Lahat ng Kabanata ng Alphas' contract mate: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

Mia’s POVWhere were the others?Where were the people who had known me, who had at least watched me grow up? I thought of Daphne. She and her family were probably gone (hiding in their shame) or maybe already dead. But what about the rest? Why was no one here?I frowned, my throat suddenly dry. And then the memory hit me. The last time I’d stood in front of a crowd, it hadn’t been like this—no cheers, no smiles.The tears watered my eyes before I could stop them.“Mia,” Cass hissed, but I couldn’t hold it back. The tears blurred my vision. Look at me standing here again, and feeling like the same scene all over.“What the fuck do you think you’re doing, Mia?”Samantha’s voice sliced my trip down memory lane in two.It wasn’t her words that shocked me, but her expression and her tone. She was smiling so sweetly that for a second I thought she was joking or maybe even teasing.I raised an eyebrow. “What?”She tilted her head. “Oh no, don’t cry, sweetheart. Tears don’t look good on yo

Warren’s POV“Volunteers are boring,” Alex said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “But you—” he tapped my chest lightly with the arrow tip, not enough to hurt but just enough to remind me who was in charge here, “—you squirm. Squirming keeps things interesting.”I let out a slow breath, half annoyed and half relieved that he was joking—well, mostly joking. “Interesting for you. Not for my heart.”“Your heart will thank me later.” He set the bow back on the rack, but his eyes didn’t leave me. “Besides, isn’t it better to keep your reflexes sharp?”I wanted to say no, but the truth was that ever since Alex came back from the Desori Blood pack, nothing about him had been predictable. One minute he was cracking jokes, and the next he was staring into the distance like he could hear voices no one else could. He used to be wild in a way that felt reckless but still safe… more like a storm you could see coming. Now he was wild in a way that didn’t feel safe at all. As we w

Alex's POV But I shoved whatever I was thinking out the window. Fear was useful to her, not me I signaled to the guards. “Make sure she’s presentable. No bruises where they’ll show. I don't want to see a wreck.” “Yes, Alpha.” “Presentable?” The woman asked loudly. I froze. Well, that's surprising. This woman just caught one of my many signals. To say that I was impressed was an overstatement. This just confirmed to me that she was a bitch and I was just starting with her. “You’re hilarious. All this, just to parade me like a prize.” she finished with a shake of her head. Warren’s shoulders stiffened. He opened his mouth, then closed it. That's right. I didn’t need his doubt spilling out right now. I forced myself to keep my expression neutral, but my thoughts were anything but calm. All she had to do was think she’s winning with these little treatments. Let her think her little jokes matter and soon enough, she’ll understand exactly what she is to me. A fucking nobody. T

Alex's POV “But then I learned what my parents never told me. Tristan wasn’t even their blood. That bastard was adopted when he was five, dragged into our family because two Alphas couldn’t produce an Alpha heir. Such a pathetic excuse for a family. And as if fate wanted to mock me, after they took him in, they conceived me.”She gave a bitter, humorless laugh. “Instead of placing me on the throne where I belonged, they chose him. Tristan, the outsider. The adopted wolf. Do you know what that does to a child’s pride?”I didn’t answer. I just watched her, face unreadable. She really did know how to cuss… another side of Daphne I hadn’t seen before.She went on, her voice smooth even as her words cut deep. “I could have swallowed that. Maybe. But fate wasn’t done being cruel. Tristan’s mate turned out to be Meliora. My Meliora. My friend. The anger… the betrayal… it burned everything clean. How could my friend betray me like that? They’d been seeing each other in secret, longing for ea

Mia’s POV“Vote for her!” Cass’s dramatic announcement had frozen me on the spot, my ears ringing from the way she’d bellowed my name like I was some holy relic.I wanted to sink into the ground and disappear, but of course that wasn’t how fate worked for me because one thing led to another.Samantha’s face had twitched, hardly holding her smile, while the crowd mumbled in confusion now that their attention was split. Aaand… Cass was still shouting.Seriously! I was still internally dying, thinking of how to escape this situation when… Axelair happened. I could have been hallucinating. But I knew this was Axelair's pack. He could walk in at any time. You see, the man didn’t walk; he prowled into the scene like he had been waiting for this exact kind of problem to unfold.His dark eyes went from Samantha to me, and the crowd went silent at once. “What’s this?” His voice was low, and dangerous, but there was that glint of amusement I hated. “Comparisons? Trials before the trial?” H