Escaping the Alpha, Claimed in the End novel Chapter 50

00.00 Sat, Jun 27

Chapter 50

Mucha’s POV

The only thing you owe him is a rejection. Say the words. End it.

It isn’t that easy. I told her. Falready rejected Jasper… and he rejected my rejection. He said I don’t get to choote

Lyra snorted. For some wolves, maybe. For us? No. Her tone sharpened. We’re not ordinary. We’re a special wolf, marky twice. We have two mates. That means choice. He doesn’t get to refuse you. He doesn’t get to own you

Two mates, I repeated, the fear loosening in my chest.

Yes, she said, firm. You get to decide which bond you keep. That’s your right. So stop hiding. Walk out there, lift your chib and reject him in front of everyone. Let the bond hear you. I’m with you.

Her words sank in deep. For the first time, I didn’t feel like prey trapped in a room full of wolves. I felt stronger-angry, awake, ready to fight back. My heartbeat slowed, my breathing steadied.

Images flashed in my head-Jasper aiming at me for practice, leaving me without food for days, taking every coin I worked for and calling it punishment. The cold floor of the dungeon. The sting of burns on my skin. His laugh every time I cried

Every cruel thing he’d ever done replayed in my mind, but this time it didn’t break me. It built me.

I drew a breath and stepped forward. The hall quieted like someone had turned the world down to low.

“Jasper,” I said, loud enough for the room to hear.

He looked amused, wiping the last smear of blood from his lip. “Yes, little pet?”

My spine went cold, then hot. “I reject you as my mate.”

A ripple of power moved through the hall, soft at first, then sharp, like a cord pulling tight. It hurt-brief and bright-then settled. My knees wobbled, but I stood my ground.

Ryder shifted behind me, close and solid but not crowding me. He let me own this.

I didn’t stop.

“I refuse the bond,” I said, louder. “I refuse you.”

A few gasps, and somewhere a glass clinked against stone. The air smelled like rain before a storm.

I kept my eyes on Jasper. “Ryder is my mate,” I said clearly. “He is the only mate I want. I never imagined being with you-

go-quier, not then, not now, not ever.” The words were simple, but they felt like a door unlocking. Something inside me let final, and free.

Jasper’s smile thinned. “Dramatic,” he said, but there was a new edge under it. “And

very public.

“I want it public,” I said. “I want everyone to know where I stand.”

Ryder stepped to my side then, his voice calm and steady. “I don’t care about your past, Amelia,” he said. “I chose you for who you are. You are my Luna.”

Your

The heat that washed through me at those words was quiet and strong, like a light that didn’t need to prove itself. The weight I’d carried for years seemed to slip from my shoulders. For once, I wasn’t defending myself-I belonged.

Around us, the pack buzzed with low shock.

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Two mates?” someone whispered.

“Is that even possible?”

The Moon marks as She wants,” another muttered, uncertain.

Lasper’s eyes narrowed. For the first time, confusion creased his perfect mask. “Two mates?” he repeated slowly. That’s h how this works.”

For me, it is,” I said.

He tapped a finger against his jaw, studying me like I was something he owned. “Then choose wisely,” he said, smooth at poisonous. “Remember who taught you everything you know. Who kept you alive. I practically raised you for ten years! Amelia. I know you better than anyone.”

1 scoffed, the sound sharp and bitter. “Took care of me?” My voice cracked into a shout. “You mean the years you torturett me. humiliated me, broke me down just because you could? How dare you say that after everything you did, you sadistic. sick bastard!”

Gasps tore through the hall.

Jasper’s face twisted, the smile vanishing. His nostrils flared, eyes flashing a dark, burning red.

“You wretched little stray,” he hissed. “How dare you?”

Then, with a low growl that sounded more beast than man, Jasper lunged straight for me.

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