Rejected by the Alpha… His Beta Claimed Me

Wren Calloway has spent nine years being useful in a pack that never fully claimed her. She keeps the records, maintains the archive, occupies the margins without making anyone uncomfortable. On the night of the Alpha Ascension, she feels the fated mate bond hit her like a physical fact — and then watches Dominic Ashford look at her, recognize it, and publicly reject it in the same breath. The bond deterioration starts immediately. The elder council moves faster. Within hours, she’s being told that her housing, her pack status, and her wolf’s survival are all under review.

Cade Valor has been Dominic’s Beta for five years. He also knew what was coming — has known for six weeks, since he watched Dominic’s wolf register Wren across a crowded room and understood exactly what it meant. He knew the rejection was unavoidable, that a blood compact signed by a dead Alpha bound Dominic to another pack entirely, that there was no version of Ascension night that didn’t break something in Wren Calloway. He said nothing. He told himself it was the merciful call. He invokes the Beta’s Right of Wardship the night of the rejection and installs her in his quarters to stop her wolf from going dormant — and tells himself it’s only that.

She knows he’s keeping something. Her wolf knows before she does. The pack is watching. The Drevyn envoy arrives. And the thing Cade is holding is going to surface whether he’s ready or not.
A rival pack’s timeline is compressing. The blood compact threatens a war that will cost the eastern boundary everything. The rejected bond is a diplomatic complication to the Drevyn alliance, and an envoy has already gone through the pack asking questions about Wren’s father, her exile history, her pack status — looking for a wedge. The closer Wren gets to the truth buried in the archive, the more it costs everyone around her to keep pretending the situation is simple.

Perfect for fans of Nalini Singh, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Kresley Cole.

Rejected by the Alpha… His Beta Claimed Me is a full-length standalone paranormal werewolf romance with HEA and no cliffhanger. Contains mature content, steam, and a heroine who rebuilds filing systems and dismantles political conspiracies with equal precision.

Click to read now and find out how long a Beta can call it wardship before he has to call it what it actually is.