تسجيل الدخولChapter Eighty-fourAche For HimAngel MeadowsI opened my mouth to answer, though I had no idea what would come out of it, when the great doors at the end of the hall swung open. The sound was loud enough to turn every head.A man stood in the doorway, tall and broad, his black coat dusted with the night's mist and his boots were caked with mud. His hair fell in dark waves to his collar, and his eyes, when they swept the hall, were a pale and terrible gray, and the whole room fell so silent that one could hear the sound of a pin dropping.With the way everyone quietened, I only knew one thing... This was one of the most feared people in the land. And I had sent him an invitation in short notice because I didn't actually expect him to be here.Kael. The rogue Alpha, and the new Alpha of Nightshade pack. Wait... wasn't that where Ash went recently?"Forgive my lateness." His voice sounded smooth and unhurried. "The roads from Nightshade are long, and the weather is vile."He strode do
Chapter Eighty-threeIs It True?Angel MeadowsThe great hall glittered like the inside of a jewellry box with a hundred candles that burned in the chandeliers, and the garlands of autumn leaves swayed gently overhead, and the silver ribbons caught every flicker of light and threw it back across the polished floor. The air was thick with the smells of roast venison and spiced wine and the heavy perfumes of women who had dressed to be seen.I stood at the top of the steps in my silver gown with my hair pinned in glossy coils and a small smile on my face, and I welcomed every guest by their names as a Queen. "Alpha Thorne, what a pleasure," I said, offering my hand to a barrel-chested man with a graying beard, and he kissed it. "Please, the wine is to your left, and the musicians have been told to play your favorite song.""Luna, you flatter an old wolf." Thorne beamed at me, delighted that I played everything out in the way he liked. "I hear you have decorated the whole hall yourself.
Chapter Eighty-twoAn ErrandJordanRuby had been talking since breakfast, and I had understood perhaps one word in ten. She had shown me every one of her trunks, told me about the coast, the sea air, and a dressmaker who cheated her. Then she went on and arranged and rearranged everything in my room until the whole upstairs smelled like a funeral."And then the woman actually had the nerve to say that the lace was imported," she was saying now, curled against my shoulder on the sitting room sofa with her feet tucked beneath her. "As if I couldn't tell the difference between Valcourt lace and the cheap stuff they sell at the docks. Jord, are you even listening to me?""I'm listening." But I really wasn't, my ears had tired out a long time ago as I stared at the clock on the mantle, whose hands had not moved in what felt like years. "Ruby, I think I should go to the estate.""Whatever for?" She sat up, and her copper hair spilled over her shoulder. "Your Alpha told you to rest, at leas
Chapter Eighty-onePreparations Aveline MeadowsThe door closed behind Angel, and I waited until her footsteps faded down the hall and a small bitter smile came over my face. My hands were still burning from where she had touched, and it my entire body was trembling and shaking with rage that I couldn't do anything or hurt her in my current state."Miss?" Physician Brannock stirred in his chair for the first time since he had been sleeping for almost five hours. He pushed up his spectacles to rest on his nose with one crooked finger, and he looked towards dthe the door. "Forgive me for I must have dozed off, but was the Luna here to visit you?"Dozed off? For six hours? I had to hold my laughter back."Yes, Mr. Brannock. The Luna was very kind to check up on me and bring me some broth.""Hm." He rose with a groan and shuffled towards my bed, and he peeled the blanket away to inspect my ankle. "Lest I forget, eh, the Alpha has put two guards outside your door, you know, and he told me
Chapter EightyA HostessAveline MeadowsThe entire room fell silent that one could hear the sound of a pin of it fell. Angel's hands hovered over my face, and she went still at once."What did you say?" Her voice was so low that I could hear the deep trembling in her voice and the way the colour drained from her face. I stared at this woman I had tried so hard all my life, to make her see me as her sister, and something broke inside me.I broke the tension in the room with a soft chuckle. "Relax, Luna Angel," I said softly. "I'm only kidding. Gosh! Look at your face! Do I look like a woman who would take her sister's husband after she has been so good to me by giving me a roof over my head and a job that pays me. If anything, I need to be grateful to you. Which also means that you don't owe me anything. And any questions or anything you want, I will answer it without fail.""That was not funny." Angel snatched her hand back and folded both arms across her chest, though I noticed that
Chapter Seventy-nineAnything I AskAlpha Ash CadenIt wasn't morning yet when Angel came to find me in the corridor outside the infirmary where I had stayed the whole night looking after Aveline. It was now that the physician became very stern with me and told me to leave at once before I became his second patient. And that was when I saw her.Her skin looked really bright and clear even when the sun wasn't out yet, and her clothes were very beautiful, and her hair properly styled. It was then I remembered that today was the pre-tournament party and she was going to be welcoming a lot of guests today. She was smiling really brightly while my mind was spinning at the physician's words some hours ago.A wolf would have been able to knit her bike withing two days, yet, Aveline had no wolf, and it only reminded me of the mate I was looking for who had no wolf. But my wolf would recognise my mate if he met her again, meaning that Aveline wasn't her, which was more frustrating than anythin







