The Rejected daughter chosen by the Alpha (Maya and Atila) novel Chapter 7

Chapter 7

– MAYA

His eyes narrowed, like he was deciding whether I meant it.

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Then he held out his hand-big, rough fingers, the kind that didn’t belong to a man who’d only ever known silk sheets and polished floors,

I sucked in a breath and let my trembling hand meet his.

Heat shot up my arm like a current, and for one terrifying seco, I was sure my knees were about to give out.

He pulled me out of the wardrobe with ridiculous case, like I weighed nothing at all.

He didn’t look away when he spoke.

“Miss Langford, prepare a room for my guest at my residence in Moonville. I want everything ready. I want her comfortable. Taken care of.”

“Yes, sir.” Langford said-and I caught the flicker of excitement she couldn’t quite hide.

Atila’s hand settled on my back. Firm enough to guide me. Gentle enough not to spook me.

We walked past my family.

My chin stayed up, but my eyes stayed fixed straight ahead. I didn’t look at any of them.

I just followed Langford, with Atila right behind me-his shadow huge and warm at my back, brushing mine like a warning and a promise all at once.

His presence was… suffocating.

Overwhelming.

And somehow, it steadied me.

As we started down the stairs, my breathing began to match his like my body was trying to fall into step with him without even asking permission.

“What do you think you’re doing, Maya?” my mother’s voice snapped behind us, too sharp, too loud. “Stop right now. Immediately.”

I didn’t turn around.

I kept going. One step at a time. My heart pounding so hard it hurt.

“Have you lost your mind?” she hissed, her heels striking the floor as she chased after us. “You’re going to abandon your family for a male?”

I swallowed hard.

Bitterness spread across my tongue, but I kept my eyes forward.

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“Look at me when I’m talking to you!” she shouted. “Your father will lose his mind when he comes back from his trip!”

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Chapter 7

Hed never cared that I existed. Why weald he care if I disappeared

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“You’ll regret this when he throws you away-because he will Hell get tired of you. They always do Her voice turned vicious. “And then you won’t have a home to crawl back to you supid girl:

My chest tightened like a fist closed around it

Linhaled slowly

And I pretended I didn’t hear her

Pretended she wasn’t there.

Pretended those words hadn’t been carving pieces out of me for years

Atila’s hand stayed steady on my back-silent support. I didn’t need to look at him to know he hadn’t moved.

When we reached the front door, the wood groaned as it opened the sound echoing through the hall.

I was already at the threshold when I heard her footsteps behind me get faster. Wilder.

You ungrateful hule thing! she spat, her voice cracking with raw fury. “After everything I’ve done for you! How dare you disobey me

She was so angry she’d forgotten the most powerful Alpha in the pack was standing right there.

Atila stopped.

He didn’t turn

He didn’t have to.

round him simply… shifted.

Colder

Sharper.

Like ice splitting under pressure.

“Not one more step. Melrose,” he said, his voice low and edged with something lethal. “And you’d better have a damn good explanation for hiding the fact that my Luna has been alive this whole time.”

My breath vanished.

My mother went rigid-like she’d been struck by an invisible slay

Luna

My Luna?

My stomach dropped so hard it felt like the floor disappeared beneath me. For a second, everything blurred-the cold draft from the open door, the scent of the house, the wood under my boots.

He couldn’t be talking about me.

He couldn’t

But then he kept going, every word hitting like a hammer.

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Chapter 7

“You and your husband will answer to the Council And I promise you there will be no mercy

My mother didn’t say a word

She just stood there, pale and shaking, lips parted like she’d forgotten how to form sound.

Me?

I felt my whole world tilt

His Luna Me Impossible.

So why did he say it?

And why was he helping me?

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