Rejected By My Alpha Mate, Second Chance With The Ruthless Lycan KingCHAPTER ONE
The Moon Goddess had always been cruel to me. I had no proof, but the way things always seemed to go wrong in my life made me believe that she had cursed me from the start.
Tonight, that was supposed to change.
My mate, Alpha Owen had promised me this would be the night our lives would finally begin.
Tonight was the retirement ceremony of Alpha Owen's father, the current leader of our pack. It marked a new chapter for the pack, one that would see Owen take his place as the new Alpha. And soon, I would be Luna. But beneath the excitement, I knew that the joy of this night might come with a price.
I was born into shame. My father, the once-respected Alpha of the Iron fang Pack had been overthrown by his own Beta, a man he had trusted. It was said that my father had committed a grave sin, something unforgivable that had caused the pack to turn against him. Some said he had consorted with rogues, others whispered of a darker crime, one that had marked my family forever.
Whatever it was, the punishment was harsh. My parents were exiled. And I, a child still in my mother’s womb was left to face the consequences. I was only a baby and yet they insisted I stay to "pay for their sins." Therefore, I grew up alone and isolated.
I had no wolf when I turned sixteen unlike any other Alpha blood and the pack shunned me, calling me an Omega, a curse from the Moon Goddess herself. But on my eighteenth birthday, something changed.
I shifted.
I can’t explain the elation that had flooded through me. It was as if the years of isolation, the stares, all melted away in that single moment. I had my wolf. I was no longer the cursed girl, the one without power, the one whose existence was a mistake. But I knew better than to let the pack know. I hid my wolf, masked it, pretending to still be the same powerless Omega they believed me to be.
Only one person knew the truth, Owen, my mate.
Tonight, he promised me everything I had longed for. Tonight, we would be together and he would mark me as his Luna. Finally, I would be accepted. Finally, my wolf would be recognized. For the first time in my life, I felt like I had a future and a purpose.