The Alpha Rejected Me, But Stole My First Kiss

In My Dream

Kael POV

I returned to the palace earlier than planned, to meet with the officials who worked under my command. Yet the first one to greet me wasn’t an officer, it was my mother.

“You went to see that cursed omega, didn’t you?” she asked without hide her disgust.

“I only conducted a brief inspection at the border,” I said.

Her eyes narrowed. As usual, she was trying to read every thought I tried to bury. Even though I knew, Mom always knew the things I wanted to hide. But I wasn't a child anymore. Not every truth had to be hers. “I punished the girl by making her soak in the lake, Mom."

I didn’t flinch when her eyes tried to pierce me with her stare. The truth was that rebel’s daughter had willingly submerged herself in the icy waters, without me forcing anything.

“Argh! You never intended to sentence her to death,” she muttered in frustration.

“I don’t want any more unnecessary bloodshed,” I answered quietly.

“But the people will never forget how the Luroux family burned down the entire North BloodRage,” she reminded me coldly.

I knew where this was going. She was going to demand harsher punishment. I forced a smile and gently touched her hand to ease her agitation. “You always know what’s best, Mother. But it’s late. Please rest. I love you.”

I leaned forward to kiss her forehead, hoping it was enough to make her let me leave without more questions.

LADY SERAPHINE POV

I clenched my jaw at his behavior. Did he not realize how dangerous it was to let any surviving Luroux bloodline continue to breathe? I simply couldn’t understand why he kept trying to protect her.

Ever since he learned about that beautiful Luroux girl named Lira Ashera, he had made every effort to keep her alive. It was absurd, almost laughable.

How could we ever allow the descendant of a traitor to become the mate of an Alpha?

The people would revolt. They would question my son’s legitimacy as the ruling Alpha of the Northern BloodRage territory.

And for a moment, I felt relieved, believing that even the Moon Goddess wouldn’t bless the bond between that treacherous girl and my son.

My son should know his duty: to reject her.

But my moment of calm shattered the second he actually went to the border… just to see her.

Damn it. He was even willing to lie to me for that girl.

This must be stopped.

“By tonight, you’ll understand everything!” I screamed after him.

Alpha Kael paused in the hallway, his hand tightening into a fist. I knew he would never willingly listen to me whenever the topic was that girl. Not willingly, no.

But I am Lady Seraphine. I always have a contingency plan.

I will not allow anyone to ruin the destiny I have shaped for us.

If Alpha Kael won’t allow anyone to harm her…

Then I’ll make him want to destroy her himself.

That night, as he slept, I peeked through a small crack in his door.

He was tossing and turning, drenched in sweat, lost in a nightmare.

I smiled darkly. “By tomorrow morning, you will see that traitor’s daughter for what she truly is.”

Satisfied, I walked back to my chambers and slept peacefully, dreaming of a future where that girl no longer existed in our world.

ALPHA KAEL POV

I woke up with a violent gasp, my pulse racing as if my heart would tear through my chest.

That dream… oh no, that memory. I hadn’t seen it in years.

It was full of fire and steel, of screams and smoke so thick it blotted out the sky. No rain came. Even the heavens refused to wash away the blood.

I remembered myself as a child, very scared, really need help when I was running through a field of bodies.

“Run! Find your aunt!” my father had screamed at me.

The flames, the battle, the chaos… all of it belonged to the night nearly destroyed the entire North…

My father died that day—eighteen years ago—when I was just seven years old.

I had sprinted toward a security post, my body was shaking, my breath was tight when I arrived.

In that moment, I remembered exactly who I had sworn vengeance upon.

The cursed family named Luroux.

I grew up in a cold palace, under the strict gaze of the woman I call Mother, though she is truly my aunt, Lady Seraphine.

My life was filled with grief for years, until my father’s cousin, the kind Alpha Lucas, passed away. On his deathbed, he spoke to me gently: “Cruelty cannot end cruelty. I hope you become a leader as merciful as I tried to be.”

That was his last wish.

For a while, those words cooled the fire of hatred in me.

But tonight… all of it came back.

I had betrayed the lives of thousands by showing kindness to a girl whose bloodline once bathed my territory in fire.

I have the power now.

So why did I hesitate to make her pay?

I returned to the exile grounds just as the sun was beginning to rise. The place looks quiet, but peaceful.

Unfortunately this time I didn't come to see all that, now my head is filled with evil plans. First, I would burn down her entire house. Then I'd drag her out, humiliate her in front of everyone, with her skin scorched and bleeding. That’s what she deserves. After all, my father died covered in burns and a slit across his throat. But i won't kill him easily. I'll make her fate even more tragic. The sins that girl carries… are far too great to forgive.

With a torch in my hand, I was ready to set the exile house on fire.

This is the smartest decision I've ever made!

But just as I was about to fire the tree near the house, I saw Ashera sleeping in the front yard the one surrounded by that iron fence. I had no idea why she was there, but because of it, I froze for a moment.

Honestly... she looked beautiful. Unbelievably beautiful. She had this sweet scent that I couldn't explain, something tempting.

“What a pity. A girl was beautiful, bound to such a cruel past.”

Her hair was long and thick, she somehow kept her skin smooth and her body perfectly fit, even after years of exile. And those eyelashes… absurdly gorgeous.

What the hell am I saying?!

I shook my head. “Why is my mind wandering?!”

Ignoring everything that suddenly bothered me, I lifted the torch and burn the tree. Flames crawled quickly across the branches. I stepped away, watching it spread.

“Salute to you, Alpha!” a Gamma guard nearby called out.

I smirked and gave a small nod.

“Do you want to finish off the captive girl?” he asked casually.

“No, I just want to…”

A sudden pain shot through my chest. Damn it! Why does this feel exactly like when I rejected her at the hall last night?

“Are you alright, sir? You need rest. Come to the camp!”

I refused. “At the very least, I want to see her suffer!” I growled with pure hatred.

Lira Ashera POV

“What’s that smell? Is that… smoke?”

My mind was still foggy, not fully awake, but the crackling sound of flames pulled me back to reality.

Wait... a fire?

I shot up and stared in horror at the tree beside our house. It was already burning, the flames climbing higher as if dancing with the wind. My heart dropped to my stomach. I grabbed handfuls of dirt, throwing them at the flames like a fool, but it made no difference. The fire had already reached the old wooden walls of our home.

That’s our room. Maeva is still inside!

I sprinted into the house and rushed straight to Maeva. “Wake up!” I yelled, pulling her by the arm.

But Maeva was curled up under the bed, shaking, hands over her ears. “No… our family told us to stay here,” she cried back through mind-link, her voice broken and delusional.

Damn it. She’s hallucinating again.

I slapped her across the face, hard. “You have to live, damn it!”

She still didn’t move, just sobbed even harder. I had no choice

I grabbed a long piece of cloth, tied her to my back, and carried her out of the burning room. Because fire never waits, it only devours.

I ran toward the edge of the iron fence, struggling to tie Maeva to one of the metal bars. She kept screaming in my head, “We have to stay inside! Our family promised they would pick us up!”

I ignored her. Instead, I started jumping and screaming at the top of my lungs, “Our house is on fire! Please... somebody put it out!”

The Gamma guards were right there. I could see them. But not a single one bothered to help. Not even one glance of concern.

Were they really ordered to just… watch us die?

It must be. Alpha Kael and his men probably decided to end our lives right here and now.

I sank to my knees and cried. Honestly… I’m tired. I’m so tired.

I could only sit in the corner of that iron fence, waiting for the flames to eat up everything. Maybe next, it’ll be our turn to burn. The heat grew stronger, the fire spreading uncontrollably as the wind pushed it forward like it wanted us erased from the world.

Thinking about it now… maybe Maeva’s idea wasn’t that crazy. We haven’t seen our big family the warm, loving one in so long.

“It’s been seven years since we last saw them,” I whispered to Maeva.

“I miss them so much,” she cried even harder.

I breathed out quietly. “Do you think… they’ll ever come for us?”

“I’m exhausted…” she answered.

I wrapped my arms around her tightly. “Me too.”

At that moment, I realized… we really are nothing in this pack. Just pests they’d rather destroy slowly. Our lives had been taken from us. Maybe hoping for anything was a mistake from the start.

“Where are you?!” someone shouted from a distance.