Chasing His Wolfless Luna Back (Rayna Quinn) novel Chapter 160

Her Rejected Mate–1

Aurora’s POV

The yard fell into a deathly silence after my confession. Mom collapsed into her chair like all her strength had suddenly been drained. Those eyes that had always looked at me with pride were now filled with pain and disappointment, nearly breaking me on the spot. Roman, who had been supporting me just moments ago, now pulled away as if burned, taking several slow steps back until there was a significant distance between us.

I knew the other Pack members wore varying expressions of shock, but none of that mattered right now. What mattered was that my family was looking at me like I’d

suddenly become a stranger to them.

“Aurora…” Mom’s voice trembled, “please tell me you’re making some cruel joke. Tell me

you didn’t give birth to a child and hide him from us all these years.”

I wanted so fucking badly to lie to them, just to make that heartbroken look in their eyes

disappear. But I knew I couldn’t do that anymore. I couldn’t keep running from the truth.

“I’m sorry,” I cried, crouching down next to her, “I wanted to tell you, but I was so scared.”

I tried to take her hand, but she flinched away. My heart shattered into a million pieces. This was exactly what I’d feared all along. Thea was right. I’d always been the perfect one,

the one who never made mistakes. Except for that one time. Now my image was tarnished

in their eyes, and any advantage I had over Thea was gone. I was now in the same position as her, punished for my poor decisions. That night with Jaxon was the biggest

mistake of my life.

“How did this happen? When did it happen? Did Dad know?” Roman paced anxiously.

I shook my head, unable to look them in the eyes anymore. “Dad didn’t know. Nobody knew except Jaxon and Helena.”

“I want the whole truth,” Mom’s voice had calmed, with a hint of pressure emanating from her, “I want to know why you’d hide my grandson from our Pack, from his family and

I didn’t want to revisit the past, but I had no choice now. If I didn’t want them even angrier with me, I had to tell them everything.

“It all started at the Mating Ball senior year,” my voice was barely a whisper, “Like the previous two years, I’d already agreed to go with Sebastian as his date. I thought… I always thought Sebastian would be my mate, just that the time wasn’t right yet. But during intermission, when Sebastian went to get drinks, I discovered Jaxon hiding behind a curtain, wanting to ask me to dance. My wolf suddenly awakened, responding to his

I looked at Sebastian, catching a flash of shock in his eyes that made me hesitate to continue with what I needed to say next.

“Jaxon was my mate.” I slowly dropped another bombshell, watching everyone gasp again. I didn’t pause, wanting to get through this part quickly. “Jaxon felt it too, and he tried to approach me, but I avoided him. I suppressed my wolf and rejected him.”

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