All Chapters of Alpha’s Deal: Be My Mate: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

Chapter 170 – The Council’s JudgmentZarina’s POVThe day after the gathering, everything felt too quiet.Even the wind seemed to move more gently, like it was afraid to disturb the silence that had fallen over the pack. The truth had been revealed—Cara was never pregnant. Her lies were exposed before everyone. The seer had spoken, and the spirits had confirmed it.But somehow… not everyone believed it.I sat by the window in our room, brushing my fingers over the small wooden rattle one of the nannies had made for the triplets. The sunlight filtered through the curtains, warm against my skin, but it didn’t calm my heart.“Asher,” I said softly, turning to him as he buttoned his shirt. “Do you think they’ll finally let this go?”He paused for a moment, his hand frozen mid-button, then slowly looked at me. His expression was hard to read.“I wish I could say yes,” he replied. “But last night, I received a message from Elder Tovan. The council wants to meet. Immediately.”My heart sank.

Chapter 174 – My Place, FinallyZarina’s POVI woke up before the sun.The room was quiet. The only sound was the soft breathing of my children sleeping peacefully. I walked over to the window and pushed the curtain aside gently. The sky was still dark, with just a touch of blue. The morning air felt fresh, but my heart was heavy and full of thoughts.Today was the day Asher had planned.A public gathering.A gathering to set things right.I held onto the windowsill, staring out into the open space where the pack would gather. I could already feel the nervousness building in my chest. This pack… they had judged me, doubted me, and even hated me at some point. Today, they were going to hear the truth. And for the first time, they would hear it not from rumors—but from Asher, the Elders, and me.I heard the door open behind me.“Asher?” I turned softly.He stepped in, already dressed in his black Alpha clothes. His face looked calm, but I knew him. I knew his heart. He was worried too.

.Chapter 175— The Woman Zarina’s POVThe sun was high in the sky, shining down on the pack grounds like it too was celebrating with us.After everything…After the lies, the betrayal, the Luna challenge, and the pain Cara caused…We finally had peace.The crowd was full of smiling faces. Some wolves were dancing, others eating. Children ran around playing, their laughter mixing with the soft music playing through the drums and flutes.I stood at the center of it all. Happy. Proud. Grateful.Asher stood beside me, our fingers laced together. His eyes were on me, soft and warm, and the triplets clung to his legs, giggling as they tried to play hide-and-seek under his robes.It felt perfect.So when Asher asked the crowd to quiet down, I stepped forward with a smile and lifted my voice.“Thank you all,” I said, placing a hand on my chest. “From the moment I stepped into this pack, I never expected to be your Luna. I only wanted to love and protect. To be a mother. A mate. A warrior.”T

Chapter 177 - The Fire in Me Would Not Be SilentZarina's POVI sat on the living room, yet I could not feel the couch beneath me.My hands were placed on my lap, but I could not prevent them from trembling.The one in the fireplace was burning peacefully, but inside me, another fire burned with greater intensity. One of questions, confusion… and pain.Who was she?Why did she look like me?And why had Asher taken her hand and led her in without a word?I didn't want to judge him.He was my partner. The father of my children. The man who had stuck with me through battle, through heartbreak, through it all.But today, he had looked at another woman with an expression I couldn't understand. And when she smiled, it wasn't a warm smile. It was one of the smiles that made my heart shrink.That woman never visited.She came to muss something loose — and did.And now, I couldn't shake my head of it.The children slept upstairs. The packhouse was quiet, except for the storm brewing inside me.

Chapter 179 — A Substitute HeartZarina’s POVI couldn’t breathe.It was like the walls around me were closing in, slowly, tightly, suffocating me from the inside out.“She was my mate.”Those four words repeated in my head like a loud, cruel echo that refused to fade.She. Was. My. Mate.I stood still in the middle of the room, my eyes locked on Asher, trying to understand what had just come out of his mouth. Maybe I heard wrong. Maybe my heart was playing tricks on me.But the look on his face…Pain.Guilt.Fear.No, I didn’t hear wrong. He had said it. He had confirmed it.Zaria.The woman who looked like me.The woman who smiled like she knew something I didn’t.She wasn’t just a stranger. She wasn’t just a passing shadow from his past.She was his fated mate.The very thing I could never be.“I thought she died,” he said quietly, stepping toward me. “Years ago. I searched for her. I went mad looking. But she vanished. There was no trace.”“So you gave up,” I said, my voice dry an