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 145: A Direct Question, A Sincere Promise


I stared at the white rose in my hand, its petals soft against my fingertips. *For the only moon that lights my sky.* The words from Lucian's note echoed in my mind, stirring emotions I'd tried desperately to bury.


This wasn't some grand, showy gesture meant to impress others. It was intimate. Personal. A reminder of something only we shared.


My fingers traced the crescent moon tattoo on my wrist. The counterpart to his sun. I'd gotten it during those brief, happy weeks when I believed we had a future together.


Memories flooded back – stolen kisses in empty hallways, whispered promises under starlight, the feel of his fingertips tracing this very tattoo as we lay tangled together.


"Damn it," I whispered, setting the rose down carefully.
