Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 0001

Cara.

My Fate Mate is proposing to someone else, in the rose garden I had arranged with my own hands. But all I can do is watch.

Alpha King Alaric and her lips meet and it's like time stops.

I don't want to watch, but somehow, I can't look away. It's like my lungs have forgotten how to breathe and my legs forgotten how to move. "NO!!!"

My wolf, Lucy, howls mournfully in my mind.

As a beta, I always do my best to fulfill every command of the Alpha King. This romantic rose garden, is the perfect setting for the Alpha King to finally put an end to being single and propose to the she-wolf who will become Pack DarkWood's new Luna. But it won't be me. All I can do is hold my breath and watch them kiss.

It won't be me, even though I showed enough promise as a Beta to be promoted to "Agent Luna" to cover the Luna's responsibilities for the last three years. Even though we've had so much amazing sex in the last three years. Even though I want so badly to be his. Even though he and I are Fate Mates.

But no one can know that part. The Alpha King has demanded that information stay secret.

An Alpha King deserves a noble-born bride, not an orphan like me. No matter how hard I work, no matter how many promotions I earn, I'll never be a noble. I'll never be good enough for a King.

I try to explain everything as usual, as a beta I need to do this calmly, but the fact is I almost unable to control myself from starting to cry, painfully realize the reality...

...Over the past three years, in Alaric's eyes, I might just be an office lover, ready to spread my legs for his calling!

I look down at my feet, needing to get a grip on my emotions. I take a deep breath and look back up at the happy couple, a polite smile on my lips.

"All of this is unusual!" My wolf, Lucy, says in my head. She's having trouble coming to terms with the Alpha King's proposal decision.

"I asked you to please be quiet while I'm working," I remind her internally. Thankfully, Lucy goes silent.

I quietly step back, finally able to get my feet to move. I'm not sure how much longer I can take watching my Fate Mate kiss another.

"Cara," I suddenly hear the Alpha King's voice call to me. "Bring me the ring."

I unsure that I've heard him correctly. But Alaric is staring at me expectantly, and I realize that, to him, this is just another part of my job. Even though it almost killing me.

edge of the garden, and tremble

"Lilia,"

drops to one

take your rightful place as

from her eyes as she

loud it blocks out the sound

I move quickly to the stairs at the back of the hotel, feeling

flood my mind. In some ways, I've never felt like I truly belong in

was adopted into the Pack DarkWood house and grew up under the hostile glares of the pack nobles who thought

determination to prove them all wrong prevailed, and I showed the

my low-born status is not worthy of

Alaric's Beta,

me from my thoughts. "Thank you for preparing the

up to see Lilia, the red headed she-wolf newly engaged to

""You're..."

new Luna, "You're welcome. Yes, I'm Cara, I've been the Alpha King's Agent Luna, keeping the duties covered until the pack has a true Luna." I extend my hand to shake hers in

be needed any more. And I do mean all of your services, both professional

aware that Alaric and I had an intimate relationship. So much for him never telling anyone. The sense of humiliation pricks at my skin,

something directly

flinch and catch it, realizing after a few blinks that it's a

never expected that someone with as good a reputation as you could be bought for money. I told Alaric that $10,000 would be more than enough, but he insisted on $1 million. Take it and consider yourself lucky, Beta." She sneers at me. Money?! Is

what you're

low-born gold-digging whore when I

vicious remark, she turned and walked away, leaving me rooted to the spot in shock. I couldn't believe what

the hallway, I'm so distracted I nearly run straight into Alaric's firm

"You've been crying?"

looks a

you'll always be my very best Beta, if that's what you're worried

this is already the best

hand up to wipe a falling tear. Somehow, the bank

just