All Chapters of The Rejected Mate Games (Game Of Wolves Book 1): Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Von wagged a finger at her. “Now, now, don’t get upset. There will be other opportunities to gain expulsion gems and send someone home to safety. Unfortunately, none of those will be useful for Wyatt. Once refused, no other gem can be used on him, and the current gem is now useless.”Fuck. I glanced back at the injured alphas. Mika was coughing up blood as the fae healer ran her hands across his body. J.D. and Tate were nearly catatonic from having been possessed. Why hadn’t Kira sent one of them home? That would have been the smartest thing to do.Kira looked as upset as I felt. She took a step toward Von. “Wait a minute. That wasn’t part of the deal. You never told me there were stipulations to using the gem.”Ignoring her, Von swept a hand in front of the hovering camera in front of him. It, along with the others, flew back toward the mansion. My bracelet went from green to white. He’d shut off the recording.“All right, everyone,” Von said. “Best to get you all healed and cleaned

Ignoring my cold look, Zoe said, “Kira, you’re my bestie. You kick ass. I’ll never say different, and I’ll fucking cut anyone who argues that fact. But one thing you are terrible at is seeing what’s right in front of your stupid face.”Rolling my eyes, I said, “And what is that?”“That Wyatt is more than just your brother’s friend and a colleague. You’re fighting so hard to win this show, but you’re fighting even harder to ignore that simple fact.”“It’s not a hard fight, because he isn’t,” I argued.“You make my case for me. Stop pretending this guy is here to annoy you and boss you around. He is risking his own life to keep you safe and help you survive this.“I don’t know why you’ve got this big hang-up about him. Is it because he’s a lone wolf? I have to be honest, that shit makes no sense to non-wolf shifter types like me. Like, he’s a wolf shifter. Why does it matter if he doesn’t have a pack? Really weird, but that’s beside the point. What I’m getting at is he’s a good alpha to

J.D. was the first to launch into questions. “So, what pack are you from?”“Ninth,” Gavin said.“What’s the location? I’ve never met someone from the Ninth Pack.”Gavin sighed. “Eastern Wilds, same as Eleventh Pack.”He didn’t seem excited to answer questions. While J.D. continued to badger him, Gavin stared across the room at Wyatt and Leif, who were standing together. Every few seconds, Gavin’s gaze swiveled toward me, and I couldn’t miss how he looked at me. The only way to describe it was lustful, and that made me even more uncomfortable. Had there been something stewing under the surface all the years I was promised to his brother?“Will you or your brother be alpha now?” J.D. asked.Gavin shook his head. “I’m not allowed to be alpha. My brother Jayson will take that role.”Jayson was alpha of the Ninth Pack? That was weird to contemplate. Their dad had always been such a strong presence—of course he had after being alpha for nearly forty years. He’d taken over the role at eighte

“I’ll do any challenge you want, Omar. I’d be more than happy to complete any task involving shifting, and I’ll complete it any way I see fit. I may not be able to shift, but at least I’m not a narrow-minded dick who got sent here for breaking his fated mate’s heart by going balls-deep in some vampire chick.”“Oh, snap!” J.D. said and put a fist to his mouth to cover his grin.Leif looked mortified and pointed at Omar. “You got rejected for being a cheater? You actually cheated on your fated mate?”That was a big no-no in our culture. The fated-mate pairing was a sacred thing that was not to be defiled. It was part of why Gavin’s brother had rejected Kira. He’d refused to believe the drug had made her sexually attack me. Cheating on a fated mate was tantamount to spitting in the eye of the Moon Goddess herself. The others knew the same thing, and the whole room was looking at Omar with differing levels of disgust and disappointment.Unrepentant, Omar gave a low growl and swept his eye

“Let me get you ready. That way, you can get your mind off it. Did they say what you should wear?”I shook my head. “All Von said was ‘get ready.’” I shrugged.“All right, we’ll go with the same survival gear you used in the swamp. Can’t go wrong with that. It’ll give you a little protection, anyway.”Zoe got my gear ready, then helped me get dressed. She must have used magic to clean them while I was at lunch. The garments were no longer caked in mud, dirt, and blood. Before she could work on my hair, there was a knock at the door.“Who is that?” Zoe asked.“No clue. I’ll check.”By the time I made it to the door, I was even more irritated. As I unlocked the door, I swore that if it was Von, I’d chase his ass down the hall with a sharpened stake.It wasn’t him, though. It was one of the witches.She smiled at me as the door swung open. “Oh, good. You’ve already gotten prepared,” she said when she saw my attire.“Yes, for tonight. Can I help you with something? I was hoping to rest a