Seraphina

Aria Calloway’s life has one golden rule: stay invisible. It’s the only way for an omega like her to survive, especially since her father’s death in a pack war still wakes her up screaming. 
So, it's baggy clothes, fake glasses, and sticking to the shadows, because the last thing she needs is attention from someone like Lucian Monroe.
 He's the Head Alpha’s son, all dangerous charm and campus royalty, basically everything she’s not. 
But a literal collision in the hallway is just the start, and then he even, bizarrely, defends her from his own crew. Things really spiral at her friend Caleb's party. How do you go back to being invisible when the most powerful guy on campus just branded you with a lie, and what happens when the aftermath of that "mistake" is something neither of them can ignore?

The Alpha’s Rejected MATE

Chapter 137: A Kind Alpha's Comfort in the Night's Despair


I limped down the deserted street, each step sending sharp pain through my twisted ankle. Tears streamed down my face, blurring my vision in the dim streetlight. The night air bit at my exposed skin—my waitress uniform offering little protection against the cold.


Lucian's cruel words replayed in my mind like a broken record.


*I hate it when dirty women like her dare to touch me. There is nothing pretty about her.*


A sob tore from my throat, raw and painful. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to hold together the pieces he had shattered with such casual cruelty.


Four years. Four years of rebuilding myself, and in less than a minute, he'd reduced me to rubble again.


My ankle gave out, and I stumbled against a lamppost, clinging to it for support. The metal was cold against my palms, grounding me in the present moment even as my past threatened to drown me.
