The Alpha's Rejected Bride
My father, the Beta of our pack, had sworn our bloodline to serve the Alpha King, Andrew Amadeus. By tradition, I was destined to be his mate.
The night before our mating ceremony, I risked everything to save my stepsister, Emma Hughes, crossing into rogue territoryโWild Nest. I fought fiercely but was overpowered.
At the ceremony, a cursed projection stone revealed my assault by the rogues. The pack recoiled in disgust. Andrew, seething with rage, rejected me and marked Emma instead, making her Luna Queen.
To them, I was a disgrace, unworthy of an Alphaโs mark.
As they called for my exile, Andrewโs younger brother, Anthony Amadeus, stepped forward. "Sophia Hughes, I have loved you in silence. By the name of the moon, I vow to be your mate for eternity."
His words saved me.
A year later, the healer told me I could finally carry a pup. Overjoyed, I rushed to find Anthonyโonly to overhear a chilling conversation.
"Anthony, we helped the rogues infiltrate, lured Sophia to Wild Nest, and spread the video. She trusts you nowโฆ did we make a mistake?"
He sighed. "For Emma to become Queen, Sophia had to be sacrificed. But it doesnโt matterโIโll spend my life making it up to her."
Betrayal cut deeper than any wound. My suffering had been planned. But if they thought I was broken, they had underestimated me.
I would carve my own fateโwith claws bared.