The Alpha's Rejected Luna

Chapter 5: The Unseen Power

CHAPTER 5: The Unseen Power

Kael was still on his knees on the floor.

Everyone in the hall was looking at him — the most powerful Alpha, on his knees in front of a girl he had rejected.

Elara finally looked at him. Her silver eyes were cold. There was no love. No hate. Just... nothing.

"Who are you?" she said, her voice like ice. "Do I know you?"

Kael felt his heart break. She is pretending. She remembers me, he thought. She is doing this on purpose.

"I... I'm Kael," he said, his voice shaking.

Elara tilted her head. "Kael? Sorry. I don't remember any Kael."

She then turned to the crowd and smiled slightly. "My old pack had many faces. Some were kind. Some were... not worth remembering."

Every word was a knife in Kael's heart.

Kael tried to stand up, but her power was too strong. It was pressing on him.

Maya, her friend, whispered, "Elara, he is the Alpha..."

Elara laughed. A soft, cold laugh. "Alpha? This place needs a real Alpha. Not a boy who bows when a real wolf walks in."

Suddenly, the lights in the hall flickered. The air became heavy. Elara's white wolf shadow grew bigger behind her. It opened its mouth and let out a silent roar that only every wolf's soul could hear.

One by one, all the Alphas in the room knelt. Not by choice. By power. Her Goddess power was forcing them to submit.

All except one old Alpha in the corner who was smiling.

He whispered, "The prophecy is true. The Goddess Wolf has returned."

Elara looked at all the kneeling Alphas, then finally, at Kael who was still on the floor, looking up at her like a lost child.

"You can all stand," she said.

Everyone stood. Except Kael.

He stayed on his knees, because now, he didn't want to stand. He wanted to stay there, in front of her.