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

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

stood across the hall with his arms folded and disgust carved into every line

mark on my neck. Her face twisted in a grotesque mix of heartbreak and rage. I tried to cover the mark, but my hand wouldn’t move. My fingers just hovered there, like I

Because it was.

Moon Goddess chose me. But

I’m human.

choose. We date. We

it, Cayden’s voice sliced through the

what you wanted,

blinked. My

I wasn’t connected to their rituals, that rejection hurt.

me... it dulled the pain. Replaced it with something

Excitement? Warmth?

Then chaos.

since I woke up, sprang up like she’d been lit on fire. She pushed Caspian and stormed toward me with fury in

slapped me

cheeks burned. My vision blurred with hot tears.

spat. "You can’t be my daughter-in-law. You’re a

a

wild, "Tell me

witch stepped forward, eyes glowing with a silvery gleam. She scanned me slowly, methodically. My breath

don’t sense

Luna was shaking her head, furious. "She must’ve cloaked

shoved me again.

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

recoiled at the

charmed you too!" she screamed, her voice cracking with

yourself!" the former Alpha, Sir Claus, barked from the

not a witch," he added, turning to the crowd. "But you all want proof? Fine. You’ll have

looked at Dahlia.

nodded and whispered to a guard, who immediately ran out of

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