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The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Twenty
Raine povThe forest felt alive in the worst way.A slow, crawling sensation prickled along my skin as I locked eyes with the glowing red orbs in the darkness. A deep, guttural sound rumbled from the shadowsโnot quite a growl, not quite a snarl.It was something else.Something unnatural.My pulse hammered against my ribs, my breath shallow as my fingers twitched at my sides. Every instinct screamed at me to run.But I couldnโt.Lena was frozen beside me, her breathing sharp, barely audible. I knew she felt it tooโthe wrongness.The thing in the shadows took a step forward, and the weight in the air doubled. My muscles tensed, like something unseen was pressing down on me, pinning me in place.โWhat the hell is that?โ Lena whispered, her voice tight.I didnโt answer.I couldnโt.Because , I felt like prey. And that thing is my predator.The creatureโwhatever it wasโdidnโt fully emerge. It lingered in the darkness, just out of reach of the moonlight filtering through the trees. But I c
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-19The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Twenty-One
Ronanโs POVSomething is wrong.My wolf is restless, pacing in my mind like a caged beast. My heartbeat pounds like war drums, fast and erratic, as if Iโve just run for miles. A sick, sinking feeling settles in my stomach."Raine is in danger," my wolf growls, the words laced with fury and desperation.I try to fight him, to keep control, but I know itโs pointless. My wolf is stronger when it comes to her. He wonโt stop. He wonโt let me ignore this.The shift takes over before I can stop it, my bones breaking, rearranging, my senses sharpening like a blade. The moment my paws hit the earth, I bolt, running toward the forest with one thought pounding in my head.Find her. Protect her.The scent hits me before I even reach the treesโhers. But itโs laced with something that makes my vision blur with rage.Fear.Itโs thick, suffocating.And sheโs not alone.Lena Monroe is with her. But thereโs something else. Something dark. Something is wrong."The creatures," my wolf snarls.Those creat
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-01The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Twenty -Two
Raineโs POVโThat prick,โ I muttered under my breath, kicking a loose rock as Lena and I made our way back to town. "I swear, I like him better in his wolf form."Lena snorted, giving me a knowing look. โYou know, you might be the only person who thinks that.โI rolled my eyes. โThatโs because youโre all blind. Heโs just a big, arrogant mutt.โโMm-hmm.โ She hummed, smirking. โA mutt that seems to be softening toward you.โโIn your dreams.โโHis wolf definitely adores you.โโShut up.โWe continued walking, but I could feel itโRonanโs presence behind us. He wasnโt even trying to hide the fact that he was following. His footsteps were too measured, too calculated. I refused to turn around, but the weight of his gaze pressed against my back like a tangible force.What the hell was his problem? One minute, he was my tormentor, the next, my shadow.When we reached the outskirts of the forest, my stomach dropped. Bad luck must have been written all over me tonight because standing there, lea
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-03The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter one
Raine POV The world had already decided my place. At the bottom.Whispers followed me like shadows as I walked down the crowded school hallway of bloodmoon academy, the weight of stares burning into my back. I knew what they were saying. I'd heard it all before."Thatโs herโฆ the wolfless girl.""She shouldnโt even be in this school.""What kind of werewolf doesnโt have a wolf?"Each word was a dagger, sharpened by years of disappointmentโnot just from my classmates, but from the entire pack.I wasnโt just an outcast. I was an embarrassment.I kept walking, chin up, even though my chest tightened with the familiar ache of being unwanted. It wasnโt just schoolโ I felt it at home, too.Once, I had been someoneโs world.My father had never looked at me like I was broken. He used to tuck me into his arms, brushing his calloused fingers over my hair, whispering, โItโll come, little wolf. Some take longer.โBut then he died, and with him, so did the last person who ever believed in me.My m
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-13The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Two
Raine POV I wandered aimlessly after school, I can't go home now because I don't have the patience and strength to take my mum and sister piercing gaze and their sniding remark that I'm yet to feel my wolf.I just can't, I might snap at mum, and that will make dad really disappointed in me.There is only one place to go that will welcome me with open arms. โThe Nightshade forestโI hated the packโs territory.Hated the way everyone looked at me. Hated the way even the air felt suffocating.But the forest? The forest was mine.It was the one place no one followed me. The one place I could pretend i wasnโt an embarrassment.The scent of pine and damp earth filled the air as i walked deeper, inhaling the crisp coolness. The full moon was rising, and in the distance, I could hear wolves shifting, running through the trees.I tried to picture myself among them.I had spent years wondering what it would feel like.To belong. To feel the power of my wolf, wild and unshackled, surging throu
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-13The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Three
Raine POV The forest had always been my refuge. But I couldnโt stay there forever.The walk home was supposed to clear my mind.I kept my head down, my fingers still curled into fists from my encounter with Ronan. The scent of pine and damp earth faded as I stepped out of the forest and onto the dirt road leading into town. The Bloodmoon Pack's territory stretched around me, the houses growing closer together. I told myself I was fine. That Ronanโs words didnโt sting.But the ache in my chest said otherwise.The air here was differentโthicker, suffocating. And then, just as I expected, it soured further.The first warning came in the form of laughter. Sharp. Mocking.cruel, and too familiar.I recognized the voices before I even turned around."Well, well," Ana Vaughn drawled, crossing her arms. The streetlight cast a golden glow over her sleek blonde waves, her sharp blue eyes glittering with amusement. "Look what crawled out of the woods."Ana Vaughnโdaughter of the current Beta. Th
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-13The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Four
Raine POV I didnโt stop until I reached home.But the moment I stepped inside, I realizedโthis place wasnโt home anymore.The front door clicked shut behind me, but the silence inside the house was suffocating.I barely had time to catch my breath before my motherโs voice sliced through the air."Where the hell have you been?"I froze, my fingers tightening around the strap of my bag.She stood in the center of the living room, arms crossed, lips pressed into a thin line. Her expression was carved from stoneโcold, unreadable, but full of something that made my chest tighten.Disappointment.I opened my mouth to answer, but my sister beat me to it."Probably off sulking in the woods again," Brielle said, stretching lazily against the couch. Her golden hair gleamed under the dim lights, and the mark of her wolfโher strength, her powerโradiated from her effortlessly.The complete opposite of me."Do you ever stop embarrassing us?" she added, not even bothering to look at me.I swallowed
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-03-13The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Five
Ronan POV It was faintโbarely there beneath the smoke of the bonfire and the lingering perfume of the girls pressing too closeโbut I still smelled her.Raine.I leaned back against the wooden bench, gripping the beer bottle in my hand. I hadnโt taken a sip.Across from me, Ava sat curled up beside one of the guys, her laughter high-pitched and sweet.I shouldโve been paying attention.I shouldโve been anywhere but in my own damn head."You good, man?"Kai's voice cut through the noise, and I blinked, realizing he was watching me."Yeah." I rolled my shoulders, trying to shake it off. "Why wouldnโt I be?"Jax smirked, his sharp grey eyes gleaming under the firelight. "I donโt know. Youโve been staring into space like some lovesick idiot."Ava perked up at that. "Lovesick? Please." She leaned in, twirling a strand of hair around her finger. "Ronan doesnโt do love.""Yeah," Jax said, grinning. "He barely has feelings."Laughter rippled around the group.I forced a smirk. "Youโre both fu
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The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Twenty -Two
Raineโs POVโThat prick,โ I muttered under my breath, kicking a loose rock as Lena and I made our way back to town. "I swear, I like him better in his wolf form."Lena snorted, giving me a knowing look. โYou know, you might be the only person who thinks that.โI rolled my eyes. โThatโs because youโre all blind. Heโs just a big, arrogant mutt.โโMm-hmm.โ She hummed, smirking. โA mutt that seems to be softening toward you.โโIn your dreams.โโHis wolf definitely adores you.โโShut up.โWe continued walking, but I could feel itโRonanโs presence behind us. He wasnโt even trying to hide the fact that he was following. His footsteps were too measured, too calculated. I refused to turn around, but the weight of his gaze pressed against my back like a tangible force.What the hell was his problem? One minute, he was my tormentor, the next, my shadow.When we reached the outskirts of the forest, my stomach dropped. Bad luck must have been written all over me tonight because standing there, lea
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Twenty-One
Ronanโs POVSomething is wrong.My wolf is restless, pacing in my mind like a caged beast. My heartbeat pounds like war drums, fast and erratic, as if Iโve just run for miles. A sick, sinking feeling settles in my stomach."Raine is in danger," my wolf growls, the words laced with fury and desperation.I try to fight him, to keep control, but I know itโs pointless. My wolf is stronger when it comes to her. He wonโt stop. He wonโt let me ignore this.The shift takes over before I can stop it, my bones breaking, rearranging, my senses sharpening like a blade. The moment my paws hit the earth, I bolt, running toward the forest with one thought pounding in my head.Find her. Protect her.The scent hits me before I even reach the treesโhers. But itโs laced with something that makes my vision blur with rage.Fear.Itโs thick, suffocating.And sheโs not alone.Lena Monroe is with her. But thereโs something else. Something dark. Something is wrong."The creatures," my wolf snarls.Those creat
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Twenty
Raine povThe forest felt alive in the worst way.A slow, crawling sensation prickled along my skin as I locked eyes with the glowing red orbs in the darkness. A deep, guttural sound rumbled from the shadowsโnot quite a growl, not quite a snarl.It was something else.Something unnatural.My pulse hammered against my ribs, my breath shallow as my fingers twitched at my sides. Every instinct screamed at me to run.But I couldnโt.Lena was frozen beside me, her breathing sharp, barely audible. I knew she felt it tooโthe wrongness.The thing in the shadows took a step forward, and the weight in the air doubled. My muscles tensed, like something unseen was pressing down on me, pinning me in place.โWhat the hell is that?โ Lena whispered, her voice tight.I didnโt answer.I couldnโt.Because , I felt like prey. And that thing is my predator.The creatureโwhatever it wasโdidnโt fully emerge. It lingered in the darkness, just out of reach of the moonlight filtering through the trees. But I c
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Nineteen
Raine POVThe night air was thick with the scent of damp earth and pine as Lena and I slipped through the trees, our footsteps barely making a sound against the forest floor.It had been a battle just to get out of the house unnoticed. Brielle had been lurking in every damn corner, watching me like a hawk, waiting for me to slip up. But I hadnโt. I knew how to move quietly. How to disappear when I needed to.And now, here we wereโback in the woods where the attack had happened.Where I had been the night before.A shiver crawled down my spine.Lena moved beside me, her sharp gaze scanning the darkness. โAlright,โ she whispered. โWe find clues, figure out what the hell happened, and then get the hell out of here before anyone realizes weโre gone.โI nodded, but my stomach churned uneasily. This wasnโt just about figuring out what attacked the town.This was about what had happened to me.The strange pull. The way my body had felt... different.But I wasnโt ready to say that out loud. N
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Eighteen
Raine povThe walk home with Lena was quieter than usual. The weight of the morningโs events still pressed heavily on my chestโthe announcement of the attack, the unease that had settled over the town, and the way Ronan had watched me like โฆ.I didnโt want to think about him, though. I didnโt want to think about how his presence haunted my every step or how his heated gaze left something unfamiliar curling inside me.Instead, I focused on something else. Something darker.The thing that had attacked the town. And the fact that I had been right there when it happened."Okay," Lena finally said, breaking the silence. "We need a plan."I glanced at her, raising an eyebrow. "A plan?""Yes," she said firmly, tucking a loose strand of dark hair behind her ear. "Something attacked the town last night. We both know it wasnโt a rogue. And youโ" she turned, jabbing a finger at me, "โwere in those woods when it happened. If we donโt figure this out now, weโll be stuck waiting for something wors
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Seventeen
Ronanโs POVSleep didnโt come easily last night.Not when my wolf was restless, pacing inside me, growling in frustration. He wanted to be near her. He wanted to protect her. And no matter how much I tried to shove him down, to fight the pull, I found myself outside before the sun had even fully risen.Watching.Waiting.Her house stood quiet, the sky still dusted with the last traces of night. A single light flickered on from inside, and a moment later, I caught the faint sound of movement.She was awake.My wolf let out a satisfied rumble, but I ignored him, staying in the shadows as I waited. The front door finally opened, and Raine stepped out, shoulders tense, moving cautiously. She kept her head down, her eyes scanning the street as if she expected something to jump out at her.She should be afraid.Something had been out there last night. And if I hadnโt been soโstupid, I couldโveโI clenched my fists, pushing the thought away.Instead, I stayed out of sight, my steps silent as
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Sixteen
Raine povSleep had been a lost cause. Every time I drifted off, flashes of last night came backโshadows stretching between the trees, the low growl that curled around my spine.I woke up tangled in my sheets, the early light creeping through my window. My limbs were stiff, heavy with exhaustion, but I forced myself up. Staying in bed meant risking my mother barging in, and after last nightโs argument, I wasnโt in the mood for another round of her bickering.Moving quietly, I slipped out of my room, careful to avoid the floorboards that creaked. The house was silent, my mother and sister still asleep. By the time I stepped outside, the cold morning air helped shake off the last remnants of my restless night. But something else clung to meโa strange, lingering awareness I couldnโt shake.Halfway to school, I felt itA Presence That Should Terrify MeโBut Doesn't.A prickle at the back of my neck. The heavy weight of a stare pressing between my shoulder blades.I didnโt turn around.My
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Fifteen
Raine's POV I slammed my window shut with more force than necessary, the glass rattling in its frame. My breath came in sharp, uneven gasps, my hands trembling at my sides. I hated him. God, I hated him. It should've been impossible for a person to feel this much rage without bursting apart. My chest burned, my skin was hot, and my mind spun with too many emotions to contain. Why? Why was he like this? Ronan had stood beneath my window like a ghost haunting the night, his dark fur blending with the shadows. For a second-just a second-my heart had stilled at the sight of him. He hadn't moved, hadn't made a sound, just watched me with those piercing golden eyes, the same eyes that had always been filled with malice. And then, like the absolute bastard he was, he had shifted-just to mock me, to tear me apart all over again. "Do you think I care enough to check up on you?" His voice had been so cold, so sharp it could've sliced through steel. "You're being delusional." I clench
The Outcast's Rejection ย ย ย Chapter Fourteen
Ronan pov The night air was crisp, the scent of damp earth thick after the eveningโs storm. I moved silently through the shadows, my paws pressing into the soft dirt as I padded through the dense forest that bordered Raineโs house.My wolf had been restless all night. The meeting had ended hours ago, but no matter how much I tried to ignore it, the instinct still burned deep in my bonesโI had to see her.I had to make sure she was safe.I had to breathe in her scent, see her chest rise and fall with sleep, confirm that nothing had taken her away from me while my guard was down.Pathetic.I clenched my jaw, shaking the thought away as I emerged from the trees, stopping just within the shadows at the edge of her home.The house was dark except for the faint glow of a lamp from her bedroom window. I lowered myself to the ground, ears twitching, watching.Just one look. That was all. Then Iโd leave.Except my wolf wasnโt satisfied with just watching.I didnโt realize I had moved closer u
