Semua Bab A Night With The Alpha King: Rejected And Reclaimed: Bab 31 - Bab 40

Aria's POVI was going to be introduced to Knox's pack as the Luna Queen. My heart pounded, and cold sweat dripped down my spine as I imagined standing in front of the crowd. An omega without a last name, claiming the title of the Luna Queen.My mind flashed back to the sneer on his Beta's face, and the depreciating look on the Beta sister's face. How would the rest of the pack react?I winced as I remembered how I had been pounding on Knox's office door yesterday, drawing attention to myself.“Aria?” Knox's concerned voice pulled me back into reality. It looked like he had been calling me for a while.I blinked, and turned to him with a smile that didn't reach my eyes.He furrowed his eyebrows and approached me looking worried.“Are you okay? You look… pale.”I nodded and gave him a small smile. “Yeah… yeah… I'm fine.” I tried to assure him. I didn't want him to worry.He wasn't convinced. He placed his hands gently on my shoulders.“Are you sure?” He asked softly, his gray eyes peer

Aria's POVAs Shawn led me through the hallways, I could feel the eyes of the passing pack members on me. However, I ignored it and kept my head high. I didn’t feel confident inside, but I was going to fake it till I became confident.A sense of déjà-vu washed over me as I remembered how Shawn had led me to be introduced as Knox’s mate at the Gray Moon pack. Shawn led me to Knox’s office. He opened the door, and led me inside. However, Knox wasn’t inside.I turned to Shawn. “Where is Knox?” I asked.“He wanted you to wait for him here. He will be here shortly. Please make yourself comfortable,” he replied, leading me to sit on a chair in front of Knox’s table, then he excused himself.As I waited, I glanced around the office space. The last time I was in the office, I was too pissed to notice anything in the office.Knox’s office was very large, with a high ceiling and large windows. There was a massive desk in the center, and there were shelves filled with books and scrolls around th

Aria's POVAfter Knox’s announcement and the applause, the pack members began approaching me hesitantly. At first, they didn’t, they just kept staring at me from afar as I spoke to Knox. However, Knox noticed.“I think some of them want to greet you, but they’re too scared because of me. I'll have to leave you for a while, so that they can meet you” he whispered subtly in my ears.His hot breath against my ear caused a shiver to run down my spine. I furrowed my eyebrows as I glanced around. And sure enough, he was right. Many of them kept glancing between the two of us nervously. It was so obvious that they were reluctant to meet me because of Knox.It was at that moment that I realized what he said the other day. His pack members respected him, but they were also terrified of him. The image of his eyes flashing crimson passed through my mind, and I resisted the urge to shudder.“They’re intimidated by you,” I realized, looking him in the eyes. An unreadable expression crossed his fac

Aria's POVI glanced around subtly to see if there was anyone close by who would notice the man approaching and would probably intervene.Unfortunately, there was no one watching. I didn't want to look like I was panicking even though I really was.Instead, I braced myself for what I knew was going to be an awful encounter.As he reached me, he gave me a condescending look.“I am Cornelius Langley, a loyal member of this pack.” He introduced himself with arrogance in his voice, and his nose in the air.I decided to be polite, hoping that maybe he was just overconfident. “I'm—”He cut me off with a dismissive wave of his hand. “I know who you are—everybody knows who you are. The omega without a name who was picked up by the Alpha King to be his mate.”His words stung, but I forced myself not to react. I had been hearing things worse than this. I wasn’t going to let him get to me.However, he wasn't done.“You may have caught the Alpha King’s eye, but don’t think for a second that you’r

Aria’s POVIn the early hours of the morning, I was awake. I couldn't sleep as so many thoughts raced through my mind at the same time.First, Cornelius’ words and his association with Astrid were worrisome, because I knew it wasn't going to do anything good for me. Telling Knox was out of the question. Cornelius' words echoed in my head, reminding me that I would just seem like a helpless little girl relying on Knox for everything. I needed to gain my respect as the Luna, instead of being feared because of Knox.I wanted to be a respected Luna. So I wasn't reporting it to Knox. I would handle it myself. Even though I didn't know how to handle it myself, I would find a way.However, what was troubling me the most was Knox. Last night was amazing and truly magical, but something had been missing.I thought that because I had finally been introduced as his Luna, that he would mark me last night. It made sense, as there was nothing standing between us, we were already recognized as mates