All Chapters of The Rejected Cursed Wolf: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Phil and Carl stiffened and crawled backward, moving out of the spot under the house, readying to respond to an attack.The woman stepped out and held out her phone, the sun hitting her face and catching the dark-red highlights in her light-brown hair. She looked to be in her forties, and she wore the standard long cotton dress that witches favored.“Callie, I can vouch for Prue.” Dina’s voice came from the phone. If I hadn’t been a shifter, I wouldn’t have been able to hear. “She’s a friend.”The tension in my shoulders released, and my head hung. “Thank gods.” I then linked to everyone here, The witches aren’t a threat. They’re here to heal us.Carl lowered his weapon and glanced at me. He smiled and patted my arm while he linked, You did good.I snorted. Not sure I’d go that far. I just wasted about ten minutes when they could’ve been healing Bodey and the rest of us. I tended not to be cautious enough when there was a threat and overly cautious when we weren’t at risk. Would I eve

What’s wrong? Bodey turned to me, examining my face.I didn’t consider Oregon trying to take over the rest of the states. Lynerd could be coordinating more attacks. My parents and childhood pack were no longer tied to me. All this time, I’d thought I’d be relieved once I was free, but now I felt a deep ache from losing my links to Theo, Mom, Stevie, and even Pearl. What if my family gets hurt? And we need to inform all the alphas about Oregon leaving. I’d been so consumed with Bodey and his injuries that I hadn’t considered the impact of losing Oregon on the rest of our people. What kind of queen was I turning out to be?We’ll make sure that doesn’t happen. I’ll reach out to the alphas in the Northwest Territory to spread the word, Bodey vowed. We’ll return home and make sure we protect them.My heart sank, and I thought about Bodey driving after everything he’d gone through. I connected with him, Are you sure you’re up for driving? You’re still healing, and I hate to put that pressur

Out of everyone who might come here and cause problems, I hadn’t expected him.Theo.I understood I’d taken Oregon away from him, which clearly had been a huge error. If I hadn’t, we wouldn’t be in the mess that Lynerd had put us in. Still, Theo and I had been childhood friends. I hoped that still counted for something.“I need to see Callie,” he repeated to Samuel.Bodey’s nostrils flared, and his breathing quickened, causing the white shirt that was damp from our shower to cling more tightly to his skin. He turned to the door.I couldn’t help but admire my mate’s physique, but I forced my attention away and removed a knife from the top drawer of our dresser before joining him.“Not calling first and showing up here demanding to see her isn’t the best way to handle things,” Samuel gritted out.“I’ve been trying, but her phone’s going straight to voice mail.”I hurried to my jeans, slipped them on, and removed my cell from my pocket. I hadn’t realized it was dead. I linked, He’s right

I didn’t doubt that, but I couldn’t abandon Theo even if Bodey wanted me to. It’s not an excuse, but Theo tried to do right by me and Stevie when we were younger. Zeke treated us even worse because of it, so Theo stopped. He was too young to take over the pack then.Yeah, but when he got older, he should’ve done something.It’s hard to see that when you were raised a certain way. I nuzzled into his side, making sure Bodey didn’t feel threatened by my feelings of friendship for Theo. They weren’t anything close to what I felt for Bodey, but I understood that Theo was a sore subject since he’d been trying to date me just a few weeks ago. Now that his eyes are open about his dad, he’s here, trying to do the right thing. He could schmooze up to Queen Kel and offer Mom and Pearl to her, but instead, he’s here to ally with us, and it has nothing to do with me. Now wasn’t the time to add that it probably had a lot to do with Jasmine.As long as we make it clear that you’re mine, I’ll manage.

Let’s go, Samuel grasped the door handle. Our thirty wolves are together, and they’ve picked up the scent. They should reach the other wolves in five minutes. We can’t catch up with them, but we won’t be far behind if we move fast.A huge lump formed in my throat. I don’t think we should join them.He whipped toward me and froze. He blinked, then nodded. “It makes sense for you to stay here, but I gotta go out there with my pack.”He turned to march back to the door, but Bodey had already moved to stand in front of him.Samuel glared at Bodey as if he had two heads. He rasped, “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”Bodey crossed his arms. “You shouldn’t go out there for the same reasons Callie and I shouldn’t.”“Like hell,” Samuel seethed as he tried to pivot around Bodey.Bodey pushed him in the chest, shoving him back several steps.“Get out of my way,” Samuel rasped as his shoulders heaved from how hard he was breathing. “You want to stay here, fine, but I need to be out there