Rejected By My Mate, Claimed By Alpha Ryder: The Voiceless Wolf's Revenge

They called me "The Mute" of the Silver Moon Pack.
Not because I am stupid, but because I am voiceless.
At eighteen, my first mate rejected me for my silence.
Today, it was the Gamma, Lucian Vance.
This was his third rejection—and I was his third victim. He stood before the entire pack and sneered, "I, Lucian Vance, reject Aurora Hayes as my mate," as the crowd erupted into cruel laughter. My stepmother forced me to attend, and my stepsisters came only to enjoy the spectacle of my public humiliation.
But fate is a cruel mistress.
The next day, at the claiming ceremony, Alpha Ryder—the most feared wolf in the region—stepped off his throne. He walked past every eligible she-wolf in the room and stopped right in front of me. The silence was deafening until he declared, "Aurora Hayes is mine."
Did I believe him? No.
Was I shocked? Absolutely.
I am Aurora Hayes. I have been broken, mocked, and forgotten. But if Alpha Ryder thinks I am easy prey, he is about to learn that even the voiceless know how to roar.