Rejected, Yet Victorious

Synopsis

I was organizing pack documents in Roman's office, my fingers tracing over the embossed Moonstone Pack emblem on each folder. Seven years as Luna had taught me to keep everything in perfect order—a skill Roman had once praised but now seemed to take for granted. The afternoon sun slanted through the windows, casting long shadows across his mahogany desk as I sorted through the papers for tomorrow's Alpha succession ceremony. My Luna pendant felt heavy against my chest, a gift from Roman on our first anniversary. "To my eternal mate," he'd whispered then, his eyes holding mine with such intensity I'd believed those words with my whole heart. I reached for another stack of