Alle Kapitel von Not Today, Alphas! : Kapitel 41 – Kapitel 50

Chapter 41 : Darius’s WishDarius ~ Last night I saw someone in our territory next to the river where Eris used to play. I immediately ran to see who it was, hoping it would be Eris, but I was wrong. The minute I got there, I saw a tall man with strangely red hair looking for something. As if he had lost an important piece.Keeping my eyes on him, not letting him go out of my sight, the man vanished like magic in a thin air. Maybe he found something he was looking for?I couldn’t shake my suspicion, so I went back there again to see if I could find him. The air was crisp, and the forest was unusually still when I spotted him again—the same tall man with fiery red hair, standing just at the edge of the riverbank. His back was turned, but I knew it was him. This time, I wasn’t letting him slip away.I stepped out from behind the trees, my eyes narrowed as I approached. He didn’t seem startled by my presence, as if he had been expecting me.“You’re in my territory,” I growled, givi

Chapter 43 : Goodbye, Mom Eris ~I couldn’t breathe. It felt like the air had been stolen from my lungs, ripped out along with everything that once kept me alive. My legs buckled, but I forced myself to stay upright. I wouldn’t fall. Not now. Not yet. Not in front of him."Mom," I whispered, but it came out broken, strangled. It didn’t sound like my voice. It didn’t feel like me anymore.Her body—no, no, it wasn’t real—just lay there, still. I waited for her to move, to blink, to breathe. But she didn’t. I reached out, my hand trembled, barely brushing her skin. It was cold. So cold.“Mom!” I screamed inside, but the words didn’tI screamed inside, but no sound came out. My throat was tight, my chest felt like it was being crushed. I wanted to shake her, to wake her up, but I knew it wouldn’t work. She was gone.My hands trembled as I pulled her closer, hugging her body to mine. Her warmth was gone. All that was left was the cold, the awful cold. I pressed my face against her,

Kaya ~I don’t know what I was thinking. Was I too ignorant, believing I could defeat an entire clan on my own? Too greedy to think I could protect Eris and make her mine forever?It took me and Samuel twenty-four hours just to get up and start looking for her. We had no choice. Our legs were weak, our necks still bleeding, covered in dried blood. Every breath was shaky, but we only had one goal—to save Eris.Darius hadn’t faced me directly again since the last time we fought. He knew better. But he had the upper hand now. He had her. How did he know we were in his territory? How did he find out we were going to save Eris’s mother?Eris…We had buried her mother. It wasn’t a proper burial for a Luna, but it was the best we could do. It was better than leaving her there, exposed, to be taken by crows and letting rot on the ground.“I’m sorry, Eris,” I whispered into the night. “We failed. I failed.”“Keep going. I can smell her. She’s near.”Samuel’s voice destroyed the silence. Hi

Chapter 47: You Took My EverythingDarius~I barely got the words out before Augustin’s hand slammed down on the table between us, his eyes narrowed into slits. His jaw tightened, so rigid I thought he might snap. The air in the room was like a fog, thick with tension, anger was coming off of him like heat from a wildfire."You killed her," he snarled in a low voice. "You killed her right in front of Eris! Julie’s blood is on your hands, Darius!" He slammed his fist again, harder this time, the wood cracked beneath his fingers.I met his eyes, heart pounded faster, but I refused to flinch. I wouldn’t give him that satisfaction to make me look weaker and scared in front of him.“She’s dead because of you!” His voice climbed higher now, trembling from rage and grief. "And Eris? You brought her back half-dead…do you even see what you’ve done?"I clenched my fists, nails dug into my palms. “I did what I had to do, Father. You don't understand. This was—”“Understand?” Augustin’s eyes bl

Chapter 49: Ghosts Don’t DieEris~Augustin stood in the doorway…I saw his eyes burn from rage. Darius flinched, freezing in place, pants half undone, but I didn’t. I couldn’t feel anything but disgust, a deep, crawling disgust for both of them.“Get out,” Augustin spat, stepping into the room. He consumed the space like a dark shadow. “Now.”Darius backed away, the look in his eyes almost was frightened like a dog that had just been caught doing something shameful. He didn’t even look at me as he fled from the room, slamming the door behind him.Silence fell, heavy, suffocating...I stared at Augustin…My palms were clammy and I clenched them, not from fear, but anger. Anger that he was here, standing in front of me, alive. He was supposed to be dead. They both were.The pressure built up, the chains around my wrists clicked softly as I moved. “I thought you were dead.”Augustin’s gaze focused on me. It was cold and dismissive. “You should be glad I’m not.”I snorted bitterly. “Gla