Chapter One – The End of Us
The forest was silent, save for the sound of Selene's heart shattering into pieces.
Rain lashed down, soaking her torn dress, washing away the scent of the pack that had cast her out. Her legs burned from running, but she didn't stop. She couldn't—not after what happened.
His voice still echoed in her head.
> "I, Alpha Darius Blackwood, reject you, Selene Rivers, as my mate."
The rejection hit her like a silver blade to the chest. She hadn't just lost a mate—she had lost her place, her worth, her reason for breathing. Darius, the boy she had loved since she was a child, had looked her in the eye and spoken those cruel words in front of the entire pack.
And then… he had turned his back on her.
Selene's knees gave out, and she collapsed at the edge of the riverbank, mud seeping into her palms. She let out a sob she didn't know she'd been holding in. Her wolf whimpered inside her, quiet and broken.
"I'm nothing," she whispered to no one.
But the Moon Goddess had not forsaken her.
Not far from the trees, two shadows moved—tall, broad-shouldered figures cloaked in power so potent it made the air shift. They followed her scent like a calling, their wolves growling with recognition before their eyes even saw her.
Twin Alphas.
Notorious. Feared. Untouchable.
Kaien and Kairo Thorn.
And they had just found their mate.