Rejected by Her Mate Claimed by Four Alphas novel Chapter 214

CHAPTER 199&200

Clara’s POV

“Trust me, that will never happen. I’d rather die alone than spend another second with an arrogant bastard like you.”

He left without another word, and I slammed the door behind him hard enough to rattle the frame. My hands were shaking again, but this time it was from anger, not desire. How dare he? How dare he assume I was his for the taking? How dare he destroy my relationship and then waltz back in here expecting me to fall into his arms?

I needed to find Darius. I needed to fix what I’d broken, if it could even be fixed.

I found him on the roof, staring out at the territory that had once been Jaden’s. The moonlight turned his dark hair silver and cast sharp shadows across his face. He didn’t turn when he heard my footsteps, but his shoulders tensed like he was bracing for another blow.

“Darius.”

“What do you want, Clara?” His voice was flat, emotionless. So different from the warm, loving tone he usually used with me.

“I want to talk to you. To apologize properly this time.”

“You already apologized.”

“Not properly. Not the way you deserve.” I moved to stand beside him, though he still wouldn’t look at me. “I fucked up. I know that. But I need you to understand something.”

“What’s that?”

“What happened with Lucien… it wasn’t about him. It wasn’t about you not being enough or me wanting someone else.” I took a shaky breath, trying to find the right words. “It was about me being weak About letting myself get caught up in something that felt like power when really it was just manipulation.”

He finally looked at me, and I could see all the pain I’d caused reflected in his eyes. “You think he manipulated you?”

“I think he used whatever connection exists between our bloodlines to make me feel things that weren’t real. But that doesn’t excuse what I did. I should have been stronger. I should have pushed him away immediately. I should have told you the truth from the beginning.”

“Yes, you should have.”

The blunt agreement stung, but I deserved it. I deserved every bit of pain he wanted to give me.

“I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry, Darius. You mean everything to me. Everything. No man could ever take me from you because you’re the only one I want. The only one I’ve ever really wanted.”

CHAPTER 200

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My wolf stirred restlessly at those words, like she disagreed, but I ignored her. She’d caused enough trouble already.

“How do I know that?” he asked quietly, and the vulnerability in his voice broke my heart. “How do I know you won’t kiss him again the next time he corners you? The next time you feel that… connection?”

“Because I just threw him out of our room when he tried to finish what we started in the garden.” I turned to face him fully, needing him to see the truth in my eyes. “Because I told him to fuck off and stop thinking with his d**k. Because I told him I’m taken by a man who actually gives a damn about me.”

Something shifted in his expression, a flicker of hope breaking through the pain. “He came to our room?” “Yes. He waltzed in here expecting me to fall into his arms like some lovesick teenager. And I sent him away because the only man I want touching me is you. The only man I want in my bed, in my life, in my future, is you.”

For a long moment, we just stared at each other. I could see him weighing my words, trying to decide if he could trust me again. Trying to decide if what we had was worth fighting for.

Then he reached out, his fingers brushing my cheek with infinite gentleness.

“You’re really sorry.”

“I’m destroyed by what I did to you. To us. I would take it back in a heartbeat if I could.”

“And you chose me over him.”

“I choose you over everyone. Always. Forever. There is no choice, Darius. There’s only you.”

He pulled me against him then, his mouth crashing down on mine with desperate hunger. I melted into him, pouring all my regret and love and desperate need into the kiss. This was what I wanted. This was

what was real. This was home.

His hands tangled in my hair, tilting my head back so he could deepen the kiss. I could taste his forgiveness in the way he held me, feel his love in the gentle way his thumb brushed across my cheek.

“I love you,” I whispered against his lips.

“I love you too. But if you ever lie to me again, if you ever betray me like this again…”

“I won’t. Never again. I swear to you, on my life, on my wolf, I will never hurt you like this again.”

He lifted me easily, carrying me back toward our room like I weighed nothing. The intensity between us was building, need and love and relief all tangling together into something that burned through my veins

like fire.

We barely made it through the door before his mouth was on my neck, his hands working at the laces of my dress. I gasped as the fabric fell away, leaving me in just my underclothes. His eyes went dark with desire as he looked at me.

“Mine,” he growled against my throat, his voice rough with need.

CHAPTER 199

Yours,” I agreed breathlessly. “Always yours.”

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