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The Secret She Cannot Hide

Author: Stephanie Miller
last update publish date: 2026-04-14 03:09:01

Lyra

The baby… it just reacted to him. My hand stayed on my stomach, and my fingers pressed there like I was trying to hold it still.

“What… what was that…” I whispered, and the warmth faded slowly but not fully; it lingered, like a memory, like something alive that had just gone quiet again. My heart was beating fast.

“No…”

I took a step back and another.

Ares was still in front of me, watching me, and his eyes narrowed.

“What is wrong?”

“Nothing,”

“You felt something,” he said, and I shook
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  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   Blood Before Destiny

    KAEL The mountain was coming apart at the seams. Stone was crashing around us. It was shaking the sanctuary but I did not even notice. All I could see was my sons. Fenrir was standing tall even though he was scared. He did not want to leave Orion’s side. Orion was holding Ares’ hand with one hand and reaching for Lyra with the other. He was trying to hold onto both of them at the time. My sons were afraid. They were children. Children should be playing, not standing in the middle of a war. They should be arguing over toys running around in the palace gardens and falling asleep during bedtime stories. Instead, they were in the middle of a war that should never have touched them. A war that I had helped create. I felt guilty. Every choice I made every lie I believed every moment I failed Lyra it all led to this. It led to this mountain and this nightmare. I made a promise to myself. If fate wanted another life today it would have to take mine The First Shadow let out

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   When Darkness Whispers

    ARES The sound that came from the distance did not sound like any animal I had ever heard. It sounded like someone was crying out in pain. It was as if every scream that had ever been heard in the mountain had become one voice. The place where we were standing started shaking hard. I almost fell. Large stone blocks were falling from the ceiling and hitting the floor. Everyone was trying to get out of the way. Then something came out of the darkness. It came out slowly. It looked like a living thing. It was not really alive. It was huge. It towered over everything. Its body was strange it was not like a wolf or a man it was something in between. It was covered in darkness that seemed to be moving. There were lines on its body that looked like they were pulsing. When it opened its eyes they were empty. They did not have any color they just looked like two spaces. The creature did not make any noise it just looked at us. That was even scarier. Every wolf around me was

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   The Guardian’s Truth

    ARES The mountain is dying. The first crack splits the floor beneath my boots with a loud sound. Warriors stumble as old stone gives way while silver light and black shadow collide overhead lighting up the cavern in flashes. This isn’t a battle anymore. It’s a race against time. “Fall back!" Commander Rowan shouts. His voice is hard to hear over the chaos. One of the pillars falls, crushing some of Serena’s soldiers under tons of rock. Dust fills the chamber covering everything in a haze. I pull Lyra behind me just as another section of the ceiling crashes down. “Are you hurt?” She shakes her head away. “No.” She never asks about herself first. Her eyes are already looking for the boys. Fenrir stands close to Kael one hand holding his father’s cloak. Orion clings to Lyra’s leg shaking but not crying. “They’re scared " Lyra whispers. I look at the twins. Scared? Of course they are. They just survived being kidnapped, chained, and almost used in a ritual. Somehow… T

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   The Unchosen Queen

    SERENA The thing I noticed was how quiet it was. Not around me. Inside me. I had imagined this moment many times over the years. I could have painted it from memory. The sanctuary was supposed to wake up. The guardian was supposed to kneel. The old power buried under the mountain was supposed to be mine. I had given up everything for it. My youth. My conscience. My humanity. The mountain bowed to her. Lyra. I stared across the room. She held the twins close one arm around each of them. Orion buried his face against her neck. His tiny fingers clutched her dress. He was scared she would disappear again. Fenrir stood beside her. He tried to look brave. It almost made me smile. Almost. He watched me. Not with hate. With caution. Kids always know more than grown-ups think they do. He knew I wasn’t done. He was right. “You lied.” The voice came from behind me. I didn’t need to turn around. It was Raze. “I never lied.” “You said the sanctuary would recognize me.”

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   A Mother’s Promise (Part Two)

    LYRAFor one moment I forgot how to breathe. Those eyes were not just glowing they were watching me with a patience that was really scary. It was like they had seen everything, from the beginning of time to the end. Every instinct in my body was screaming at me to step.. I did not step back. I stepped forward. I did this because Fenrir and Orion were a few feet away from me. Nothing else mattered to me at that moment. Nothing.Orion’s tiny voice cracked as he said "Mama!" His little arms were stretched out towards me. Tears were flowing down his cheeks. "I want to go " he said. His words broke my heart. "I'm taking you home " I said, trying to sound calm. My voice was shaking. "I promise " I added.Fenrir despite everything that was happening managed to smile. "I told Ori you'd come " he said. He was standing as close to his brother as he could, protecting him. My heart was aching. "My brave boy " I said. "You don't have to be brave. I'm here " I told him.The runes around them were f

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King    A Mother’s Promise

    LYRAThe mountain wasn’t silent anymore.It groaned around us, ancient and restless, as if it had slept for centuries only to wake because we had crossed its threshold. Dust drifted from the ceiling in pale clouds, coating my hair and shoulders, but I barely noticed.There was only one thing I could hear.“Mama…”The voice was faint.Broken.But it was real.My legs carried me forward before my mind caught up. I ran through the winding corridor, my heartbeat pounding so loudly it drowned out the clashing swords somewhere behind us.“Ares!” Rowan shouted from farther back. “The western passage is secure!”“Keep moving!” Ares answered.His voice sounded distant.Everything did.Because all I could think was—They’re alive.For days I’d imagined the worst.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw empty cribs.Tiny hands slipping away from mine.Fenrir is calling for me.Orion was crying because his brother wasn’t beside him.Those thoughts had become a prison of their own.Now…They were only

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   Where She Wanted Me

    Serena’s POV.The runner showed up before noon, on time. He was dirty, not the dirt that makes guards suspicious.The kind they ignore.Good.I prefer smart over loyal. Loyalty gets you killed.He came in without knocking. He had already been cleared. He had already been waiting.He knelt. Pulled o

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   The Moment I Lost Her

    KaelI pulled up at the gate.She was on the wall.Alive.She was wearing leather. Her eyes were silver. Her hands were on her stomach.She looked round. Pregnant.My legs gave out. I fell to the dirt.“Lyra—" I choked. "I didn’t know. I swear I didn’t know.”She looked down at me. Her face was emp

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   Don't Bleed For Me

    LyraI found out from Darric.Not from Ares. Ares would not tell me until I asked him, and I would not have asked if I had not seen Darric order the border patrols doubled and the archers to be set on the south wall."Are you expecting trouble?" I asked.Darric stopped moving. "The King went to Sto

  • Rejected and Banished: Claimed by the Lycan King   Yearning

    AresShe didn’t look back. She should have. Kings aren’t used to being walked away from. My wolves, who had been silently watching as we spoke, weren’t used to it either. Three of them at the tree line shifted, growling low, asking why I let a banished Omega dismiss their king. Because she wasn’t an

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