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 168: Flight into Exile, An Ominous News Report


Three days. Three days of existing in a fog so thick I could barely breathe through it.


I lay on my bed staring at the ceiling, the words "arranged marriage" playing on repeat in my mind like a cruel song I couldn't shut off. Each time the phrase circled back, the knife in my chest twisted deeper.


Lucian was marrying someone else. An Alpha's daughter. Someone worthy of him.


I pressed my palms against my eyes until stars burst behind my eyelids. The pain was almost welcome—at least it was something different from the hollowness eating me from inside.


My phone buzzed for the twentieth time today. Vivienne again. I couldn't bring myself to answer. What would I say? That I was fine? That my heart wasn't shattered beyond repair?


"Aria?" Mom's gentle knock at my door startled me. "Dinner's ready, sweetheart."


"I'm not hungry." My voice sounded strange, like it belonged to someone else.
