Submitting.

Ariel

With fury flowing through my veins like lava, I stormed back to my room. I can't believe Alpha Magnus had refused my request for rejection, dismissing me as if I were some fleeting nuisance.

My heart pounded, the anger radiating from me with every step.

Why had he even brought me into his pack if he already had Clarissa, his chosen mate? The question gnawed at me, its weight sinking deeper with each passing moment.

What was the point of me being here if my place was never going to be by his side?

I couldn’t stop replaying the scene in my mind—his indifferent rejection, the way he looked through me as if I were invisible.

It felt like a slap across my face, leaving me raw and exposed. But I wasn’t going to let it go. If he wouldn’t reject me now, I’d make him do it eventually.

I refused to s……