All Chapters of Rejected by the Beta: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

I stare at her, stunned.“W-What’s that supposed to mean?” I stammer.Fera studies me and then her voice is unbearably gentle, “Isabel, none of the Righs ever had children with the elves.”“But Sila-”“Sila was –” I can see Fera struggle with herself, “Sila was one of the Righs that – lived with the elves for a while. We weren’t able to get to her – She killed herself in front of Damien. She is his biggest regret.”I can see the loopholes in her story, the missing gaps but my head is spinning right now. I’m trying to gI feel numb, “The pictures-”“I don’t know about these pictures but no elf can ever procreate outside of their race. Aside from Balin’s word, how do you know that those children were Sila’s?”Aside from that one memory, the pictures, and the stain on the floor, there is nothing else. All of these could be faked right?But for some reason, my heart doesn’t agree with the logic.A part of me felt that loss in a way that seems to too genuine. I open my mouth and t

Ever since that evening, Damien often likes to pop up where I am. He used to do it before as well, but now it’s a more frequent event. A part of me is convinced he just enjoys getting under my skin.Once he has me all bristling and riled up, he remembers he has something to do and disappears. “I know wolf shifters don’t get blood pressure but I swear I might be different,” I complain to Fera over breakfast. “He doesn’t leave me alone!”Fera grins, “If you hate him so much why are your eyes always following him?”“Because he’s – I mean, he’s just annoying, Fera!”Fera laughs, grabbing some more butter from across the table, “I wish I could say that this will stop but it won’t. You might not see him for a couple of days though. He and Seth are planning to go repair the barrier. I don’t know when he’s leaving though.”I hesitate, “How is Seth?”Fera’s smile disappears and she looks down at her plate, “He lost both sisters in one go. Both at his own sword. That does something to a

I freeze in shock, “W-What? But I’ve been here this whole time. There was – the fruit that I ate maybe –”I’m scrambling but the look in Damien’s eyes is terrible, “You’re saying you can tell that there is moonshine in her system?”Fera picks up a small vial of my blood or what looks like my blood “It shouldn’t be possible but it’s here. I’ve been comparing Isabel’s blood sample very day since she came here. When she first came here, her blood was tainted with small specks of what I can only call silver dust. As time went on, the particles of silver began to disappear. For the past few days, she has been experiencing more headaches and nausea and her attitude was getting colder so I drew another sample this morning. This is what I found.”The vial is shimmering.“Somebody has been feeding her moonshine. There is no mistake about it.”“So, there’s a traitor in the castle,” Damien says, coldly. “I’ll dig them out. In fact, I’ll clean up this entire castle, starting with the kitchen.

“Take me to the portal!”I follow after Rina and she takes me all the way into the forest. “Why did you open a portal this deep in the forest?!” I demand, angry. “I – It was just – That’s where Fera asked me to set it up.”I find the situation odd but then Fera had been acting odd for quite a while. “How does the portal work? How is she supposed to return?”“Our – My family’s portals are connected by blood. The blood of the one passing through the portal is used to reopen the portal at the same spot.”“So you basically gave her the information and means to go into the elven territory and then return. Are you crazy? Why would you just open a portal for her?!”Rina looks close to tears but I’m too angry to care.As we go deeper inside the forest, I hear footsteps behind me and Dayla is running towards us, “What’s going on?”“Fera might have gone into the elven territory!” I say, urgently. “We have to stop her.”Rina is silent and I can see she’s upset.However, when we en

I’m locked in one of the cottages, my face throbbing from where Balin hit me a couple of times. My forehead is stained in my blood from where he smashed it against the tree. And the taste of moonshine is heavy in my mouth.I know he’s coming back. When he dragged me here, I saw the elves cast disdainful looks my way. There’s no confusion in my mind as to who the real enemy is anymore. I’ve tried throwing up the moonshine but it’s difficult to do some when my hands and legs are tied. I hear footsteps as he approaches and I can’t help the cold fear that washes over me. He enters and it’s like looking at a stranger. That’s what bothers me as well. When he hit me with that arrow, I kept making excuses for him. I know that it was brainwashing but since that night at my childhood home and when he captured me now, I can’t see a trace of the man I had once thought I loved. And it’s just been a matter of weeks.Either I was extremely gullible. Or just very desperate to belong somewhere.