Semua Bab The Accused Mate: Bab 121 - Bab 130

POV: Vera BlackthorneThe holy tattoo on my arm burned as it faded away.I clawed at the mark frantically, trying to stop the ancient symbols from disappearing. For twenty years, this mark had connected me to The Mother's power. It had given my life meaning, purpose, direction.Now it was just black ink going gray on my skin."No, no, no," I whispered, pushing my hands against the mark. "Come back. Please come back."But I could feel the connection breaking totally. The Mother's voice, which had led me for so long, was gone. The power that had flowed through me was nothing more than a memory.I was alone.Around me, the holy temple where I'd spent most of my adult life was crumbling. Stone blocks fell from the roof as the magic holding everything together failed. Other followers ran screaming toward the exits, their own marks fading just like mine."Sister Blackthorne!" called Marcus from across the falling room. He was one of the younger convert

POV: Alpha Marcus ShadowfangThe silver blade whistled past my ear, missing by inches.I rolled to the side as another attacker lunged at me from the darkness. My claws expanded, and I slashed across his chest, sending him crashing into a tree. But three more appeared from the dark."Alpha Marcus!" my Beta yelled from somewhere behind me. "There are too many!"I snarled, my wolf pushing forward. These weren't ordinary rogues attacking my area. They moved too well, fought too smart. Someone had sent them.The real question was who.I grabbed the closest attacker by the throat and slammed him against a boulder. "Who sent you?" I asked.He just smiled, showing bloody teeth. "The old bloodlines will rise again," he whispered before biting down on something in his mouth. Poison. He was dead within seconds."Coward," I spat, dropping his body.My Beta, Kane, limped over to me. Blood ran down his arm from a deep cut. "They had some kind of symbol on

POV: Luna Seraphina WintersThe vision hit me like a truck.I dropped to my knees, clutching my head as pictures flooded my mind. Orion fighting Jacob in the ring. Both of them screaming. Blood everywhere. And something dark and terrible rising from their shared pain."No, no, no," I whispered, pushing myself to stand. "This can't happen. Not again."I ran toward the Blood Circle Arena, my heart pounding with fear. After eighteen years of hiding, eighteen years of letting everyone think I was dead, I was about to break every promise I'd made.But if I didn't act now, both my children would die.The venue came into view just as I heard the crowd gasp. Through the old stone archway, I could see Orion facing Jacob. My son looked so much like his father at that age - brave and stubborn and totally unaware of the danger he was in."Help... me..." The dual voices coming from Jacob made my blood freeze.I knew that sound. I'd heard it before, eighteen y

POV: Elias Beaumont The scream came from inside the abandoned building, and it definitely wasn't human. I pressed my back against the brick wall, signaling for my watch team to stay quiet. We'd been tracking strange reports for weeks - animals found drained of blood, witnesses claiming they saw people with glowing eyes, and worst of all, three missing hikers who vanished without a trace. "Alpha," Marcus whispered beside me. "That sounded like—" Another scream cut him off. This one was definitely human. I made my choice. "We go in. But stay together and stay alert." The warehouse door hung open, creaking in the wind. Inside, everything was dark except for a strange blue glow coming from the back corner. As we crept closer, I could smell something that made my wolf flinch in fear. Death. But not the normal kind. We rounded a stack of old boxes and found something that shouldn't exist.

POV: Riley Chen The cake burst right in my face. I sputtered, wiping chocolate frosting from my eyes as laughter exploded around me. So much for being the perfect pack member at the most important party in our history. "Riley!" My best friend Jake rushed over with napkins. "Are you okay?" "Just my pride," I mumbled, trying to clean frosting out of my hair. "Leave it to me to mess up the unity ceremony." Today was going to be perfect. The official joining of the Blood Moon and Artemis Packs, with Amara Kings and Elias Beaumont as our new Alpha Pair. After months of chaos, war, and near-disasters, we finally had something to enjoy. And I'd managed to walk face-first into the party cake. "Don't worry about it," Jake said, helping me clean up. "Nobody noticed." "Riley!" Alpha Amara's voice made me freeze. She was walking toward us, and even though she was smiling, I wanted to sink into the ground.