All Chapters of The Alpha’s Secret Hybrid Mate: Chapter 31 - Chapter 33

☉NAIDA The royal guard was choking. His eyes were wide and rimmed with red, face slowly turning purple as he clutched at his neck with his free hand. He couldn't understand what was happening, and neither could I, but I knew I was responsible. The ugly hate and terror in my chest had morphed into a pungent and venomous desire to see him dead. The urges were so strong that I reveled in every desperate gasp he made, in a futile attempt to get air into his lungs. But then, using his grip on my arm, he pushed me hard against the wall. The impact was so painful that I gasped, and that mere second cut off my concentration. The air rushed back into his lungs, and he stopped choking. He gulped in as much air as he could, until he was laughing at my shriveled-up form in the dust. “You thought you had a chance of escape?” He grabbed my ankles. “The dungeons seem too far at this point! This alley is as good a place as any!” “No! Stop!” I fought him with everything I had, but that onl

☉ELDARIEN The bruised areas on her skin were gone, returning to the flawless pale skin of the rest of her. Licking her injuries worked faster than whatever medicinal brew was present in the pool, and she was fast asleep, far more peaceful after her nightmares had made her cry again and I had soothed her back to sleep. It was frustrating, those nightmares, an adversary I couldn’t kill. As she fiercely guards her little secret, it's all I can do to protect her from those who see her fire and try to extinguish it. Those rosy, golden embers that could become infernos someday. I stood as far away as my self-control would allow, feeling the pulsing mate pull grow stronger and stronger each day. Each day, the war waged within me grew bloodier, with no end in sight. My everlasting desire to be with my destined mate, and this new, yet potent desire to be with Naida. It was driving me insane. My eyes roamed over her one more time. Small and delicate, curled in the middle of the be