The Runt and the Lycan King
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"I, Ethan of Silver Creek, reject you, Rachel, as my mate and future Luna. I sever the tie."
The world turned to ice.
On my twenty-first birthday, in front of the entire High Council, the man who had whispered forever against my skin for years finally broke me. I collapsed, my soul a hollowed-out ruin, while Ethan’s "official" girlfriend watched with a fragile, triumphant smile.
The Lycan King stood slowly, his presence heavy enough to rattle the windows. He didn't look at the new Alpha. His Heavy Gaze landed on me, pinning me to the stone. He didn't see a runt. He saw a dam about to burst—a storm of suppressed power that made his own ancient blood roar.
"You rejected a Goddess because you wanted a puppet," the King’s voice rumbled, vibrating through my very bones. He stepped down, his large, scarred hand cupping my jaw with a possessive strength that made my heart hammer."She is no longer of your pack, Alpha. I claim her. And God help the man who tries to take back what belongs to a King."
Rachel spent years in the shadows of Silver Creek, living on the whispered promises of Ethan, the Alpha’s heir. She was his secret, his "forever," and his footstool—until the day he took his crown. On her twenty-first birthday, Ethan delivered his true gift: a public rejection that shattered her soul to secure his place beside a "fragile" Luna.
Through his Heavy Gaze, the King senses a storm rotting behind a two-decade-old seal. He doesn't know why she was suppressed, or what blood runs through her veins, but he knows she is no runt. Claiming her before the stunned pack, he sweeps her into a world of possessive obsession and golden cages. As the King works to break the seals on her soul, a forbidden lineage begins to bleed through. Rachel is no mere wolf—she is a prophecy in the flesh, a hybrid of WareWolf and Witch whose very existence can cause war.
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