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Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLAI woke up the next morning feeling out of sorts. Lyla said it was normal, as this was the first time I was really exercising my limbs, and if I kept up with the training sessions, I would feel a lot better in no time.But right now, that felt like something she only said to make me feel better and convince me to keep training.The pain in my arms and legs made me want to opt out and never go back. But there was no chickening out of this. I had started it, and I wanted to see it through.I forced myself to sit up despite the pain and looked out the window as the sun’s rays streamed into the room. It was Saturday, and I was relieved that I didn’t have to walk around the hallways or sit through classes while my body ached in places I didn’t even think could hurt.I had a few chores to do around the house before I could have breakfast, then nothing else to occupy me except reading or lying in bed, lost in a million thoughts. I would’ve taken a walk, but in this state, I needed to sav
Last Updated : 2025-03-17Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLAAs Lyla walked away, I realized she had said she’d see me at school on Monday rather than tomorrow. That probably meant we wouldn’t be training.I resisted the urge to call out to her and ask if training was off the schedule, deciding instead that I’d just come here on my own - either to train or to read a book.The spot she had picked for our sessions was beautiful. The sound of water crashing against the rocks as it cascaded down was refreshing, and I didn’t mind spending some time alone here.I turned toward the waterfall, watching the sunlight reflect off the flowing water, and knew this place would soon become my new favorite spot.I sat down for a few minutes, savoring the serenity in front of me. It had been a long time since I’d felt this kind of internal peace, and I wanted to cherish it as much as possible.Whether or not Lyla was with me, I decided I would come here as often as I could - to train, to think, to simply be.I had no friends to visit, no weekend sleepovers
Last Updated : 2025-03-17Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Kade
KADEThese meetings bored me.Every time we gathered, the elders droned on about the same ten agenda items, the seers issued vague warnings about impending peril that never seemed to come, and we were reminded - yet again - of our duties as alphas in training.It was a tedious cycle, and I had long stopped expecting anything interesting to happen.Not that there was much to do anyway. The pack knew better than to challenge the authority above them, so compliance was the norm. Everything ran like clockwork, predictable and dull.My mind started drifting, wondering what else I could be doing with my time instead of sitting here, listening to the same old nonsense.I let my gaze sweep over the gathered wolves. Some had come in their wolf forms, others in their human ones, but communication was open to all.They could voice their opinions if they wanted - though most of them never did. They were content with being led rather than thinking for themselves.At least, that’s what I thought.T
Last Updated : 2025-03-17Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate LUCIAN
LUCIANI refused to let myself be bothered by the way the pack meeting was unfolding.I had come here expecting a straightforward process: the elders would ask if anyone wanted to challenge my right to lead - there would be silence, and then they would move on to the next phase of the meeting.Instead, things had taken an unexpected turn. Not that it mattered.People had a right to voice their opinions; I had the right to decide they were irrelevant. At the end of the day, I was still in charge. Nothing anyone said or did could change that.It was simple, really. I was next in line. If anyone wanted to challenge that, they’d have to face me in combat. I scanned the group stirring up division and chuckled. A handful of betas and mixed omegas, none of them stood a chance against me.If I wanted to make a statement, all I had to do was shift into my wolf form right here in the middle of the meeting. That alone would be enough to send them into submission, to remind them exactly who they
Last Updated : 2025-03-17Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLAThe feeling that hit me the day I stepped out to get groceries hadn’t gone anywhere, which put me in a permanently foul mood.On my way to school, I walked past some students who were talking in low tones about something, but I didn’t bother to find out what the topic was. On a normal day, I didn’t speak to them, and I wouldn’t try now that I was in a terrible mood.Whatever it was, I would hear about it when I got to school, or Lyla would meet me at the gate and give me all the details.She was a cheerleader. Nothing went past her eyes and ears around these parts. If anything, her teammates were part of the grapevine that spread gossip around the school, so she was definitely going to be the first to hear any juicy information from the correct source.In all honesty, I wasn’t particularly interested in knowing any gossip or learning about anything anyone had said, would say, or had to say. I simply wanted this feeling that constantly tugged at me to be gone.It was worse than th
Last Updated : 2025-03-17Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLASeeing Lucian had surprised me, but I wasn’t going to show it. He didn’t need to know that he had that kind of effect on me.Honestly, I had expected to see one of the rogue wolves the elders spoke about, and I was ready to try out everything I had learned while training with Lyla. But his presence threw me off balance.He didn’t need to know that, and I certainly wasn’t going to let it show on my face. I turned away for a moment to regain my composure.When I was certain I was in a better frame of mind to respond, I turned back to meet his gaze.“What are you doing here?” I asked.He squinted at me.“You heard me the first time,” came the reply, and I shrugged.“I’ve decided to ignore whatever it was you said and focus on getting you out of here,” I answered, folding my arms.He looked around, and I could see that even he appreciated how beautiful the scenery was, although he said nothing to that effect. He shifted his gaze back to me and sneered.“Were you doing what I think yo
Last Updated : 2025-03-17Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLAAs I walked away, I replayed the conversation in my head and couldn’t help but smile at how I had handled the situation. It was better than I expected. I had been thrown off by his sudden appearance, but I quickly adapted and made the best of it.“I didn’t cower,” I muttered to myself as a grin crept onto my face.I felt elated. For a moment, I forgot about everything else that was troubling my mind and focused on being an entirely different person from who Lucian and his brother knew.I could tell that he wasn’t expecting that - but he should’ve known better. From the moment they rejected me, it sparked a flame in my soul. One I never knew was capable of being lit, and while I was seemingly unable to fan the embers on my own, Lyla had been a great source of encouragement.My thoughts shifted to Lyla as I made my way out of the woods. She hadn’t come to the meeting point, as she stated in her note, and Lucian’s presence had disrupted my stay. I just hoped she wouldn’t go there ho
Last Updated : 2025-03-18Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Kade
KADEThe meeting had ended, and I went home. Lucian said he needed some time alone, and I understood him. After that commotion during the pack meeting, he certainly needed the space to reevaluate things.I knew he would come to talk to me when he was ready - he always did. First, as a way of freeing his mind of the thoughts that plagued him, and also because he valued my opinions regarding whatever plans or decisions he intended to make.What annoyed me was the way things had played out. At first, it was boring, then a little exciting as people finally started speaking up about who should lead the pack. But then, it took a different turn with Aubrey’s speech.As I drove home, I could still recall the way I felt when she started talking, like something had shifted in the atmosphere. For Langdon, it was pure comedy.But for me, I wasn’t sure I was interested in speaking to the wolves I had overheard discussing a coup anymore. It just didn’t make sense to start another round of fancy spe
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Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Kade
KADE“If you hate it so much, then why are you here?” she retorted, and I scoffed.“You really just hear what you want to hear, don’t you?” I asked, trying to mask my irritation.She was trying to process what I was saying, and I understood it. I wasn’t sure why I had decided to do this, but after Lucian told me he had seen her in this part of the woods, I needed to see for myself if what he was saying was true. It was.I didn’t admit that to him, though, and instead, I suggested it was better for all three of us to move on since we had already rejected her.But I understood it; she was on a loop in my mind, and I needed to do something about it.I wasn’t sure if this was the right way to go about it, but I needed to cover my bases.If the pack considered having a mate essential to taking over the leadership role, perhaps I could make things feel less abrasive with Ella.She still wasn’t a great pick for the role, but I needed a backup plan on that front—and a bird in the hand is defi
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLAI was starting to lose my temper, and honestly, I didn’t care how he would react to my outburst.I had taken enough of being followed around by these twins; I simply craved some peace and quiet.He looked taken aback by my retort, but I was too engrossed in the memory of the last few minutes before he showed up to care.They always ruined everything, him and his brother. If he hadn’t turned up, I would’ve been able to communicate with the wolf I had just seen and find out where it was from. Or I would’ve died fighting for my life.I refused to consider the possibility that his appearance had saved me from imminent death. The Blackthorn twins had never saved me from anything, and if that wolf was an alpha, it wouldn’t have run away just because another person showed up.There was more to all of this, and I needed to get to the bottom of it. Again, my list of things I needed to sort out had grown, but this seemed very important.I couldn’t shake the feeling that the alpha was conne
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLAI continued training until after sunset and was breathless by the time I decided my body had reached its limit for the day. Despite the ache in my joints, I felt lighter and much stronger.I had also practiced the moves I saw Lyla perform and was certain I had mastered them, but I would only confirm that when we returned here to practice tomorrow.I closed my eyes for a moment, exhaled, and inhaled until I had steadied my breathing. I resisted the urge to open my eyes and decided to listen to the sound of the waterfall to help me stay calm.As the minutes rolled by, I realized that the feeling I had been ignoring for so long—the sensation of impending doom that seemed to envelop me throughout the day—was still there, and this time, it seemed to have heightened with the emotions I was feeling.This was yet another problem I had to solve. My troubles seemed to be exacerbated at every turn, and it irked me greatly. I needed to find solutions to everything plaguing my mind, and I did
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLAWe spent the next few hours training. I couldn’t tell if she had gotten stronger over the last few days or if she was simply channeling her emotions into this session, but at the beginning, I was struggling to keep up.Slowly, I started catching up with her pace. My body hurt all over, and my joints screamed for mercy, but I didn’t stop until she signaled that it was time to take a break.Even then, I wanted to keep going, but I knew it was better to let her catch her breath and recollect her thoughts.I tried to steady my breathing and calm my nerves as she reached into her bag and pulled out some sandwiches and two bottles of juice. I hadn’t realized how hungry I was until the aroma of peanut butter hit my nostrils.I thanked her as we sat down and ate a couple of sandwiches before drinking from the bottle she had given me. I chuckled at how much my body ached; it reminded me of the first day I started these sessions.The only difference was that this time, I had become accusto
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLALyla and I had spoken during lunch. Her trip to the principal’s office had been a simple misunderstanding—at least, that’s what she said.But as she narrated the ordeal, I felt like her teammates were trying to sabotage her and get her out of the cheerleading squad for reasons best known to them.She asked if I had seen the pictures of her making the rounds in the school gossip vine, and I told her I was out of touch with anything that wasn’t related to schoolwork and going straight home once the day was over.She chuckled at the response, and that was the first time I had seen her genuinely smile all day.It was great to see the stress lines on her face lessen a little, and I asked her to tell me all about it.She explained that someone had made a fake picture of her in a compromising position with an older man and sent it to the whole school.As she spoke, I remembered coming to school a few days ago and noticing how everyone was glued to their phones or chattering excitedly wi
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate LUCIAN
LUCIAN“Hey, I didn’t see you at breakfast,” Kade said as he walked towards the car. I had gotten to school a few minutes before the bell signaling the end of the day rang.I stood in the parking lot, contemplating whether it made any sense to go back in but decided against it. The janitors and principal would be patrolling the hallways at this time, looking for prey to send off to detention, and I wasn’t in the mood to come up with an explanation for why I was walking through the doors at that hour.I felt my pocket and realized that the pass was still in there - I needed to return it because it was the only thing that could implicate me if I gave it back the next day.Or maybe it was better to give it back later. I could go back to the classroom early and hand it to the teacher, saying that I had been in the counselor’s office and then went over to the infirmary because I was feeling a little under the weather.It was a stretch, but I hoped my excuse wouldn’t be fact-checked and tha
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Kade
KADE“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride”That was my waking thought that morning, and at first, it seemed bizarre. But as the day progressed, I understood why that line kept looping in my mind. The universe had decided to plague me with thoughts of Ella Harper, and I hated it.Getting out of bed was the worst part. I already knew I’d spend my day in a permanent state of irritation, and I wasn’t looking forward to it.It had been at least forty-eight hours since her name was mentioned at the pack meeting, and I was still thinking about it. The fact that she had come up in the conversation unnerved me.If it mattered to the pack that Lucian didn’t have a mate before taking over leadership, that posed a problem for me as well.If my coup succeeded, the odds weren’t looking so favorable at this point. But if there was the slightest chance that things would go as planned, that would put a wrench in the entire process.Being mates with Ella was the worst arrangement the universe cou
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate LUCIAN
LUCIANIt had been two days since Ella and I saw each other in the woods, but I still hadn’t gotten over how I felt when our skin touched.That, and the way the pack meeting made me feel. At first, I had brushed it off as nothing and focused on the physical part of it because most of the conflicts we had were always settled by combat.But as I walked home that evening, I felt something else stir within me. If I was already facing these internal conflicts before even taking over the leadership of the pack, I didn’t want to find out how difficult it would be to lead the others.“I have my work cut out for me,” I muttered with a sigh, then stopped in my tracks. I was standing in the middle of the school’s empty hallway.I wasn’t sure how I had gotten here, but the last thing I remembered was sitting in a classroom, learning about the town’s history or something related to that.I couldn’t concentrate on the lesson, so I had taken a pass and headed for the bathroom, but I never got there.
Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate Ella
ELLA“Look who the cat dragged out,” I said as I walked through the front door and met Lyla leaning against my locker. She chuckled and folded her arms, waiting until I got closer to where she was standing before responding.“Good morning to you too, Miss Harper,” she smiled, and I giggled at her formal tone.It was a great morning, to be honest. I had woken up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. It was a new feeling, and I wasn’t sure how to deal with it, but I liked it. I felt free, like the world was at my fingertips and I could do anything I wanted.Seeing Lyla made me feel a lot better. She had an unreadable expression but still managed to maintain her calm and collected personality.I reached into my locker, collected the books and other items I needed for my classes, and locked it before turning to her.“I got your note yesterday,” I said as we walked down the hallway. We had different classes this morning but still had enough time to chat before we had to go our separate
