All Chapters of Abandoned At The Altar By My Mate: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The Space Left BehindThe door slammed shut behind her as Flora entered her apartment. Her breathing came in quick, shallow gasps. She knew her face would be streaked with tears, but she wiped them away all the same. She had been crying for the last few hours, but being alone meant it was time for the truth. Crushed, she felt the bitter cold dismissal still searing in her chest from Adrian's rejection. She had never expected this. No, she did not expect him to choose her, but certainly not to turn his back so fast.But that was the thing, right? She should have known better. She should have seen the warning signs. Adrian was always so cagey with his words, evasive when things got too personal. And now? Now he had discarded her like she was just another distraction.The apartment felt too empty, too quiet. She couldn't stand it. She needed to do something. Anything.Flora let her bag fall onto the kitchen counter, opened the refrigerator, pulled out a bottle of water, and downed it. Sh

The Rising TensionThe phone on the table buzzed, lighting up with a name she never thought she would see again.Adrian.Her heart had skipped a beat, but she made herself not look at it-not yet, not when the anger was still fresh. She stared at the phone, trying to steady the shaking in her hands. It was a simple message, just a few words, but those words brought it all rushing back. She wasn't ready. Not now. Maybe never.You gonna read it?" asked Leo, her training buddy, who had been eyeing the phone from across the room. A few years older than her, and despite the hard exterior, he had a soft spot for Flora.She huffed, tossing the phone onto the couch. "I don't need to," she muttered, standing up to pace. "I already know what it's gonna say. Some half-assed apology. A 'I'm sorry I hurt you' or an 'I didn't mean to'." She gritted her teeth, biting back the emotion that threatened to spill over.Leo raised an eyebrow. "You think that's what he's going to say?" His voice was even, a

The Breaking Point"Flora, you need to concentrate!Leo's voice cut sharply through the fog in her brain as they wove their way through the jostling, crowded camp. Flora blinked, shaking her head to clear the fuzziness. She had been staring at her hands, her fingers wrapped around the edges of her tactical map, but her mind was elsewhere. The mission. Adrian. The choices looming over her. She was barely holding it together, and Leo could see it."I'm fine," Flora muttered, her chin raising in defiance. She didn't need Leo- didn't need anyone telling her what to do. She'd handled worse.But Leo wasn't buying it. He shifted in front of her, standing in her way with a glare that pinned. "No, you're not fine. You've been off for days. I get things are complicated, but you got a job. The whole mission depends on it, you being sharp.Flora’s jaw tightened, but she didn't argue. It wasn’t the first time she had been told to pull herself together. It wasn’t the first time someone had tried to

The First Crack"You sure about this?" Jonas asked, keeping his voice low.Adrian didn’t look at him. His gaze was fixed ahead, his jaw set. "I’ve never been surer of anything."They stood in the centre of the pack's large, open meeting hall with its walls lined by torches. It wasn't a meeting but a full assembly, which meant that everyone who was anyone was present, awaiting the former Alpha to have his say.Alice sat on the far side of the room, her posture composed, but Adrian knew better. He saw the tension in her shoulders, the way her fingers clenched subtly at her sides. She knew something was coming.Adrian stepped forward, and the room fell silent."I won't waste anyone's time," he began, his voice sure, carrying through the hall. "For too long, I let myself be blinded by things that weren't real. I trusted the wrong people. Made the wrong choices. And because of that, I lost something-someone-who actually mattered."He let the words settle. He wasn't naming names, but everyo

The Power ShiftFlora leaned against the wall, the steady hum of the base bustling around her yet it all felt so very distant. She shifted the straps of her gear; her mind was miles away. A knock on the door pulled her back into the present."Hey, you decent?"She grinned but it didn't quite reach her eyes. "For you, always."Corin stepped inside, his dark hair falling just above his shoulders, his eyes sharp but filled with concern. He was one of the few people she could really count on these days, considering all that had taken place."You've been distant lately," Corin said as he came inside, his voice light, yet laced with an underlying seriousness. "You can talk to me, you know."Flora crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes dropping to the floor for a moment before rising to his. "It's. Adrian. And everything that happened with him."Corin lifted an eyebrow, leaning against the table across from her. "You've never really talked about him before. What, you miss him?"She let he