Lahat ng Kabanata ng Hunted By My Rejected Mate: Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

Chapter 152|| Elinda's POV ||I woke up dazed. My mind was foggy, my body heavy as if poisoned once more. The room was cold, the damp filling the air. I barely could focus on anything, the walls spinning about me. I tried to move, but my legs and arms were numb, my head thudding from the continuous pain Kai had induced in me.I could hear far-off noises in the background, but they were far away and indistinct. The children's cries reached me, far off and haunting. Panic was creeping into my soul, but I could not move, could not scream. The pain was unbearable. I strained to focus on the voices, listening carefully to their words.I managed to lift my head, my body shaking with weakness. Through the bars of the window, I could see a group of people dragging fighting children through the courtyard. Their eyes were wild with fear, their faces pinched and white, like they had not eaten for days. They were lycans, I could tell by the aura that clung to them. My heart tightened in my chest

Chapter 154|| ALEXIS'S POV ||The silence in the vehicle was suffocating. I could feel the weight of my own thoughts crushing my chest as Elinda sat beside me, her eyes blankly gazing out of the window. I could not even stand to look at her. What I'd done, what I was doing—leaving her behind, sending her back to Alberto—felt a betrayal, even though I knew in my heart it was the right thing. But that didn't ease the pain. It added to it.We had traveled so far. We had endured so much together, fought every obstacle life had thrown our way. But now, I was taking the hardest decision I'd ever made, and I couldn't stand to tell her. How could I? How could I look her in the eye and say I was letting go of us? Of her?My knuckles were white as my hands gripped the steering wheel. The tires wailed against the road, but the sound barely registered in my mind. I couldn't resist darting glances at her from the corner of my eye. But she was looking away. I wanted to reach out, take her hand, an

Chapter 156|| Clara's POV ||After the experience with the old woman, my mind was a tangled mess, each strand pulling in a different direction. I had learned so much in such a brief period, but it had only served to confuse me more about the world of my being. I had always known that I was different, something that I could not ever understand, but now it appeared that the truth was a great deal more involved than I could have ever imagined.I needed answers, and there was only one individual who could offer them to me. The ex-beta. Elias. He was a person who had been around me as far back as my childhood, a person that I trusted with my life. Because my dad had passed away, he had been the rock of our pack, until my stepdad had become the one in charge. Then Elias had disappeared, preferring to live a life long-distance from the pack, on his own. But I had always understood that Elias was not anybody. He had remained loyal to my dad, and I understood that he must have some informatio

Chapter 158|| ALEXIS’S POV ||My wedding morning began in silence—an unnatural, eerie silence that seemed to wrap itself around my chest like a shroud. I stood before the tall, arched window of my chamber.I should have felt something joy.But I felt nothing. Nothing but hollow emptiness, as if my heart had lost.I went to wed Lysa today.Not because I cared for her.Not because I had selected her.But because I had no other choice.The entire manor buzzed with anticipation. I heard the activity of servants rushing to and fro, decorating the courtyard with gold ribbons and white roses—Lysa's favorites. My pack of warriors stood outside in their shining armor, ready to serve their Alpha's wedding. Guests had begun arriving early morning, councilmen and nobles alike, all dressed elaborately in ceremonial robes, their faces aglow with wonder and forced smiles. They were here to witness the union, not the love.But all I could do… was think of her.Elinda.Even if the world forgot her, I c

Chapter 160|| CLARA'S POV ||I wanted answers. I needed to know the truth that Mikhail had concealed behind his well-rehearsed smiles and open hugs.It was not bravery that brought me here. It was desperation.After what Elinda had shown me—after watching Alexis almost broken by the same game—I knew that this was my turn. Whatever affection Mikhail ever had, it was not real. I was caught in the middle, strategically placed and used as soon as I was no longer useful. But if I could understand the game that he was playing, perhaps I might survive. Perhaps, just maybe, I could finish it out.I slid into the library like a specter. The high doors groaned softly as I opened them, and for an awful instant, I thought someone might have heard. But there was nothing. Silence. The library was gigantic—row after row of towering bookshelves, wheeled ladders, and dusty tomes propped on pedestals like they were artifacts of gods long forgotten.I stopped in the doorway, taking in the scents of scu