Semua Bab The Alpha King's Accidental Surrogate: Bab 21 - Bab 28

Dante’s pov I paced in the training field with my body fuming with excitement and my body slick with sweat. The sun bounced on my skin and heated me up but I didn’t care. My fists were tight. My body was warm, full of power. Across from me stood General Kade, one of the best fighters in my pack. We had been training for a while now, hitting, dodging, moving fast. “Ready again?” I asked, breathing hard but smiling. Kade nodded and raised his sword. “Always ready, Alpha.” I stepped forward fast and threw a punch. Just then, the entire ground shook under my first fist which flew into the base of the mountain and cracked it behind him. A loud boom followed. Dust flew in the air. He was lucky to have moved out of my way in time. Else he would have been a goner. Kade didn’t wait. He drew his sword and swiped at me as the blade cut through the air with clean accuracy. I moved quickly, too fast for most eyes to see. His sword missed me by inches. We kept fighting, bo

Sara’s povI started to get back to my abode as the wind flapped my cloak behind me.My feet made loud thumps on the ground. Not because I was tired but because I had too much in my head. That mark on Selene’s neck… it plagued me. I know I’d seen it somewhere before.I opened the wooden door and stepped into a room filled with herbs and dried flowers’ smell. Books were scattered across a table, bottles of various sizes lined up neatly beside those books and to the corner of the room, my maid was sweeping the floor with a broom in her hands. She looked up when she heard me coming in.“Welcome back, Miss Sara,” she said softly.I waved my hand at her. “No need to bow. I’m not the moon goddess.”She smiled a little and kept sweeping. I went over to the chair by the fire and sat down. My bones creaked as I settled. I wasn’t all that old but some days I felt like I was lugging around a century or two.“Fix me some tea, will you?” I asked.“Sure thing,” she said as she rushed around to make

Selene’s pov Sara looked at me and smiled. “I knew this would happen.” I made a small frown. “What would happen?” She walked slowly to the bed. “Eventually,” she said, her voice heavy with weary resignation, “your body would start feeling them too.” Dante stood up and stepped aside to let her have room. “Don’t worry," said Sara. "It is not a bad case. You have just begun the–er–’critical’ stage." I looked at her. “What does that mean?” “It means,” she said slowly, “your body is just adjusting. You’re carrying something special. The baby inside you is wolf. That kind of child needs strength. Your body is just waking up to that truth.” “So this is normal?” I asked. She nodded. “Perfectly normal. Pain, pressure, small shocks. It’s all part of the start.” I let out a soft breath. “Thank goodness.” Dante moved closer again and touched my arm. “You hear that? You’re strong.” A knock on the door. A guard stepped in. “Alpha, you are needed.” His eyes were filled wit

Dante’s pov“I have a question to ask you,” I said.“Shoot,” Jackson replied.“Do you know anyone,” I said slowly, “anyone who has a crescent moon tattooed on them?”There was a pause for a second. Then Jackson started laughing.“What’s so funny?” I said.He only kept on laughing. “You of all people should know no one is stupid enough to tattoo that on their body.”Now I was confused. “Why do you say that?”He laughed again, then grew quiet. “Because that mark is not a normal symbol. It’s not for style or decoration. It belongs to something… bigger.”I turned away from the window and dropped down onto the edge of the bed beside him. “Tell me, Jackson,” I said softly. “What does it mean?”He was thoughtful for a minute or so before he replied. “Can you remember, Dante… eight or nine years ago, when that bunch of rogues started wintering around those old logging cabins in the Bear’s Hump country?”I nodded. “Yes. I remember. They were strong. Too strong. We couldn’t take them down easil