Chapter 11: She’s a witch!

~Hazel’s POV~

"I reject you."

That’s all I heard. That’s all I felt.

Cayden’s words struck my chest like a whip. Cold. Final. Cruel. He stared at me like I was filth smeared across his boots like I was something he wanted to scrape off. That one sentence ricocheted in my head repeatedly, each time cutting deeper.

And then like thunder following lightning, I heard Caspian’s voice boom through the hall:

"I accept you."

Gasps. Shocks. Echoes. But none of it mattered because, in the next moment, Caspian knelt beside me. I didn’t move. Couldn’t. My limbs were frozen, locked in some invisible chain of shame and disbelief. Yet he was so... gentle.

He tucked my hair away from my neck. My breath hitched when his fingers grazed my skin, and then—gods—his warm breath blew across my nape, slow and steady like a prayer. I should’ve felt fear.

Instead?

My stomach flipped.

My lips trembled as I bit down on them, trying to muffle the gasp threatening to escape me.

Then he bit me.

Not with violence. Not with force. But like I was something precious. Cherished.

The pain was brief. Sharp. But it was swallowed quickly by this wave of tingles rushing from my neck down my spine. Something stirred inside me, something raw and wild and not human.

What just happened?

What is happening? NovelFire

And more terrifying..what’s going to happen?

I was marked. By Beta Caspian.

By a man, I didn’t know but whose arms felt safer than home ever did. Around the entire pack, in front of my father, I had been claimed. And they called me...me—their mate?

Sophia. Not Natasha.

looked around, dazed. My vision blurred at the edges as my head started pounding. Faces swirled, mouths moved, but all

hall with his arms folded and disgust carved into every line of

and rage. I tried to cover the mark, but my hand wouldn’t move. My fingers just hovered there, like I was afraid

Because it was.

his mate. The Moon Goddess chose

I’m human.

choose. We date. We marry. The Moon Goddess doesn’t pick

wrap my head around it, Cayden’s

got what you

blinked. My chest

have a wolf, even though I wasn’t connected to their rituals, that rejection

tightened his hands around me... it dulled

Excitement? Warmth?

Then chaos.

up, sprang up like she’d been lit on

slapped me three

succession. My cheeks burned. My vision blurred with

Unacceptable," she spat. "You can’t

a curse through the

she screamed, eyes wild, "Tell me she’s one

silvery gleam. She scanned me

recognize her," she said finally. "I don’t sense any

"She must’ve

me again. And

and unshakable. My face pressed against his heart and it beat steady... calm... grounding. His scent, earth, pine, and something warmer invaded

Luna recoiled at the sight of

she screamed, her voice cracking with tears. "She’s done

Alpha, Sir Claus, barked from

he added, turning to the crowd. "But

looked at

and whispered to a guard, who immediately ran out

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