Rejected by Her Mate Claimed by Four Alphas novel Chapter 140

CHAPTER 124-1

Alpha Darius’s POV

I stormed down the hallway, my hands clenched into fists at my sides. The nerve of that bastard. The

absolute fucking nerve.

Jaden Silverstein thought he could send a messenger to my territory, to my packhouse, to request an

audience with my mate like she was still his to command. Like the months she’d spent building a life here

meant nothing. Like I meant nothing.

My wolf was pacing furiously in my mind, snarling and snapping at the insult. Another alpha daring to make demands about our mate. Another alpha treating her like she was available, like she was still his

property to reclaim whenever he felt like it.

The hallway seemed to stretch endlessly in front of me as my rage built with each step. Pack members who saw me coming quickly stepped aside, pressing themselves against the walls with their heads down. Smart. I was in no mood to deal with anything or anyone right now.

I’d handled the messenger with more restraint than he deserved. Derek was lucky to still be breathing, let alone being offered a place to stay for the night. Any other alpha who dared send such a message would have received their messenger back in pieces.

But I’d controlled myself for Clara’s sake. Because I knew she wouldn’t approve of me killing someone who was just following orders, no matter how offensive those orders were.

Still, the urge to hunt down Jaden myself and tear his throat out was almost overwhelming.

Did that pup have a death wish? Because that’s what this felt like. A direct challenge to my authority, to my claim on Clara, to everything we’d built together.

I thought about the way Derek had delivered the message. The casual assumption that Clara would want to hear from her former mate. The expectation that she might actually consider going back to see him.

As if she would willingly return to the pack that had tried to kill her. As if she would choose the alpha who had rejected her over the one who had saved her life.

But the doubt was there, gnawing at me like a poison. What if she did want to see him? What if there were things left unsaid between them, feelings that hadn’t been fully resolved?

I reached the main security office and pushed through the door with more force than necessary. The three guards inside looked up from their reports, immediately straightening when they saw my expression.

“Alpha,” Tyler said, rising from his chair. “Is everything alright?”

“Border security,” I said curtly. “I want double patrols for the next week. Any unauthorized approach to our territory gets reported immediately.”

“Yes, Alpha. Are we expecting trouble?”

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thought about the messenger currently sleeping in our guest quarters, about the message he’d delivered, about the implications of Jaden knowing Clara was alive and wanting to see her.

“Possibly. Make sure our people know to be extra vigilant.”

Tyler nodded and began issuing orders to the other guards. I tried to focus on the security protocols, on the practical steps needed to protect our territory, but my mind kept wandering back to Clara.

To the way she’d sat on my lap in the office, warm and trusting. To the way she’d kissed me back with such passion before the messenger had interrupted us. To the firm way she’d refused Jaden’s request.

But also to the way she’d tried to calm me down afterward. The way she’d reached for me when I was clearly furious. The way she’d looked concerned instead of relieved when I’d put that bastard’s messenger

in his place.

After a few minutes of trying and failing to concentrate on patrol schedules and border checkpoints, I

gave up. My head was a mess, my thoughts spinning in circles, my wolf still snarling about other alphas

and claims and mates.

“Handle the rest,” I told Tyler abruptly. “Report to me tomorrow morning.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

I left the security office and headed back through the packhouse, my footsteps heavy and angry. Pack members continued to scatter out of my way, sensing the dangerous mood radiating from me.

I needed to get control of myself. Needed to think clearly about the situation instead of just reacting with rage and possessiveness.

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CHAPTER 124-2

But every time I tried to calm down, I thought about Jaden’s message again. The audacity of it. The insult it represented.

By the time I reached my bedroom, my wolf was practically howling with frustration..

“You should have marked her,” he snarled in my mind. “Should have claimed her properly instead of playing

these stupid games.”

I slammed the bedroom door behind me and leaned against it, closing my eyes and trying to block out my

wolf’s accusations.

“Other alphas keep circling because they don’t see our mark on her,” he continued relentlessly. “Because they

think she’s still available. Still unclaimed.”

“She’s not unclaimed,” I said aloud, my voice harsh in the empty room.

“Then why do they keep trying to take her from us?”

Because they were idiots. Because they thought they could challenge me. Because they didn’t understand

that Clara belonged with me regardless of marks or formal mating ceremonies.

But my wolf wasn’t satisfied with that answer.

“Lucien watches her like prey. Killian looks at her like she’s something he wants to devour. Ronan respects her strength but wants to claim it for himself. And now Jaden thinks he can summon her back to him.”

“Clara refused him,” I reminded my wolf.

“This time. But what about next time? What about when the next alpha decides he wants what’s ours?”

The questions hit too close to home. Because the truth was, I didn’t know where Clara’s head was when it came to our relationship. Yes, she’d refused Jaden’s request. Yes, she seemed happy here with me. But we’d never actually talked about the future, about what we were building together, about whether she saw this as permanent or just convenient.

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I’d been so focused on training her, on making her stronger, on enjoying what we had in the moment, that I’d never pushed for clarity about what came next.

Maybe my wolf was right. Maybe the reason other alphas kept circling was because they sensed that uncertainty. Because they could tell that despite everything we’d shared, Clara and I hadn’t made things official.

I moved to the window and stared out at the territory I’d built, at the pack I’d created from nothing. Everything I’d worked for, everything I’d achieved, and it all felt meaningless if I couldn’t keep Clara by my side.

The thought of losing her to another alpha, especially to the bastard who had tried to have her killed,

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made my chest feel like it was being crushed in a vise.

I needed to know where she stood. Needed to understand what this thing between us meant to her.

Needed to be sure that when she’d refused Jaden’s request, it was because she truly wanted to be here with me, not just because she felt obligated.

The uncertainty was eating me alive.

“Talk to her,” my wolf urged. “Stop dancing around the issue and get answers.”

For once, my wolf and I were in complete agreement.

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