Rejected by My Mate, Claimed by the Alpha King of the North

Synopsis

The current surged one last time, tearing through my nerve endings. Behind the reinforced glass of Ravencrest Asylum, Liam Blackwood watched without a flicker of emotion. My mate, my Alpha, the one meant to be bound to me, stood there as they disposed of me like I was nothing. "Your 'gift'?" His voice crackled through the speaker, warped but still sharp with contempt. "It was nothing but a lie to claim a bond with the Blackwood pack. Sophia is my true mate. And you, Elena, are just a flaw that needed to be erased." At his side, the blonde pressed close to him. Her nails, painted a deep blood red, glided over the Alpha Crest ring, the one that should have marked our bond. She turned it slowly, like it already belonged to her. The voltage spiked. Deep in my soul, my wolf let out one last, broken howl. Then everything went dark. I opened my eyes. The crystal chandelier lit my vision. The air was thick with champagne, sweet perfume, and that familiar, suffocating scent of cedarwood mixed with an Alpha's overwhelming presence. The bonding ceremony. I had come back to that night.