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 44: Balcony Barbs and a Painful Smile


The realization hit me like a physical blow. Lucian Monroe—the man who had publicly rejected and humiliated me—was holding me against his chest while I sobbed about my father.


I jerked away from him, my cheeks burning with embarrassment. How could I have mistaken him for Caleb? How could I have shared those private thoughts with him of all people?


"Don't touch me," I whispered, wrapping my arms around myself protectively.


Lucian didn't reach for me again. Instead, he leaned against the balcony railing, his dark eyes studying me with an intensity that made my skin tingle. The afternoon sun highlighted the sharp angles of his face, making him even more devastatingly handsome.


"I wasn't trying to upset you," he said, his voice surprisingly gentle. "I just saw you were crying."


"And what? You suddenly care?" I wiped away the last of my tears, angry at myself for showing weakness in front of him.
