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 7: The Mate Reveal and Public Humiliation


A week dragged by since Caleb's party, and I couldn't shake the memory of Lucian's kiss. Random tears would spring to my eyes during class, in the shower, while eating dinner. I couldn't explain it to myself, let alone others.


"What the hell is that on your neck?" Vivienne gasped during lunch three days after the party.


She leaned closer, her eyes widening. "Is that a hickey? Aria Calloway, you've been holding out on me!"


"That is definitely not nothing." She pulled me into the empty classroom nearby. "Spill. Now."


I broke down, telling her everything—the dark hallway, the kiss, the mistaken identity.


"That bastard," she hissed, her eyes flashing. "I'll kill him."


"No! Promise you won't say anything," I begged. "Please, Viv. It's embarrassing enough."


She reluctantly agreed, but I could see the fury simmering beneath her promise.
