My Alpha Rejected Me for a Dare, So I Walked Away Chapter 07

My Alpha Rejected Me for a Dare, So I Walked Away Chapter 07

The Truth He Never Let Himself See

Truth is, after the rejection, I didn’t plan to run to Kael.

I was bleeding out in a borrowed den. I’d just lost my pup. I couldn’t even stand up straight.

Kael came to me.

Vivian had announced the rejection to every pack she could reach – paraded it like a trophy – and Kael heard within hours.

He was on my doorstep that same night.

He reminded me of the promise I’d made him, years ago.

*“If the day ever comes that your bond breaks will you come to me? Right away?“*

Back then I was a lovesick, stupid little she–wolf. I thought my bond with Logan was forever. I’d said

yes without thinking.

I never imagined I’d have to keep that promise.

Something shattered in my wolf said yes again. Quieter this time. Hollow.

The next morning, Kael took me to the Council scribes and marked me as his mate.

I’d warned Logan about Kael once, back when we were still bonded. I told him there was a higher–ranking Alpha from another territory who’d offered me everything – and that if Logan ever stopped valuing me, that Alpha would be waiting.

Logan had laughed.

He’d even read through the letters Kael and I exchanged. Flipped through them like they were

nothing.

“Some delusional rogue pretending to be an Alpha? And *you* fell for it? Cute, Clara. Really cute.”

Kael and I had met through letters across pack borders. I could read old wolf–runes – a dying skill – and Kael had been searching for someone who could teach him. He wanted to talk to his grandmother, a former Luna who’d been mauled as a young wolf and lost her voice. Runes were the only way she spoke.

I taught him. That’s how it started.

Even when I swore to Logan that Kael was a real Alpha – a powerful one – Logan didn’t believe

me. Didn’t even blink.
Now Kael stood right in front of him. And finally, Logan understood.

The door to the healing room opens.

The healers wheel Asher out. My pup’s eyes are open. When he sees me, his little face crumples with worry – worry for *me*.

My sweet, tiny pup rasps out, “Mommy, don’t cry. It’s bad for the little one in your belly.”

Looking at the cat scratches crisscrossing his soft little cheeks, I lose it. Tears just fall.

I squeeze his hand.

I follow the healers toward the recovery den.

Kael turns to his Beta, voice like iron: “Call the Council enforcers. This is going in front of tribunal. No exceptions.”

Logan stands frozen, like the whole sky collapsed on his head.

He finally understands.

He’s a joke.

He lost his mate. He lost his pup. Both at once.

He stumbles after me.

“Clara – Clara, please, we need to talk –”

Kael slams him against the wall before Logan can reach me.

Kael’s fangs are out. His Alpha aura is choking the hallway.

“This isn’t over, Blackthorn.”

“I’ll tear your pack apart. Brick by brick.”

A healer’s voice echoes from down the corridor: “This is a healing hall! No fighting! You’re disturbing patients!”

If not for the healer, Kael’s fist would already be in Logan’s face.

The Council enforcers arrive. They haul Logan and Vivian off for questioning.

Two of them come to the recovery den to take statements from me and Asher. Once he’s stable, I leave him with the pack nursemaid and head to the Council outpost with Kael and our advocate.

Logan’s advocate is already there.

Logan sits like a corpse.

“I didn’t mean to hurt my pup.”

Even now, he can’t let go of the word *pup* – he still thinks Asher is his.

“I thought he was my pup. I was just a father bringing his pup home.”

“I didn’t mean any harm.”

Vivian whimpers, “Yes, it’s all a misunderstanding.”

I pull the blood lineage test out of my bag and throw it in Logan’s face.

“This is my pup’s blood lineage! Stop fooling yourself!”

“I lost the pup we made. It happened the night you rejected me – the bond snapping tore it out of

me.”

Logan’s mouth falls open. He fumbles the report off the floor, scans it with shaking hands.

When his eyes land on the line naming Kael as the father – he goes white as bone.

His legs buckle. He staggers back a step.

His eyes go red and wet at once. His voice cracks.

“Why did you lose our pup?”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”