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Chapter 47: Presence Changes the Air
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Her Daughter’s Mate Chapter 47: Presence Changes the Air
Aria’s POVI felt her before I saw her.That deep, quiet pull in my chest… the one I’d ignored for days because everything else had been louder… fear, strategy, and a deeper sense of survival. But this was an instinctive, familiar feeling.My mother was in the Vale mansion.I was standing near the window when it hit me, fingers curled around the edge of the sill, watching dusk bleed slowly into the mountains. The estate lights flickered on one by one, soft and deceptive, like nothing underneath them was wrong.Everything was wrong.Frantic knocks came seconds later.I turned slowly.“Come in.”The door opened and Lucian stepped inside first. His posture was upright, but his eyes searched my face before he spoke, like he was bracing for impact.“She’s here,” he said quietly.I nodded once. “I know.”That made his brows draw together. “You felt her.”“Yes.”He hesitated, then stepped aside.Revealing her standing behind him.My dear mother stood just inside the doorway, hands folded nea
Her Daughter’s Mate Chapter 46: You don’t summon a Mother
Lucian’s POVMara Hale didn’t move past the threshold.That alone told me everything I needed to know.Most people stepped into the Vale estate like trespassers trying to prove they belonged. Mara stood as though the house itself was on trial, and she was here to observe, not plead.“Mrs. Hale,” I said evenly. “You weren’t announced.”She inclined her head, polite but unapologetic. “I didn’t expect to be.”Her gaze flicked briefly to Elias, then back to me. Sharp. Measuring. She was taking inventory… of guards, of exits, of the tension in the air.Of me.“I requested passage at the outer gate,” she continued. “They allowed me through.”I glanced at Elias. His jaw tightened.That would be dealt with later.“Walk with me,” I said.She did, falling into step without hesitation, her pace calm, unhurried. No awe. No discomfort. As though she’d walked halls like these before… not this one specifically, but halls built on power and silence.“You came a long way,” I said.“Yes.”No embellishm
Her Daughter’s Mate Chapter 45: End of Confinement?
Lucian’s POVI kept tossed on the couch in Aria's room till the break of dawn… I just couldn’t sleep.I circled the room, heavy and restless, but never settled. I lay on my back staring at the ceiling, listening to the slow rhythm of Aria’s breathing on the bed beside me, every inhale a quiet reassurance and every exhale a reminder of how much there was to lose.The night after a war always feels like this. No sense of peace.I slipped out of the couch before dawn, careful not to wake her. She gently stirred in the bed, one hand drifting instinctively across the sheets… she’s so sensitive to any sound. I walked over to the bed, slightly bending and planting a kiss on her forehead.When her fingers brushed my wrist, my chest tightened.“I’ll be back,” I murmured softly.Her eyes fluttered open, hazy but alert.“Don’t disappear,” she said.“I won’t.” I said departing the room.It was a promise I made lightly.The corridors were quiet as I moved through the estate, guards posted at eve
Her Daughter’s Mate Chapter 44: Choosing a Battlefield
Aria’s POVThe silence in my room felt staged.Everything looked calm on the surface. Curtains drawn. Fire dying low. Clock ticking steadily on the mantle like nothing in the world had shifted. But my chest felt tight, like I’d been holding my breath for hours without realizing it.I sat on the edge of the bed with my hands resting over my stomach. I kept catching myself doing that. Not consciously. Just instinct. Protective. Like if I stayed still enough, quiet enough, the secret inside me would remain invisible.Damien was gone.Banished. Stripped. Removed from the Vale like a rot cut cleanly from bone.I should have felt relief. I tried to tell myself I did. But the air felt thinner instead. Sharper. Like the real danger had simply stepped back to get a better angle.A knock sounded at the door.I flinched.“Aria.”Lucian.Before I even opened it, I felt him. The pressure of his presence bled through the wood, raw and unsettled. This wasn’t the calm Alpha who’d commanded the Assemb
Her Daughter’s Mate Chapter 43: What the Dark Keeps
Lucian’s POVThe Council chamber had been unbearable… all posturing and careful words. But the forest was worse.Out here, beyond stone walls and formal authority, there was nowhere for truth to soften itself. No protocols. No witnesses. Just damp earth, cooling air, and the unmistakable scent of something ending badly.I stood still among the cedars near the South Perimeter, every sense stretched tight. My wolf paced under my skin, restless and alert, reading the forest the way only instinct can. I hadn’t meant to follow the trail. I had told myself I was done with Damien Blackwood the moment the guards dragged him out of the Assembly Hall.But instinct doesn’t listen to reason.The scent had been wrong. It was very sharp.Banishment should have brought relief. Instead, it had left a jagged edge behind, like a bone that hadn’t set properly.The moment I caught Selene’s scent moving towards the border… cold strides, metallic, and deliberate… I knew it was a serious matter.A dark tr
Her Daughter’s Mate Chapter 42: Love Isn’t Safe
Aria’s POVThe moment I stepped out of the Omega Block, the estate felt different. Not colder… not quieter… but tense, like it was holding its breath, waiting for the next storm. My hands clutched the fabric of my dress a little too tightly, though there was nothing to hold on to. Nothing except the weight of everything that had just happened… and Lucian.He was already ahead, moving through the corridors with that silent command that made everyone step aside, sometimes without knowing why. The way he walked… it’s not just Alpha posture. He moved with an aura that bends space and time around him. With each step he took, I felt it in my chest… tight, anxious, protective.“Aria,” he said without looking back. That one word was enough to pull me forward, faster than my own feet wanted to move.I caught up, my heart thumping. “Lucian… what now?”He paused at the corner, leaning against the wall, jaw tight, golden eyes scanning every hallway, every shadow. “Now…” he started, voice low, da
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