Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha

Chapter 171: Chapter 171

Once Kimberly and Alpha Theo reached home at Alpha Theo’s pack house, they both sat down in the living room.

Kimberly let out a deep breath, one that seemed like she had been holding for eternity.

The tension in the air was thick, and the silence between them was filled with unspoken worries.

"Things are more serious than I had thought," Kimberly said calmly, but the look on her face was the exact opposite of how she spoke.

Her eyes burned with a mix of frustration and determination.

Theo, who had been watching her closely, leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees.

"Kimberly, who is Katherina that you mentioned earlier?" he asked, his voice laced with curiosity and concern.

Kimberly turned to look at him, her expression unreadable. She remained quiet for a moment, as if trying to process everything she wanted to explain. Then, she spoke.

"Up until earlier today, I didn’t know who she was.

I had never heard her name before, but I always knew that a dangerous force was working against me," she explained, her tone measured but firm.

Theo frowned. "Then how did you get to know her?" he pressed.

Kimberly exhaled sharply. "Once Alpha Darwin woke up, I could hear her. She was furious, calling out her own name, challenging me to a battle.

Though I couldn’t see her, I could feel her presence and her power.

It was suffocating, the darkest energy I have ever encountered." Her voice dropped to a whisper. "She’s unlike anything we’ve ever faced before."

Theo immediately looked worried. His hands clenched into fists as he processed her words.

"Why is all this happening? Why can’t we just let it go and move on?" he asked, sounding both desperate and exhausted.

Kimberly gave a small, sad smile. "Because we can’t. Without fighting back, nothing will return to normal." She shook her head.

"The balance of the universe has already shifted. We either stand and fight, or we watch everything we love crumble."

Theo rubbed his temples. "So, what do we do about Katherina?" he asked, his voice laced with uncertainty.

"She’s an ancient force, Theo. And right now... she won’t be fighting alone." Kimberly’s expression darkened.

Theo’s eyes widened slightly. "Derrick and Mona. You think they’re working with her?"

Kimberly nodded. "I don’t just think so. I know they are." She paused before adding,

"And if they’re aligning themselves with someone as powerful as Katherina, then we don’t stand a chance, not as we are."

Theo let out a deep sigh. "So what do you suggest?"

Kimberly stood up, pacing the room, her mind racing.

"We need allies. We need forces strong enough, righteous enough to stand with us.

Because this?" She turned to face Theo. "This isn’t just a battle for power. This is a battle for survival."

"And only the strongest will definitely survive the heat that is coming." Kimberly said, with a ferocious look in her eyes.

DERRICK’S PACK

pack house, Derrick and Mona had just arrived home.

down on the couch, running

she asked, her voice carrying traces of

Katherina, and worse, she’s

standing, his face unreadable. "We do nothing," he

to him. "Nothing? Are you insane? We should act before she does! We should

makes you think Katherina doesn’t already

powerful as her?" He shook his head. "She doesn’t need us to tell her

sit back and wait?" Her frustration

to Alpha Darwin! You saw how she looked at us before

afraid anymore, Derrick. That should

listen to me. If we

watch. We wait. We let them think they have the upper

don’t like this," she admitted. "I don’t like waiting. I don’t like

look. "Patience, Mona. Kimberly

will make a move soon, and when she does, that’s when

if Katherina decides to act

we’ll see whose side she

long moment before nodding slowly. "Fine. We wait.

But trust me, Mona, everything is

room, Mona watched him

he just trying to

in a

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of black candles, all of them flickering with

robe, her face carved with fury, her eyes

was thick with the scent of burning herbs, the atmosphere vibrating with power and

claiming your precious ones from you, Kimberly," Katherina murmured, a sinister smile curling her lips before she erupted into

voice weaving through the ancient language like a venomous

consuming the light

was palpable,

call upon all the witches of the past. Let the endless thirst of blood and revenge rise with you... It is time to make those who wronged

across the void, summoning

room quaked, and the

chamber, and one by one,

more, spirits

remnants of once-powerful witches, now reduced to vengeful specters, their forms cloaked in

of the past. It is time to take

their voices echoing in a haunting chorus that sent ripples

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house, a sudden,

Elena’s chamber. Within moments, the guards were running, their footsteps pounding against the floor as they rushed

side of the door, but when they knocked, there was no response.

down!" one of the

a heavy crash, the door was forced open. But what they

was empty. Elena

of alarm spread through the house,

news reached him. Without wasting a

scanning every corner of the

His voice was dangerously low, his anger barely