"I Reject You" - She Humiliated the Alpha King During the Ritual, and He Snapped: "Seize Her"

The king's heart simply stopped when the Goddess's sacred flame rose during the Ritual and proclaimed Octavia Hale as his true mate. She was only an omega, yet she fought like a beta and shone brighter than any noble would ever admit - including him, who had felt something for her since their youth even if he hid it behind armor. But before the entire kingdom, before he could even touch her, Octavia lifted her chin and spoke the words that shattered Arvendahl: "I reject you, my king." Humiliated, Lucian could only utter a command that echoed like a sentence: "Seize her."