All Chapters of The Apex's hidden mate: Chapter 111 - Chapter 118

Arias POV The moment the words left my mouth, the beating stopped. The addicts froze like feral animals caught mid-snarl, their gaunt faces twisting toward me. One of them still had his fist mid-air, hovering over Thane’s father, whose frail body trembled on the cracked floor. This close, it was impossible not to see the signs Thane had told me about. He looked at me and scrambled backward, scraping his back against the wall like he wanted to vanish into it. “Stay back!” he croaked, voice sharp and ragged. “Demon… demon, demon—get away from me!” My heart cracked a little. “No,” I said softly, crouching down, hands lifted in peace. “I’m not a demon. I’m a friend. I’m here to help—” “What the hell does this have to do with you?” one of the addicts growled behind me. I stood up slowly and turned to face them. “Then let me ask, why are you ganging up on him? What did he do to deserve that?” “He’s got it,” another slurred — a man with rotting teeth and jittery hands. “The pills.

Caspian’s POV I paced the length of the security room, the tension in my chest tightening with every passing second. “Still nothing,” I muttered, staring down at my useless phone. “No signal. No location. No response.” “She’s not picking any of us,” Kaid said from the other side of the room, tossing his phone on the desk with a frustrated grunt. Back when we were helping Thane search for his father, we noticed how none of us could make or receive calls properly. At first, we thought it was interference, a tower issue, maybe even a security lockdown glitch… but no. That wasn’t it. We’d been hacked. Whoever did it cut off our comms — calls, messages, trackers — just enough to make it seem like a tech problem. Now, Aria’s off the grid. We were back at the penthouse, trying to reboot her security link through the console, but her phone wasn’t even connecting. No signal. No location. “I’ve scanned all satellite inputs,” I said, fingers flying across the keys. “Her phone's last ping

Caspian’s POV He gave me a crooked smile and tilted his head in a silent gesture to follow him. I hesitated. I sent some messages to others, but there were no signal. The comms were jammed. Great. I didn’t trust him—not even close—but if he knew something about Aria’s whereabouts… then I didn’t have a choice. I followed. He led me down the path, broken bricks underfoot and shattered glass scattered like dead stars. Most of the buildings were half-collapsed or rotting from the inside out, but the one we stopped in front of looked different. It didn’t look that abandoned.When a familiar figure stepped out, my chest tightened. She swayed slightly on her feet. Her clothes were stained, her hair tangled, but there was no mistaking that face. My mother. She didn’t even look at me, her gaze zeroed straight in on him. “I set everything up,” she said, her voice slurred, fingers twitching. “Now give me another pill. My head’s going to split open.” “Shut up,” he snapped. “Can’t you

Kaid’s POV I stood there—silent. The phone had gone still in Aria’s hands, that twisted video ending like the final drop of poison. And now? Now my world was tilting. It didn’t make sense. None of it made sense. Aria? Our Aria? She was this? I couldn’t breathe for a second. The footage was convincing, too convincing. Her voice. Her mannerisms. Everything about it mirrored the Aria I knew. Or… thought I knew. But that’s the thing, isn’t it? If you think you know someone, and it turns out you don’t… what was ever real? My fists clenched. I’ve always had a nose for pretenders. I can sniff out liars, manipulators. I’ve torn them apart without blinking. So why didn’t I see this? Was it because of the mate bond? Did it blind me? Cloud all our judgment? Did she fake that, too? Is that even possible? I was starting to question everything—every damn thing. Her stubbornness. Her sharp tongue. The way her scent always soothed me. Was it all just part of the act? But my heart wa