Rejected Slave To The Alpha by Gory Anna

Chapter 66

Nelly’s POV.

I turned to look at Aisha, our eyes meeting. Her gaze was intense, almost piercing, and I found myself struggling to maintain eye contact.

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“I… I don’t know,” I stammered, my voice quavering.

“You need to decide whether you will accept him or not, so that when you see him, you can stand your ground,” she said, her voice firm.

I nodded, but my mind was a jumble of conflicting emotions. I looked up at the ceiling, my hands clasped tightly together in my lap, as if I could somehow will myself to calm down.

“I don’t think I’ll ever see Astel again,” I said, my voice barely a whisper.

Aisha chuckled, her voice light and teasing. “You never can tell. He came by today, but you weren’t around, you never can tell when he will come again,” she said.

I nodded, even though she couldn’t see me. I closed my eyes tightly, trying to block out. the world around me. I felt overwhelmed, my thoughts a jumbled mess. I took a deep. breath, trying to calm my racing heart.

We both sat up, frozen in place, as we heard a knock at the door.

“I’ll get it,” Aisha said, her voice steady.

I nodded, not trusting myself to speak. Aisha stood up, glancing through the peephole before opening the door. I heard a familiar voice on the other side.

“Harry,” Aisha said, her tone surprised.

“Why did

he asked, his voice

brought

me. He walked over and wrapped his

he asked, his

said, mustering up a smile that felt as fake as

away from you for a while,” he said, a playful grin on hist face. I rolled my eyes, but nodded.

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before heading out the door with Aisha. I watched them leave, as he

I called

on from Astel was because I truly loved him, or if it was the pain

of that awful day playing out in my mind. like

voice rang in my cars, the hurt, and humiliation still fresh, even after all this time. “You are not what I want,” he had said, his voice cold and

like a knife to my heart, and

well up in my eyes, spilling down

curled up on the bed, bringing my knees to my chest as I tried to process the feelings that were swirling inside

way he had always looked at Shantel with such care and affection, and the way he had always looked at me with such coldness and hatred. My heart ached at the thought of why I was never

Moon Goddess not given me a second chance? Had I done something wrong, something

trying to hold back the scream that was building in my chest. I wanted to let it out, to release the pain and anger,

that I had been in the front of the war that fateful day. If I had died, I wouldn’t have to feel this pain, this emptiness, this feeling of

rolling down my cheeks, hot and salty, and I sniffed, trying to stop the flood

wiped away my tears, not wanting

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beat. It was Kex. He leaned over me, kissing my forehead and rubbing my hair gently..

his face. He knelt beside me, taking my hands in his own. “How