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The Alpha King's Rejected Mate Book 2: chapter 43
“Jax,” Anna said in a shaky voice. “Let him go. He was protecting his mate.”“I’m not his mate,” Maya snapped, and I glared at her. Jax’s hands released me, and he stepped back.I rubbed my neck. “I see that name tends to trigger a lot of people, but we’ve traded her location once for help. We won’t do it again.”“Very well. We can get the information from Lunessa. We offer you our hospitality,” Jax said warmly as he stepped back and put his arm around Anna. “We have enough guest rooms for you here.”How kind of him. He was itching to tear out my throat, and yet he was letting us stay.Keep your enemies close.“We appreciate the hospitality for the night. Any information you can give us on Emerson’s successor will be appreciated, and then we’ll be on our way,” I said diplomatically, trying to let him know that I wasn’t here to challenge him as alpha.He didn’t even begin to relax. “Let me show you to your rooms.”There were enough rooms that nobody needed to double up, but the alpha d
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MayaIt was strange waking up in Rhyson’s arms with his breath heavy in my ear. His arm was slung around my torso, and his fingers twitched on my skin. I held my breath, willing away the images that popped up in my head. I’d meant what I said last night. I would not be the thing that he hated during the day and used during the night.Enough sun came through the window that I knew it was morning, but I’d probably only gotten a few hours of sleep. I was exhausted, but precious minutes were ticking by. If I was going to find the witch to help me, I needed to do it before Rhyson left. I had no doubt that he would drag me away whether I wanted to go or not.That didn’t stop me from taking an extra second to enjoy the moment snuggling against him. As much as I hated it, his warmth and hold made me feel safe. Made me want things. Made me wish for things I had no business wishing for.I shifted, just slightly, and his hand slipped down my body. Freezing, I held my breath. Had I woken him up?
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Maya“She’s not feral,” I whispered as I curled my hands. “She’s doing the best she can. How can you tell?”“My wolf can sense it,” Anna said calmly while she walked ahead. “Come on.”So she wasn’t going to kill me on sight? I debated the decision I’d made in coming here. What if she was leading me into a trap?“You want answers or not?” Anna asked impatiently. “I’m hungry. I’m not going to stand here much longer.”Swallowing hard, I followed her. Anna banged on the front door. “Irene? It’s me. I’ve got company, and we’re coming in, so don’t throw any plates at my head.”“Why would she throw plates at your head?”“The only person who visits her right now is her mate, and he’s the reason she’s so mad all the time,” Anna whispered back.“Wait, she has a mate? Like a werewolf?”“Yeah. It’s complicated. Come on.” Opening the door, she walked in. A tall and slender woman was on top of the fridge. Long silver locks of hair fell over her shoulder, and her eyes glowed purple. I immediately st
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“No you’re not. You’re lying. Tell me, does your skin itch?”“What?”“How long have you been on this land?”My heart pounded in my chest. “Anna,” I said quietly. “I can feel my wolf. How fast can you shift?”“Pretty quickly,” she said easily as she scrambled some eggs. “You like cheese in your eggs?”“How powerful is your wolf?”“I’m bonded with the most powerful alpha on this mountain. I can take you down if I need to. Was that a yes to the cheese?”“Sure. Why not?” Crying out, I hit the ground on all fours.Janelle put her hands on my shoulder, and I started to jerk back, but her touch warmed me. “How long have you been on Jax’s territory?”“Ten hours, maybe? Eight?” I whispered. My wolf shuddered, but she stopped rising inside of me. “What are you doing?”“Nothing,” Janelle said angrily. “She’s there, but I can’t reach her. You are not bonded to your alpha. You don’t have any bonds at all. Why did you come here? Why did the fae send you here?”She moved back, and I took a deep brea
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Rhyson “Rhyson, I am in no danger,” Maya insisted. “There is no need to fight.” Anna cleared her throat. “Jax, back down. Now.” The alpha and I stared at each other. Instinctively, my wolf knew that he was protecting his mate and his territory, but my sanity was hanging by a thread. When I learned that Maya had gone off by herself, I’d lost my mind. We only had a stranger’s word that we were safe here. I don’t know who moved first, but suddenly, we were both in the air, each aiming for the other’s throat. “Roosavier,” the blonde shouted. With a grunt, we both fell to the floor. Grunting, I tried to rise, but there was something invisible pulling me down. I could barely budge an inch. When Jax growled unhappily, I knew he was in the same boat. “Irene,” Anna snapped, and raced to Jax’s side. To my shock, Jax sat up and shook his whole body before glaring at me. “What? I didn’t hurt them, although the spell isn’t all that strong. It won’t hold them for more than twenty or
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MayaMy wolf didn’t just give over control. She sank deep in me, almost as if she were retreating to lick her wounds. Rhyson’s look of disgust had broken us both, and when I emerged, I started to shift. Nobody said a word as someone handed me some clothes.“Is there any way to fix it?” I asked without looking up. “Can you use magic to repair my bonds?”Janelle looked over at Irene and then back to me. “Honestly, I have no idea. There isn’t much information on wolf magic that’s available to witches. I’m not even certain how a witch would have gone about removing them to begin with. Your best course of action is to find the witch that removed them and hope he knows how to fix it.”That didn’t bode well. Even if I could somehow get the information from my father, it wouldn’t do me any good. “Well, thank you. I did think I’d go my whole life never knowing what was wrong with my wolf. Turns out she’s perfect.” I forced a smile. “We were just fucked from the moment we were conceived.”“Maya
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I gave myself into the wonder and curiosity and tried to let go of the hypervigilance and fear. We sniffed and ran. Anna even tried to play with me, although I had no idea how to play as a wolf. When she bowed to me, I tried to run, and when she started to run, I wanted to hunt. In the end, we settled for running side-by-side.Other wolves watched, but no one joined and no one approached. Finally, when it felt like we were hundreds of miles from where we started, we collapsed and started to shift back.Reaching into a tree stump, she pulled out a bag of clothes and tossed it my way. “Ah. I did wonder how everyone always had access to clothes,” I said without thinking.Anna gave me a sideways look. “This is the most common method, at least here. How is it off the mountain? Do you not run for fun?”“I can’t tell you what it’s like off the mountain,” I said carefully. “You can’t leave the mountain or come to the mountain, remember?”Wrinkling her nose, she started to dress. “Right. Okay,
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Rhyson“So you think Emerson left the mountain and killed your brother,” the alpha on the computer screen said. Unlike most wolves I knew, and most wolves I’d seen on the mountain, Elonso kept his hair cropped short. He must have shaved it every day to keep up with it. His expression was distrusting, but it was obvious he was interested in my story.If Elonso was Emerson’s second, I didn’t trust him at all. Jax swore that Elonso worked his way up as Emerson’s second with every intention of taking him down when he got the chance, and not out of loyalty. Since he was alpha and Emerson was dead, I guessed his plan had worked.“I know the exact month. You would have been his second then. To your knowledge, did Emerson leave the mountain?” I asked.“Hard to say,” Elonso said dryly. “My memory has been a bit foggy since two members of my pack have gone missing.”Behind the computer screen, Jax rolled his eyes. “They’re not missing. Cindy is technically no longer part of your pack as her pac
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Mica squeezed her eyes shut tightly. Her stomach churned. It was exactly what she thought—they weren’t even going to try to save Echo, too certain in their own knowledge.“It has to happen soon, Hayden,” Ryder said, his voice low, urgent, and… sorrowful. “I can’t keep holding my tongue. You are my Alpha, and I’ve tried to respect your decisions, but the situation is becoming untenable. This is my mother and my sister we’re talking about. I will tell Mica, if that’s what you would prefer.”“No,” Hayden answered.Why? Why did he not want Ryder to tell her? Tears filled Mica’s eyes and she crept away, not wanting to hear any more. Was Hayden afraid she’d let Echo go? Did he think it was up to him as her mate to tell her that he was going to kill her mother?He doesn’t consider it killing Mom, though. He considers it a mercy, freeing her from the demon.It didn’t make Mica feel any better. She carefully opened the kitchen door, slipped through, and softly closed it. Her heart pounded in h
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MicaMica stared at the page. She’d been reading for so long that the words were starting to blur, but if she was right in her interpretations here… She blinked, rubbed her eyes, and focused again. As she reread the section, her heart started to beat faster.“And the demon was taken from its host and trapped in the stone,” she whispered. “Where it was trapped for all eternity.”She scanned the rest of the page. Hope swelled through her, even though she fought against it. It had been so long since this started, she wasn’t sure she could take it if this didn’t work. But there was the ritual all laid out. The way to force an aura-demon from the person it was possessing, and trapping it into an inanimate object. Once in the object, the demon would be trapped until said object was destroyed.Her mind whirled as to what they could use to trap the demon inside of Echo. There was a size limit to work with. A rock would be the best; then she’d put it in a plastic, air-tight box and bury it as
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Monroe laughed. “Spoken like a true female. Completely wrong.”Spencer and the rest of his people burst into laughter as well. They all stalked away, taking their torches with them. A flash of lightning flickered soundlessly in the distance. Hayden turned to his pack. They watched with uncertain gazes.“Two days,” he said loudly. “And then you will know you put your faith in the right Alpha. We will have Bluebell Valley, and things will get better.”He smiled at them reassuringly. As they dispersed, Finn and Blayke sidled over to him. Finn spoke in a low voice.“Spencer is the only one not showing signs of possession,” he said under his voice. “Everyone else is either claimed or at least influenced. It’s spreading.”Hayden nodded once. Finn would prefer they take more decisive, more immediate action. Hayden couldn’t blame him, knowing his history. He had a particular reason to hate demons, seeing how they robbed him of any chance he might have had to have a normal family, a normal lif
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Hayden“Stay here. I’ll be back shortly,” Hayden ordered as he stalked back to the bedroom. As he threw on his clothes, he frowned. Mica was dressing as well. “I said—”“I’m your mate. I’ll stand with you,” she said shortly.Hayden shook his head. “You’ll stay within the property bounds.”Mica huffed at him but didn’t respond. The two of them were ready quickly. Mica swept her hair into a bun as they headed downstairs. Torches lit the night, dozens of Monroe’s pack carrying them as the flames flickered and glowed. Hayden’s wolf snarled at the sight of Monroe, standing with his toes against the PCP piping at the gate.“Ah, decided to join us, did you?” Monroe drawled. “I was starting to think that your little challenge was all talk and no action.”His people laughed. Hayden ignored the low-hanging fruit and stopped just inside the protective barrier. “Are you finally going to accept my challenge, or will you continue to be a coward?”Monroe smirked. “What do you think I’m here for? It’
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“Brother coming through,” Ryder called from outside, then he stepped into the entrance. He grabbed a pair of shorts and yanked them on, carefully not watching Mica and Hayden. Mica kissed Hayden’s cheek. “I’ll be up in a bit.” He nodded, and Mica slipped back outside. It was utterly dark now, and she had to use a flashlight to navigate the camp. Everyone else could simply see in the dark but with her weak human eyes… But nobody brought it up, not like they wouldhave in other circumstances. She headed upstairs once she was satisfied everyone was set for the night. Hayden waited for her in bed, scrolling through the most recent demon research on the laptop. He closed it and set the laptop on the nightstand as he grinned at her. His hair was damp from the shower, the smell of soap mingling with his manly scent. Mica grabbed a nightgown from her dresser and changed. “I don’t like that nightgown,” Hayden told her. “It’s old and worn.” “And comfortable,” Mica snarked. “Yes. Whi
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MicaThe beast-demon stalked along the boundary's edge, snorting as it tested the protections. With Hayden and the rest of the special ops in the forest, Mica had ordered that they let the demon wander and not engage. Hayden had taken all the best fighters with him, meaning her order was gladly obeyed. Nobody wanted to tangle with the beast.Unfortunately, such a sight was getting more common. Even the children who used to scream and hide now ignored it, snuffling around the edges of the property. Its twisted horns glowed in the rapidly oncoming darkness. Clouds shrouded the sky, making it even darker.“Hayden will be back soon,” Mica told Tess as she nervously looked at the beast.“I know.” She shook her head. “Let’s go back into the house. I don’t trust the sources that say the beast-demons are dumb. I don’t want it to report back to Monroe about what we talk about.”Mica nodded. That was the smarter idea. The two headed into the house and went up to Mica and Hayden’s room. With all
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HaydenThe scent of tilled earth met Hayden’s nostrils as he drove through the town. The team was spread through a handful of vehicles, each one keeping watch. They had just escorted the cargo van to and from the city for the latest shopping trip. Last time, Spencer had attempted to stop them from leaving.This time, they had barely seen a sign of any other wolf in the town. It seemed as though Monroe was keeping them busy elsewhere. This was why, along with food, Hayden bought a handful of camera drones from the city. Patience was a virtue, but sitting idly by without finding any additional information was a flaw that could easily prove fatal.He pulled to a stop in front of Monroe’s house and got out of the car, leaving the engine idling. The team all hopped out of their vehicles and gathered in formation around him.“Monroe,” Hayden bellowed. “Quit hiding and face me!”The door slammed open, but it wasn’t the possessed Alpha who came out. Instead, it was Spencer. He walked with a s
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Mica didn’t want this to end. She never wanted it to end. And if that meant holding her questions inside and refusing to let any of them out? That’s just what it would have to be.She wasn’t going to give Hayden up. Now that she had him, she wanted to keep him. So she held him tighter, fighting against the pressure building through her. Instead, she kissed him, the way he wanted. And their eyes remained locked open on each other as they continued the dance as old as time.***Chirping birds just outside of the window woke Mica in the early morning. She sleepily buried her face into Hayden’s chest, unwilling to get up just yet. Their naked bodies pressed together, soft and warm in the cool morning. Being in Hayden’s arms always made her feel safe and secure. His strength seemed to seep into her, giving her everything she needed to face their situation.The previous night’s activities had kept them up quite late. Mica hoped she wouldn’t be too tired to perform her duties today. Not that
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MicaThe pack took the news of Monroe's possession by a demon reasonably well. At least, none of them went running around flailing their hands in the air, proclaiming they were all doomed. What they whispered to each other was another thing altogether, but Mica didn’t spare the worry about that possibility. For the time being, she focused on taking care of injuries.Once she was done, Mica sought Hayden out. He was with his team, plotting out their next course of action. Mica found a spot at the side of the room to sit and wait until they were done.Maverick shot her an uneasy glance but focused back on Hayden. It seemed to Mica he didn’t want her there, but until his Alpha was going to say something, he’d accept it. Hayden hadn’t paid much attention to her entrance into the room except to briefly glance at her. “That’s enough for tonight,” he said finally. “Tomorrow, we’ll start training the pack on how to fight the beast-demons. Until they’re ready to fight, we’ll have to keep the
