The Rejected daughter chosen by the Alpha (Maya and Atila) novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96

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If someone had told me I’d survive ten straight days of that in a human body, I would’ve laughed in

their face.

By day three, I walked like an athlete after championship overtime.

By day five, everything hurt.

By day seven, I started wondering how long the average man could endure before becoming a medical case study.

We barely stopped.

Mostly to eat.

Sometimes to sleep.

Sometimes not even that.

My chest was marked up. My back scratched raw. My neck looked like I’d lost a territorial dispute with a wildcat.

Technically…

I had.

On the tenth morning, I woke with her draped over me.

This time it wasn’t urgency.

It was calm.

Her breathing was steady. Face relaxed.

Maya blinked slowly, awareness returning piece by piece.

She looked at me.

Then down.

Then her eyes widened.

She was completely naked.

So was I.

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The daylight made the damage obvious-red streaks crossing my chest like war scars.

Her hand flew to her mouth.

“Oh my God… what did I do to you?”

My voice came out rough.

“I’m fine.”

“You’re not fine!” She shot upright, the sheet sliding off. “I clawed you everywhere.”

I tried lifting my arm.

Bad idea.

“It wasn’t exactly a hardship spending ten days fucking you,” I said, managing a tired grin.

She flushed.

“What day is it?”

“February twentieth.”

Her eyes widened again.

“So… it’s been ten days?”

“Exactly.”

I ran a hand through her hair. Softer now. Untangled.

“You feel better?”

She bit her lip.

“Yeah.”

Silence stretched between us.

“Can I ask you something?” she said quietly.

I exhaled.

“As long as it doesn’t involve going another round right now.”

She let out a nervous laugh.

Then she grew serious.

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“Now that you’ve seen me like that… out of control… don’t you think it’s strange?”

I studied her.

“Are you ready to talk about it?”

She inhaled slowly.

“I think so.”

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The kitchen looked like a disaster zone.

Dishes stacked in the sink. One chair slightly crooked. A new mark on the table I chose not to analyze.

Fresh coffee was the only thing giving the room any dignity.

Maya stood at the stove wearing nothing but one of my oversized shirts, stirring eggs with exaggerated focus.

I sat down carefully.

Still sore.

She placed two plates down and sat across from me.

Silence.

Then she took a breath.

“Okay. I need to tell you something.”

“I’m listening.”

She intertwined her fingers on the table.

“I’m not… normal,”

I tilted

my head.

“I noticed. You’re wildly insatiable.”

She almost smiled.

“I’m serious.”

“So am I.”

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She sighed.

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“I know this is going to sound insane. You might think I’ve lost it. Or that I’m making excuses for…” She gestured vaguely. “All of that.”

“For the last ten days?”

She nodded.

“My family isn’t ordinary.”

“Okay.”

“We’re not exactly human.”

I held her gaze.

She searched my face, waiting for shock. Laughter. Fear.

“Go ahead,” she said. “You can laugh.”,

“I’m not laughing.”

She swallowed.

“We come from a bloodline of wolves.”

Silence.

“Alphas,” she added.

“Wolves… metaphorically?” I asked evenly.

She shook her head.

“No. Literally.”

I leaned back.

“Go on.”

She blinked.

“You’re not going to call me crazy?”

“No.”

“Or say

“No.”

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Her brow furrowed.

“Why?”

I shrugged.

“Because I believe you.”

The silence after that was thick.

“You believe me?” she repeated.

“Yes.”

She looked… unsettled.

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“My family descends from an ancient alpha line. My sisters too. Except me. I’m different. I’m an omega.”

“If you’re the weaker one, I don’t even want to meet the strongest,” I said lightly.

She smiled faintly.

“There are cycles,” she continued. “Phases when the body changes. The mind shifts. Control… disappears.”

“Like the last ten days?”

She nodded slowly.

“It’s called heat.”

I know, love. But I can’t tell you yet that I know every detail about you. About us.

“And your family?” I asked. “You get along?”

Her shoulders tightened.

“They thought my ‘weakness’ needed to be hidden.”

Something dark crossed her face, Still an open wound.

“So I ran to London. Months later, I had a car accident, I woke up weeks later with pieces of my memory gone. Beatrice said it was a miracle I survived.”

I said quietly,

“I’m glad you did. And that we met.”

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She blinked at me.

“You’re strangely calm.”

“Maybe I’ve seen too many strange things in my life.”

She studied me.

“Sometimes I dream about someone in fire with me.”

My heart skipped.

“Do you recognize them?”

“I can’t see a face. I just know… I’m not alone.”

I tightened my grip on my glass:

“Maybe you never were.”

She tilted her head, confused.

Before she could ask anything else, her eyes shifted toward the window.