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He rejected me, and then he realized I was the center of his world. Instead, I got someone even better. Raula I keep my head down. In this backward pack, females rank low, and my family's bloodline puts me among the lowest pack members. It doesn’t help that I’ve never shifted. I don’t mind the late twenties single life, though. No one’s paying any attention as I live my life the way I want. My roomies and I are doing it for ourselves, and if life under Ulfred Kessler is stifling, at least it’s predictable. We can deal. But when nature finally clicks in, I lose my mind. I claim our alpha as my mate. And he rejects me in front of the whole pack. It’s all good. It only hurts when I breathe. I’ll survive. That’s what I do. Who wants an arrogant jerk for a mate, anyway? But the heavens have prepared someone else for me. Damien Kessler is Ulfred's oldest brother who broke away from the Starry Banes pack years ago. He has never liked Ulfred. Damien I left Ulfred to deal with the Starry Banes pack. I gave him all the freedom to live his life the way he wished, but I will make him regret his biggest mistake of rejecting Raula Lockwood. He threw away the best thing that could have possibly ever happened to him. And now Raula is my second chance mate. Even if it means getting back everything that was rightfully mine, I won't let go of my mate when the heavens have given me a second chance.

One Rejected, Twice Wanted

When I open my eyes I'm panting, trying to catch my breath, and we're forehead to forehead and she's staring up at me.

I plant a swift kiss on her forehead and pull out of her and lie down beside her.

She winces as I withdraw, but other than that she looks okay.

Raula's lips stretch into a slow smile. It is so infectious, so I find myself smiling back at her. Her smile is immediately replaced by a shocked gasp.

"I have never seen you smile like this," she says.

"Really?" I lift an eyebrow in question.

"I hardly ever get to live suck beautiful moments that are worth smiling about," I respond, my mind slowly slipping into an abyss of darkness.

"Oh," she gasps, and then sits up, her hands reaching for my face.

Chapter Twenty Six