewolves spring up where they both lived was a chance I wasn’t willing to keep taking. Not after the scared look on Tara’s face whenever they were mentioned, bringing back the trauma of her experience with them that prevented her from being able to close her eyes to sleep for months before now. “How badly was Jace hurt?” Tara asked, cutting through my thoughts with the sound of her voice, eyes trained on me from across the kitchen island as she picked on her cuticles, nervous about the welfare of her friend, Jenna, and Jace. I shook my head, voice low as I watched her advance. “He’s out cold.” The outline of her neck held in a gasp as she asked with
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-02-28
Chapter: 107: How Bad TARA “I can’t ask you to come with me, Tara. Not when Nadia is all alone at her training,” Jenna said, the second we got outside the restaurant, her eyes still brimming red with unshed tears. It had been only months since Aidan and Jace first came into Vermont Pack, but I couldn’t blame Jenna for falling head over heels for Aidan’s beta in such a short time. I mean, the same thing happened with me and Aidan. As much as Jenna seldom talked about the dynamics of her relationship with him, I knew she cared deeply for him, but she still had other’s interests at heart, even when she was currently breaking with the news about Jace being hurt. “Jenna,” I breathed, scared shitless, and worried to my bones for both my friend and my daughter. “Will you be okay?” She shook her head once, her eyes full and almost spilling over. “I have to be. Be on the lookout, and avoid them as much as you can, okay? Get Nadia to safety and stay indoors till you hear it’s okay to come out.” I nodded, pulli
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-02-27
Chapter: 106: We Have To Go TARA Someone else could have been fooled by Kayla acting as if she knew nothing about the text I received on my day off, but even if I hadn’t suspected her, it was still her number that sent me the message. “What text?” I repeated her last question out loud, chuckling lightly, already irritated at the fact that she was ruining my brunch with Jenna who was still fuming across the table, but trying her hardest to remain quiet, letting me handle my business. Beneath all that calm, I could see that Jenna was charged, ready to act if push came to shove with Kayla. Kayla shrugged at the question, and I shook my head. “Why are you in Vermont Pack right now, Kayla?” I asked, trying to look for any logical reasons why she would abandon the comfort of her pack to be where no one wanted her. I genuinely wondered. Was it because of Aidan? Or was it for the fact that she saw me after all these years, and found out that she failed in her plan to keep me and Aidan away or ruin our family. “
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Chapter: 105: What Text? TARA Jenna and I stood in front of the pack’s retreat complex on an already sunny Saturday morning, seeing Nadia off to her first day of football practice, and well, it was quite an interesting morning. Jenna was all smiles, encouraging Nadia to crush all her teammates even if it was just her first practice, and I was an entire other case. Nadia had suddenly picked up the interest the evening after we ran into Aidan here, and I wouldn’t have been as shocked if the new hobby interest was cheerleading or even football with a team of girls, but Nadia had stuck to her desire in playing football with all male kids team. I was not going to stop her from trying out what interested her, but it made me ask myself some questions, as most mothers would, seeing as this wasn’t the first time Nadia was choosing to do something that most young girls at her age wouldn’t be interested in. “Come on,” Jenna said, pulling me by my arm away from the complex entrance, and out of my thoughts. “We don’
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Chapter: Chapter 4: Betrayed, Yet ProtectiveSireen’s POVI want to kill her, or at least come close so no one ever challenges the fact that I deserve to be with Trevor, not even him. Especially not him. If he was on my side in all this none of this would have happened, I just need to convince him that we were worth fighting for.“I acc-”“Don’t do it! ” Camilla screams from somewhere in the crowd. She weaves through gawking students before finally reaching the center of the circle. “I know that you are hurt and you feel like you have something to prove but please Sireen, don’t do it.” Tears gather in her eyes as she watches me.I turn from the crowd to face Camilla, lowering my voice so she can hear me. “I have to. He would accept me if he knows I deserve it.”Camilla vigorously shakes her head. “He won’t. I know you care about him too much to see this but he won’t, and if Kristy manages to kill you I won’t be able to live with myself.”“I. Won’t. Die.” I bite the words out. “Have some faith in me, Cami.”“That’s not the point…
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Chapter: Chapter 3: Her StrengthSireen’s POVI wake up back in my room, but I feel pain EVERYWHERE. Especially my chest.Memories of Trevor’s rejection flood, and I whimper at my loss. I sit up, or at least attempt to, when Camilla stops me.“You should rest more, Sireen. Today was a lot.”I grip hard onto my shirt just over where my heart is and start lightly beating against it before increasing how hard I hit myself each time. Camilla tries to stop me but I keep hitting myself.“It fucking h-h-hurts, Cami...” I rasp out in stutters before I start crying again.“I know, Sireen. And I’m so sorry, I am at such a loss for words right now,“ she says, wrapping her arms around me.I hold tightly onto Camilla, and I don’t even attempt to stop my tears. Streams of it fall down my face and onto her shirt. A lump gathers in my throat, and I try to get myself to stop, but I can’t.Finally, I released Camilla.“I’ll be fine.” I wipe my face. I don’t believe it but maybe if I say it often enough I might believe it. “I will be f
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Chapter: Chapter 2: The Weight She BoreSireen’s POVI do the next most sensible thing.I run away from Trevor, the kiss, and everything that just happened. I knew that being in my halfling state, I would be weird, maybe even disgusting to look at, but I thought Trevor understood me. I thought that we could put certain things behind us since the moon goddess wants us to be together. I remember the look on his face when he saw me shift, and I break into silent tears.I run, but Camilla finds me. In all my best hiding spaces, she still finds me in the middle of overgrown weeds at the back of school, sitting with my legs curled up.She gently settles in beside me. Her fingers patting me as I cry.“I don’t know how Trevor would do that,” I say under my breath. “He is my mate Camilla.”If Camilla is shocked, she doesn’t show it. “What exactly happened?““We kissed, and he said he wanted to see my wolf, so I shifted.”“Oh, Sireen! You know what it’s like when you shift. I don’t think you should have just let him talk you into shi
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Chapter: Chapter 1: The Mutt Who SurvivedSireen’s POVI walk stealthily towards my first class, trying to stick to the shadows as best as I can, and all I can think of is how much I regret sleeping in today. If I had been in school earlier, I could have managed to avoid what I call my epic walk of shame on the first day of my second year.As I take small cautious steps, I keep my head down and try to think of happy times. No such luck. Everyone's whispers keep playing on repeat in my head. I can’t even call these whispers if they’re audible enough that I don’t need my wolf’s enhanced hearing to pick up the words.“The moon goddess should have taken you in his place.”“I can't believe you'd do something that wicked to your own brother.”“It's all your fault.”I bite down the sting of the words, as well as the memory of my brother’s life slipping through my fingers right in front of me that night. Walking towards my lecture hall reminds me of how much I miss Kyle, and of how much I'd rather be anywhere but here. Maybe I shoul
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Chapter: Chapter 16: A Deal with the Devil _Lynnette's POV_ I wanted to tell Bladen not to come. If he was worried about reporters, wouldn’t they just follow him? That wouldn't stop them. In fact, it would only bring more attention to me—leading them to my place—but he had already ended the call. I needed no one to tell me that he wanted to come here himself, but what for? Why would he come here himself? Knowing that he was going to be here in a moment, since there wouldn’t be any traffic, I quickly jerked out of my thoughts, gazing right back at my messy room. My apartment right now looked more like a madwoman’s house than anything. Every one of my belongings was scattered around the corners, from dirty plates I had used for the past days to clothes strewn carelessly. The truth was, I wasn’t like this. It’s just that this whole situation was so overwhelming that I hadn’t even had time or energy for the slightest thing. Out of nervousness—something I hated to admit—I began cleaning up my mess, even though I couldn't deny
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Chapter: Chapter 15: Giving In _Bladen’s POV_ From my penthouse, I could see everything outside. Everything. From the towering skyscrapers to the shimmering city lights, the movement of cars far below—it all had a way of making me feel both powerful and insignificant at the same time, but what I cherished the most was the solitude… the solitude which seemed haunting today. Every evening, after work, I would unwind with a drink in hand, enjoying the silence that wrapped around me like a comforting blanket. It was the closest thing to peace I had ever known. Tonight, however, was different. I sat on the plush leather couch, my gaze fixed on the breathtaking cityscape of Texas, and there was a bottle of whiskey resting in my right hand, its golden liquid catching the dim light of my living room, all while I thought about the infuriating woman who wouldn’t leave my mind. Lynnette. Now, her ignoring my texts made sense. I had arrived at her apartment, and she flipped me off faster than I could even retort.
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Chapter: Chapter 14: Desperation Grows _Lynnette’s POV_ It was Six PM in the evening, many hours since Bladen stormed my apartment and proposed a committed relationship which wasn’t real, and since then, I have only changed positions three times. One was from the living room to the kitchen where I forced a sandwich down my throat, then to the bathroom to allow warm wear water trickle down my back, and finally, to my bed where I have been staring into space, thinking. That was how much Bladen rattled me. I tried to figure out what was going on and why he needed us to do this now, what the catch might be, but I couldn’t come to any conclusions or even speculations. Were the blogs finally getting to him and doing damage to his reputation? I finally decided that thinking wasn’t worth my time. I had days before the bank would ask me for a repayment, and I had nothing except my meager savings. I finally got up and reached for my system to begin applying for remote gigs. When I crossed thirty applications, I lost count, but
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Chapter: Chapter 13: The Same Offer_Lynnette’s POV_After my visit to Stone’s enterprise earlier in the day, the place I once loved to work but had just been fired from, it dawned on me that I was truly done for. I dragged myself back home, but every step felt more depressing than the last, and the air in my room felt suffocating to the point where I almost had a full blown panic attack.It was already too late to go anywhere, so I spent the night wide awake, counting along with the hands of the clock as my time ticked away.Days.It was just a matter of days before Victor’s actions would have the bank marching down on me with cuffs and throw me into a cage.I was too numb to cry, but morning eventually came, and I grabbed a coat and stepped out.The cold bite of the air on my skin was pleasing, a contrast to the numbness I had felt for hours, and I walked aimlessly until my feet began to hurt.I almost laughed as I thought to myself that it wasn’t like I had any where to be or morning traffic to beat, but I made it ba
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Chapter: Chapter 12: The Unwanted Heir_Bladen’s POV_It had been twelve hours since I sent the text to Lynnette, having heard from my sources about her little money situation, but the chat thread still remained as it was since when I pressed send. The message was delivered alright, so Lynnette had either not seen it, or had seen it but chose not to respond.I didn’t know if I was to be impressed or disappointed by this development. I kept staring at the text, expecting her reply to pop up, and just out of nowhere, the phone buzzed on my hand with a call.If it was the number I was expecting—Lynnette’s—, I wouldn’t have huffed irritatedly, but it wasn’t. Instead, it was a more familiar number.The realization made my eyes hover across the top of my phone to see that time was far spent to be receiving calls, but I still sighed, then picked it up.“Why are you calling me at this hour?” My voice was rough with irritation and straight to the point. “It’s two in the morning.”“Apologies, sir,” came the familiar voice of Hama, o
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Chapter: Chapter 11: Ruined Relations _Lynnette’s POV_ The blaring sound of my ringtone jolted me awake, only for a heavy migraine to slam into my right eye. I tried recalling where I was, only for the realization that I was out of a job and knee deep in debt to hit me. I was about to go down another rabbit hole of thoughts when my phone rang for the second time, reminding me of what woke me up from my fruitless sleep. I checked the caller ID, my brows furrowing when I saw that the call was from Stone’s Enterprise. Picking it up, I pressed the phone to my ear, and the speaker went straight to it. “Hello, Lynnette. I’m really sorry for disturbing you, but I went to your desk earlier this morning and—” I didn’t let her finish before cutting her off. It was Savannah. “I’m sorry, Savannah, but I’ve left. I’m no longer an employee at Stone Enterprise,” I said politely, remembering that she had seen me packing. So why was she calling? “Yes, I’m aware of that, but that’s not why I’m calling. We were trying to hire someo
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