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REJECTED BY ALPHA LUPUS,REBORN IN FIRE.
img img REJECTED BY ALPHA LUPUS,REBORN IN FIRE. img Chapter 5 THE FIRST CRACK.
5 Chapters
Chapter 6 UNDER HER SHADOWS. img
Chapter 7 EMBER IN THE ASHES. img
Chapter 8 THE HOLLOW THRONE. img
Chapter 9 THE HUNTER AND THE GHOST. img
Chapter 10 THE WHISPERING CAVE. img
Chapter 11 THE FEVER DREAM. img
Chapter 12 THE BETAS CONFESSION. img
Chapter 13 THE SPACE BETWEEN. img
Chapter 14 TRAINING BEGINS. img
Chapter 15 THE WITNESS. img
Chapter 16 THE BLOOD MOON SECRET. img
Chapter 17 DAY ONE - THE COALS. img
Chapter 18 DAY TWO - THE ABSCENCE. img
Chapter 19 THE BETA'S HEART. img
Chapter 20 DAY THREE - THE WALL. img
Chapter 21 SEEDS OF DECEIT. img
Chapter 22 THE SPACE BETWEEN. img
Chapter 23 THE WEIGHT OF SECRETS. img
Chapter 24 THE GRIND. img
Chapter 25 CRACKS IN THE MASK. img
Chapter 26 DAY SIX - THE RIVER. img
Chapter 27 DAY SEVEN - THE CAVE OF ECHOES. img
Chapter 28 THE LONGING. img
Chapter 29 THE MOUNTAIN. img
Chapter 30 THE BREAKING POINT. img
Chapter 31 THE MOUNTAINS MERCY. img
Chapter 32 THE WEIGHT OF STONE. img
Chapter 33 THE CAGE. img
Chapter 34 THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE. img
Chapter 35 THE SEARCH. img
Chapter 36 THE SEED OF POISON. img
Chapter 37 THE SERPENT'S TONGUE. img
Chapter 38 THE WEIGHT OF RETURN. img
Chapter 39 THE BLOOD REMEMBERS. img
Chapter 40 THE ELDERS SHADOW. img
Chapter 41 THE FIRE KNOWS. img
Chapter 42 THE CHOICE. img
Chapter 43 SHADOWS OF FIRE. img
Chapter 44 THE QUIET WONDERS. img
Chapter 45 THE DANCE OF BLADES. img
Chapter 46 THE HEART OF STORM. img
Chapter 47 THE WEIGHT OF TOMORROW. img
Chapter 48 SHADOW'S IN THE TREE. img
Chapter 49 THE SERPENT'S CALCULUS. img
Chapter 50 THE SERPENT'S NEST. img
Chapter 51 THE SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. img
Chapter 52 THE EVE. img
Chapter 53 THE ASCENT. img
Chapter 54 THE FIRST NIGHT. img
Chapter 55 FIRST BLOOD. img
Chapter 56 THE WEIGHT OF KNOWING. img
Chapter 57 SOARING. img
Chapter 58 THE DOMINION'S ECHO. img
Chapter 59 THE PACK'S DIVIDED. img
Chapter 60 THE SERPENT'S GAMBIT. img
Chapter 61 THE HUNTER'S COUNCIL. img
Chapter 62 THE HUNTERS WEB. img
Chapter 63 THE COST OF SURVIVAL. img
Chapter 64 THE GUARDIAN'S AWAKENING. img
Chapter 65 THE SWIFT'S JOURNEY. img
Chapter 66 THE HUNTER'S ADVANCE. img
Chapter 67 THE MORNING AFTER. img
Chapter 68 THE PATH TO WAR. img
Chapter 69 THE HEART OF DARKNESS. img
Chapter 70 THE SERPENTS RETURN. img
Chapter 71 THE CHAINS I CHOOSE. img
Chapter 72 THE SHELTER. img
Chapter 73 THE EMBER AND FLAME (RATED 18) img
Chapter 74 THE ROAD HOME. img
Chapter 75 THE SPIDER'S WEB. img
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Chapter 5 THE FIRST CRACK.

Lupus's POV

The sun rose red this morning. Not warm. Not welcoming. Just... accusing. I haven't slept. My eyes burn, and my wolf prowls under my skin like a caged animal. I stand on my balcony, staring down at the training yard. Warriors sparring. Laughing. Breathing freely. They don't know their former Alpha and Luna-my parents-are locked in stone rooms beneath their feet. Angela slides her arms around me from behind, her voice honey-sweet.

"You're up early."

"I didn't sleep."

She hums, pleased. "Leadership changes you. You'll adjust." She doesn't understand. Or maybe she does-and likes it. Because this is the first morning I wake up and realize my own body doesn't feel like mine anymore. My wolf is restless. He keeps whispering her name. Taylor.

I try not to think it. But it's like holding back the tide with my bare hands. By midday the whispers start-echoes carried through the pack bond even without linking. Where are the elders?

Why is the Alpha acting strange? Why does Angela sit beside him like she rules too? I walk into the training yard and every back straightens. They bow. They obey. But their eyes don't shine with trust.

Respect is still there-but fear has joined it. "Alpha," a young warrior says, voice cracking. Then-too bold or too frightened to stop- "Is it true something happened to the elders?"

Angela answers before I can. "The elders are resting. And it isn't your place to question your

Alpha." But the words ring hollow, and I feel it. My wolf snarls-not at the warrior... but at me.

You did this. I clench my jaw hard enough to crack a tooth. Night falls thick and heavy.

I'm just about to turn in when a howl splits the silence. Raw. Terrified. Familiar.

My mother. I'm shifting before thought catches up-bones snapping, fur exploding from skin. My paws hit the dirt and I tear across the grounds. I don't even remember getting to the holding halls-just stone doors, guards frozen, and the scent of my bloodline choking the air. I force the door open.

My mother is on the floor, shaking, fists full of dirt like she's trying to crawl through it to reach

me. My father kneels beside her, eyes blazing and broken all at once.

"Is this who you are now?" he asks quietly. "A wolf who cages his own parents?" His words hit harder than claws ever could.

"You don't understand," I grit out.

"No," he says. "We understand perfectly."

My mother whispers, "Lupus... please. I can feel you fading. You're losing yourself."

My head snaps up. "No one is fading." But my wolf whimpers, tail tucked.

My father rises slowly, shackles clinking. "You rejected your mate," he says. "But you can't reject the Moon's choice. She still bleeds through you. And you are tearing apart everything tied to her."

Taylor's name detonates inside my chest. I stagger back, breath strangling me. I turn and run before I start breaking bars-or myself. The cliffs are quiet. Only the river below-Taylor's favorite place-singing like it always did. I remember how she said the water sounded like the Goddess humming. I told her she was dramatic. Now I'd give anything to hear her talk nonsense again.

"I don't need her," I say out loud. My voice comes out thin. Even I don't believe it.

My wolf presses against me. Go to her. Fix it. Fix us. My knees nearly buckle. Leaves rustle behind me I don't turn. I know that scent. Angela.

"I was wondering where you disappeared to," she says softly.

"You followed me," I say.

"I follow you everywhere," she replies. "Someone has to keep you from falling."

I stiffen. "I don't fall." Her smile is soft and sharp all at once.

"No. But you're starting to look over the edge." She steps closer, fingertips tracing my jaw like she's moulding me out of clay. "Let the past die. Taylor is gone. The elders will be forgotten. Soon, the pack will fear you enough to never question you again."

Fear. Not loyalty. Not love. My wolf recoils hard. Angela's touch suddenly feels like chains.

And the truth hits me like a blade to the gut: Taylor wasn't my weakness. She was the one thing holding me together. Angela looks into my eyes and I finally understand- She doesn't want to share power. She wants to own it. Own me. And for the first time since I became Alpha... I am afraid. Not of enemies. Of myself. And of what happens if I don't turn back now.

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