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 143: Time to Heal, A Promise to Wait


I stood frozen, staring into Lucian's desperate eyes. Those same eyes that once looked at me with disgust now brimmed with love and hope. My wolf stirred inside me, whimpering, urging me to forgive him, to jump into his arms and forget the pain.


"I need time," I finally said, my voice barely above a whisper. "What you did to me, Lucian... it broke something inside me."


His face fell, but he nodded slowly. "I understand."


"Do you?" I wrapped my arms around myself, creating distance between us. "You rejected me twice. The second time was worse than the first because I had actually started to believe in us."


The memory of that day still cut like glass. His rage. His accusations. The vicious words he hurled at me in front of everyone.


"Those scars..." I continued, gesturing to his back, "I had them too. But the ones you left on my heart run deeper."
