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Author: Author Calypso
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-28 09:23:05

ALTHEA

Madeline’s scream pierces through the courtyard, sharp enough to make the soldiers freeze.

It echoes against the palace walls, a sound of loss and fury all at once. She falls to her knees beside Aaron’s lifeless body, clutching at his fur, sobbing until her voice breaks.

I can’t look away. My hands are shaking, still wrapped around the sword that ended it all.

Asher shifts back, his body covered in blood and dirt, his chest rising and falling with each heavy breath. He walks slowly toward her, his voice calm but firm.

“Take her,” he orders, his tone leaving no room for question. “She’s to be sent to the royal prisons. She’ll face judgment for her crimes.”

Two guards step forward, gently pulling Madeline away as she screams his name again and again. She doesn’t fight. She just keeps staring at her son’s body, eyes empty.

Asher turns to the rest of the soldiers. “Find the council members who were imprisoned,” he says. “Release them. Every single one of them.”

They nod and hurry o
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  • The Mate Games   Ending

    ALTHEAMadeline’s scream pierces through the courtyard, sharp enough to make the soldiers freeze.It echoes against the palace walls, a sound of loss and fury all at once. She falls to her knees beside Aaron’s lifeless body, clutching at his fur, sobbing until her voice breaks.I can’t look away. My hands are shaking, still wrapped around the sword that ended it all.Asher shifts back, his body covered in blood and dirt, his chest rising and falling with each heavy breath. He walks slowly toward her, his voice calm but firm.“Take her,” he orders, his tone leaving no room for question. “She’s to be sent to the royal prisons. She’ll face judgment for her crimes.”Two guards step forward, gently pulling Madeline away as she screams his name again and again. She doesn’t fight. She just keeps staring at her son’s body, eyes empty.Asher turns to the rest of the soldiers. “Find the council members who were imprisoned,” he says. “Release them. Every single one of them.”They nod and hurry o

  • The Mate Games   The clash

    ASHERUpon getting to the kingdom, Althea and I spend the next couple of days, finding people who’re still loyal to the crown. He’s had most of my supporters locked up, but they’re some who’re still willing to fight for the crown. And by the third nigh, u finally have a decent number of subjects who’d fight for our cause.We set out on the fourth day. The first sound of morning is the clash of metal.We hit the gates at dawn, our army moving like a storm through the valley. The air is thick with dust and war cries. Arrows whistle through the sky, striking shields and walls. The ground shakes beneath our boots.“Forward!” I shout, my voice lost in the chaos.The men follow without hesitation. The villagers who joined us fight like they’ve waited their whole lives for this day. Every blow, every cry, every breath, it all pushes us closer to the heart of the capital.Althea rides beside me, her bow drawn, her face fierce. The sight of her like that, strong, unflinching, fills me with som

  • The Mate Games   Close to the end

    ALTHEAMorning comes softly, pale light spilling through the cracks in the temple walls. The air is cold enough to sting, and for a moment, I stay still, my head resting against Asher’s shoulder, his arm draped over me like a shield. His warmth seeps through the thin fabric of his shirt, steady and grounding, and for the first time in what feels like forever, I let myself breathe.The memory of last night lingers, the hum that filled the air when he pulled the sword from the earth, the faint glow that spread through the cracks in the floor like veins of light. It wasn’t just power that I felt then. It was something alive. Watching. Waiting. Even now, as the dawn creeps across the stone, I can still sense it, pulsing faintly in the air, like the temple itself hasn’t gone back to sleep.Asher stirs beside me, his breath catching as he opens his eyes. For a brief moment, he looks peaceful, younger somehow. But then he sits up, and that calm slips away, replaced by the quiet focus I’ve co

  • The Mate Games   Sacred sword

    ALTHEAThe sound comes again, closer this time. A sharp crack, like someone stepping on a branch.My breath catches. I don’t move, barely even breathe, my body frozen against Asher’s. He shifts slowly, quietly, his hand brushing mine as he reaches for the dagger strapped to his side. The faint scrape of metal against leather sounds too loud in the stillness.The forest feels alive with shadows. Every rustle of leaves, every whisper of wind sounds like footsteps. I strain my eyes, trying to make out shapes in the darkness.“Asher?” I whisper, my voice barely a breath.He doesn’t answer. His gaze is fixed ahead, his body tense. Then he nods once toward the trees. “Stay here,” he mouths, starting to move.“No,” I whisper, grabbing his sleeve. “I’m coming with you.”He hesitates, his jaw tight, but he doesn’t argue. We move together, careful, slow, each step measured. The cold bites at my skin, and the damp earth muffles our footsteps. My heart pounds so loudly it feels like whoever , or

  • The Mate Games   Escaping

    ALTHEAThe air inside the van is filled with tension. No one moves. No one even dares to blink. Theo’s words hang between us like smoke, soldiers checking every vehicle.My stomach twists, cold and heavy. I can almost hear the echo of boots crunching against gravel, the low rumble of voices drawing closer.“We can’t stay here,” Asher says quietly, already pushing himself up. His voice is steady, but I can see the tension in his jaw, the flicker of panic in his eyes.Theo shakes his head. “If we run now, they’ll see us. We’re trapped in here.”For a moment, everyone just looks at one another, waiting for someone, anyone, to come up with a plan. The silence stretches, broken only by the faint hum of the engine still idling.Then Theo speaks again, his voice rough and low. “There’s one way.”Mara turns toward him, frowning. “Theo—”He cuts her off with a shake of his head. “Listen. If the guards are checking each van, they’ll open the back doors soon. We can’t have all of us here when th

  • The Mate Games   A barricade

    ALTHEAI don’t realize I’ve fallen asleep until my head bumps against something hard, the sharp jolt pulling me out of the darkness. My eyes blink open, disoriented, the dim, swaying interior of the van slowly taking shape around me. For a moment, I forget where I am, what’s happening, and then it all comes back like a crashing wave, the kitchen, Mara, Asher’s return, the frantic escape.I shift upright, pressing my palm to my forehead. My neck aches, stiff from the way I must have been leaning. Around me, the others are slumped against crates and one another, their breathing deep and even. Martha’s chin rests against her chest, lips parted. Sophie curls on her side, her hand tucked under her cheek. Even Theo, who seems to run on nothing but stubbornness and rage, has his head tipped back against the wall, eyes closed.Everyone is asleep.Everyone except Asher.He sits across from me, his back straight, his face pale in the weak moonlight leaking through the slits of the van’s boards.

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