Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by his BrotherUpdated at Aug 10, 2026, 16:12
For nineteen years, Ella Ashwood has lived as the shame of the Blood Moon Pack.She is the girl everyone whispers about, she's the orphan with no family, no rank... and no wolf.In a world where every werewolf shifts before their sixteenth birthday, Ella's wolf never does. She was labeled cursed and treated as an outcast, she survives by keeping her head down and enduring the cruelty of a pack that has never wanted her. The only thing that keeps her going is the belief that the Moon Goddess has not completely abandoned her.Then comes the annual Mate Ceremony.When the Moon Goddess reveals Alpha Rowan Blackwood as her fated mate, Ella dares to believe that fate has finally chosen her because instead of Rowan choosing her as his mate, he humiliates her before the entire pack."I, Alpha Rowan Blackwood, reject Ella Ashwood as my mate."With those words, the fragile future she had dreamed of crumbles.But something is terribly wrong, the rejection doesn't kill her because while everyone believes that Ella has no wolf, the truth is far more dangerous.IBefore anyone can make sense of the impossible, another shock shakes the Blood Moon Pack.Lucien Blackwood, the exiled elder brother of Alpha Rowan and the feared Alpha King who vanished years ago after being accused of murdering his own father returns without warning.The moment his eyes meet Ella's, his wolf recognizes her.Mate.Now the impossible has happened.A woman rejected by one Alpha has been claimed by another.The werewolf world has only one explanation.She is cursed but the truth is much darker.As ancient secrets buried for generations begin to surface, Ella discovers that her entire life has been built on lies. The wolf she believed she never had was hidden, the parents she thought were dead were stolen from her and the blood flowing through her veins is powerful enough to change the fate of every werewolf kingdom.Suddenly, she is no longer the forgotten orphan everyone pitied. She becomes the woman every Alpha wants to possess... or destroy.As kingdoms prepare for war, forbidden love threatens to tear a powerful family apart, old betrayals return to haunt the present, and the line between destiny and choice begins to blur but the greatest danger isn't the enemies hunting Ella. It's the truth behind the mate bond itself.Because sometimes, being rejected isn't the end of a live atory... It's only the beginning.