Page 187 of His Fated Luna

I’d officially opened the floor for anyone else to challenge me.

But instead, they all kneeled, popping into their wolf counterparts to submit to the new alpha. I shifted, accepting their allegiance before bounding away.

“Where are you going?”It was Tony’s voice through the mind-link.

“Home. To Rose,”I responded.

“Aiden, wait–”

But I cut off the mindlink, not wanting to hear whatever Tony was going to say.

Rose would be at our home. I wanted to see her and tell her I defeated Alistair.

Dylan's POV

I guided the Silver Creek warriors to get a stretcher for Alistair and take him wherever Lexia wanted.

Then, I took a step towards Lexia, “You know I have to reject you.”

I ignored Tony’s exclamation of surprise.

“Then do it,” Lexia responded stiffly, turning to look at me instead of her father being loaded into an ambulance.

Tear marks streaked down her cheeks and I knew it was from having to witness such an atrocious form of punishment inflicted upon her father. I felt a pang of sympathy and I also felt guilty for doing it now, when she clearly wanted to hurry up and take Alistair away. But it had to be done. I had to be free of her.

“I, Dylan Sinclair, second Alpha of the Bloodfire Phoenix Pack and Silver Creek Pack, reject you, Lexia Evans, as my mate and luna.”

Lexia looked momentarily taken aback.

Then she whispered, “You’re an alpha?” Yeah, she hadn’t known that. She hadn't known I was co-ruling with Aiden. Then her voice came out, strong yet filled with remorse. “I, Lexia Evans, daughter of the defeated Alpha of the Silver Creek pack accept your rejection, Alpha Dylan Sinclair.”

It was done. Finally. Now all that was left to be done was for me to mark another or for Lexia to let someone else mark her. Rejection was only half of breaking the mate bond. To break it fully, a female either had to be marked by someone else or her mate had to mark someone else. Bonding the soul, mind, and body with another person was the most effective way to cut off the mate bond.

Lexia came closer to me and whispered, “I never wanted to harm anyone. Please believe that. I don’t hate you Dylan, but the age difference is too much between us.”

I didn’t reply, merely waiting for her to leave.

“It would have never worked out,” she muttered.

She definitely didn’t need to convince me on that point.

Then she turned and left with her injured father, promising never to return again, and to let us all live in peace.

“You won’t have any more trouble from us,” Lexia promised before stepping into the ambulance.

The white doors closed behind her with a finality that made me breath a sigh of relief.

Tony stood completely flabbergasted.

“When were you going to tell us?” Tony demanded as he watched the retreating vehicle, red siren blaring.

“Never,” I responded stiffly, almost bitterly.

I turned my attention to the task at hand. I had to dispose of Alistair’s canines. They could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Alpha canines, only in born alphas, were extremely coveted. Any rogue could decide to implant them into his own upper jaw.

Aiden's POV

I stood distressed at the sight before me in the study. The door was broken, there was dried blood on my wooden floor and carpet, and papers were strewn about everywhere. It was Rose’s blood, that much I knew. That much I could still smell along with faint traces of vomit. What the hell had happened here?