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

edges as my head started

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

the 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 was afraid touching it

Because it was.

his mate. The Moon

I’m human.

We choose. We date. We marry. The

I could wrap my head around it,

you wanted,

My

wasn’t connected to their rituals, that rejection

hands around me... it dulled the pain. Replaced it with

Excitement? Warmth?

Then chaos.

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

me

cheeks burned. My vision blurred with hot tears. But I stayed still, too shocked to

Unacceptable," she spat. "You can’t be my

like a curse

screamed, eyes wild, "Tell

a silvery gleam. She

"I don’t sense any power

furious. "She must’ve cloaked it! Witchcraft

me again.

me as I stumbled, catching me like I weighed nothing. He pulled me into his chest, strong and unshakable. My face pressed against his heart and it beat steady... calm... grounding. His scent, earth,

recoiled at the sight

too!" she screamed, her voice cracking

Alpha, Sir Claus, barked

witch," he added, turning to the crowd. "But you all want proof? Fine.

at

a guard, who immediately ran out of

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