The Accused Mate의 모든 챕터: 챕터 41 - 챕터 50

POV: Alpha Charles WintersI crashed through the trees, my heart beating in my chest. The smell of blood and magic filled the air. She was close. After eighteen years of keeping her secret, of trying to protect her from this very moment, I was too late."Amara!" I yelled, following the blue glow that lit up the night sky like a beacon.My daughter was floating above Silver Lake, ringed by that strange blue fire. The sight made my throat tighten. She looked so much like her mother—not Seraphina, who raised her, but her real mother. The one who came from this very lake eighteen years ago.A werewolf flew through the air, smashing into a tree beside me. It was Dorian Graves, the Alpha who had been hunting my daughter. He snarled, blood dripping from his mouth, and flung himself back toward the lake.I shifted instantly, bones popping as my wolf form took over. I was older now, gray marking my once-black fur, but I was still an Alpha. Still her father.

POV: Amara KingsI screamed as my father's body went limp in my arms. The world around me blurred with tears."Dad! Dad, please!" I shook him, but his eyes stared blankly at the night sky. "Come back!"Viktor's blade had done its work. My father—the man who had hidden me away for eighteen years, who I'd both hated and loved—was gone."Amara," Elias said softly, putting a hand on my shoulder. "He's gone."I shrugged him off, anger bubbling inside me. "Don't touch me."The Mother stood on the shore now, looking exactly like me except for those terrible black eyes. She held the black stone in her hand, smiling as if my father's death meant nothing."He was weak," she said. "Just a vessel, like your false mother.""Shut up!" I yelled, the blue markings on my skin flaring brighter. "He was my father!""One of your fathers," she corrected. "The human one."Luther approached slowly, his face a mix of fear and wonder. "The prophecy is f

POV: Marcus HaleI ducked as a silver knife flew past my head, embedding itself in the tree behind me."Traitor!" Rael shouted, reaching for another weapon."I'm not the traitor here," I growled, my claws extending as I faced Elias's gamma. "You've been working with Luther all along."I'd barely made it back to Artemis land when Rael ambushed me. Now I was fighting for my life against someone I once called a friend.Rael lunged at me, but I was ready. I grabbed his arm and flipped him over my shoulder. He hit the ground hard but rolled back to his feet."Elias has chosen the wrong side," Rael spat. "The girl is dangerous. You know what the scripture says.""I know what you want me to believe," I said. "But I was there. I saw what happened at the lake."Fear flashed across Rael's face. "You saw the Mother?""I saw everything." I circled him slowly. "And now I'm bringing Elias's troops to help Amara. Are you with us or against us?"For a moment, I thought he might join me. Then his eyes

POV: Elder Thalia ReedThe candle flames shot up high, then froze in place like icy fingers reaching for the sky. I nearly dropped the ancient bowl I was holding. This wasn't normal magic."Charles," I mumbled to the still flames, "answer my call. " Around me, the other three elders—Iris, Micah, and Darius—clutched their ritual stones tighter. We sat in a circle inside the old oak grove, hidden from Luther's prying eyes."He won't come," Iris mumbled. "The dead don't speak to the living.""They do when their work isn't finished," I answered, my old hands steady despite my racing heart.I poured the mixture of wolf's blood and crushed moonstone into the bowl. The liquid sparkled strangely in the frozen firelight. Magic was changing since Amara's waking. The old rules no longer applied."Charles Winters," I called louder. "Your pack needs you. Your kid needs you."The wind picked up suddenly, whirling leaves around our circle. The flames unfroze and be

Chapter 50: POV: Rowan Kingsley"Get down!" I shouted, grabbing Amara and pulling her behind a fallen tree. Bullets slammed into the bark above our heads.Elias dropped beside us, breathing hard. "How did they find us?""Luther has eyes everywhere," I said, looking through a gap in the tree. "They've been tracking us since we crossed into Blood Moon territory."Three of Luther's hunters moved through the trees, guns ready. They weren't trying to kill us—just slow us down. The real danger waited at the pack house."We can't stay here," Amara whispered. Her eyes glowed with power that still made me nervous. Half Harbinger, half Luna magic—a mix that shouldn't exist.I nodded. "On my signal, run for the river. Don't stop, don't look back."I pulled out the small leather pouch I always carried. Inside were five black stones marked with old symbols. Magic older than the packs themselves."What are those?" Elias asked, eyes narrowed."Something my