Lahat ng Kabanata ng MATED TO THE RUTHLESS ALPHA AND HIS BROTHER: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 12

DARIUS POV Setting: Forest, Pre-DawnEvery time I shut my eyes, all I saw was blood; Kain’s blood, mine, even hers. Elara. So I gave up, threw on a cloak, and stepped outside, letting the cold bite into me as I walked the narrow trail behind the castle walls.The forest was quieter than usual. No howls, no birdsong. Just silence. Still, the air held weight, like something was watching. Then I saw it. A shadow slipping between trees, swift but clumsy. The figure was cloaked, low to the ground, dressed in dark fabric like a damned assassin. But they weren’t moving like one. No grace. No wariness. Just... determined recklessness.I narrowed my eyes and followed, silent as breath. I kept to the shadows until I was close enough. Then, with one swift movement, I picked up a fallen log and struck. The figure dropped instantly with a dull thud. I stepped back, expecting a fight, a snarl, a flash of steel. Nothing. Just the faint rustle of cloth and the sound of shallow breathing.What kind o