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CHAPTER 40: Clothes In The Shower
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2026-07-17 20:59:03
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Cullen turned around. The protective, gentle warmth in his eyes vanished, replaced instantly by a dark, lethal disgust."If I had shown Caomh these papers," Cullen growled, stepping so close his chest brushed against mine, "he would have thrown them in the fire."I flinched. "No. He is obsessed with his bloodline. He would never accept a Beta's child.""He wouldn't have had a choice!" Cullen fired back, his voice vibrating with fierce, unyielding conviction. "Caomh had already presented Dreda to the entire continent as his chosen mate. He had already humiliated you on the dais in front of your people. If he admitted he was tricked by his own Beta and a lower-ranking female, his pack would have lost all respect for him. He would have looked like an incompetent, blind fool."Cullen reached out, his large hands framing my face. His touch was firm and warm, anchoring me as the final pieces of my past shattered into dust."You are focusing on the wrong betrayal," Cullen said, his voice dro
The Mate He Rejected CHAPTER 48: Hitting The Alpha
The crisp sheet of the genetic report felt like dry ice against my fingertips. The black ink blurred as my eyes traced the words again and again, trying to force my brain to accept the impossible reality.Riordan.Bronson’s bloodline.The silence in the temporary office pressed against my ears, thick and heavy. The faint, rhythmic dripping of rain hitting the courtyard stones outside the arched window was the only sound in the room. I slowly lowered the paper back onto the dark timber desk, placing it next to the stolen prenatal logs that proved Dreda was pregnant weeks before she ever stepped foot in Caomh’s bed.I looked up. Cullen stood perfectly still in his sharp black suit, his broad shoulders blocking the pale afternoon light. His silver-gray eyes never left my face.He didn't look guilty. He looked like a man who had carried a crushing weight for five years and had finally set it down."You had the proof," I said. My voice was a brittle, fragile whisper that barely carried acr
The Mate He Rejected CHAPTER 47: His Best Friend Did It
I leaned over the desk, my hands bracing against the wood edge. The sheer volume of evidence he had gathered was staggering. He hadn't just suspected a lie; he had systematically dismantled their entire cover story while I was learning how to survive in his territory."It wasn't just a cleared hallway, Meghann," Cullen murmured, stepping up close behind me. His chest brushed against my back, a solid wall of support. "The entire trap was built on a ticking clock."Cullen reached over my shoulder. His large index finger tapped against a specific line of text on the first medical ledger."You were a healer," he instructed quietly. "Read the dates."I followed the line of his finger. The black ink was slightly faded, but the numbers were crystal clear. It was a record of Dreda's vitals, noting elevated hormones, frequent morning sickness, and a completely missed cycle.I looked at the date recorded at the top of the page.November 14th.The Winter Solstice feast, the night Caomh claimed h
The Mate He Rejected CHAPTER 46: The Dates Do Not Match
The broken pieces of crimson wax lay scattered across the dark timber desk, looking like tiny drops of dried blood. I stood frozen in the quiet, dim office, my fingers gripping the edges of the thick gray dossier. The Silver Moon crest stamped on the cover stared back at me, dragging up memories I had spent five years trying to bury.The heavy door clicked shut.I gasped, my head snapping up. Cullen stood in the shadows of the entryway. He wore a crisp black suit, his broad shoulders filling the space. The pale afternoon light filtering through the arched window caught the silver-gray of his eyes as they locked onto my pale face, then dropped slowly to the file trembling in my hands.The rushing sound of the courtyard fountain outside faded into the background, replaced entirely by the frantic, rapid thudding of my pulse in my ears."You knew," I whispered. The words scraped against my dry throat, tasting like bitter ash. "You had her records."I expected him to yell. I expected the t
The Mate He Rejected CHAPTER 45: A Lie To Save Her
Cullen let let go of my wrists and took the folder from my grip. He turned and set it flat in the center of the dark timber desk, right beneath the bright light of the window."When I pulled you out of the mud at the border five years ago," Cullen began, his silver eyes locking onto mine with an intensity that made it impossible to look away, "I told you that I needed a fake mate to secure my position against the traditional elders. I told you it was a business arrangement.""It was," I said, my chest tightening."It wasn't," Cullen countered flatly. He reached into his vest pocket and pulled out a small, intricate brass key. "The treaty was real, but the necessity of a mate was a lie I spun to give you a reason to come with me. You were hollow, Meghann. You had just been rejected by the man you thought was your destiny, and you were ready to let the cold take you. If I had offered you pity, you would have stayed in the mud. So I offered you a contract."I stared at him, the pieces of
The Mate He Rejected CHAPTER 44: The Red Wax Seal
The temporary office assigned to the Arden pack at the neutral compound was quiet, filled with the scent of dried ink, old parchment, and the lingering chill of the morning rain. Sunlight cut through the high, arched windows, throwing long strips of pale light across the stone floor.I walked behind the large, dark timber desk. My body still carried the faint, deep ache from the shower earlier, a persistent reminder of the way Cullen had held me against the wet tiles, making promises against my skin that blurred every boundary we had built. The scent of winter pine and dark mint still clung faintly to my hair, keeping me grounded despite the frantic hum of the summit outside these walls.Cullen needed the revised western border treaty for his afternoon meeting with Elder Foster. He had stayed behind in the courtyard to speak with our scouts about the security perimeter after the bridge ambush, so I had offered to fetch the document from his office.I pulled open the top drawer of the
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