Lahat ng Kabanata ng After I Died, My Ex-mate Begged for My Mercy: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

JASONMaybe Kael was right. Perhaps I was some shitty alpha who couldn't detect what was going underneath his nose. Maybe I was partly to blame for Ashley's misfortune, as I had honestly believed that, at some point during my childhood, even though I never gave her all the attention she desired, I had tried my best. I had believed Ashley was going to be my mate.I mean, she was the Beta's daughter then, and it was a known fact that the Beta daughter and the Alpha son would be mated…until Maria’s arrival. It wasn't my fault that Ashley had lied to my face. It wasn't as if I had asked her to do so. Perhaps if she had confided in me, I might have been able to help her out before the mess she started even came to be.I had a lot of maybes, and if I began to list them all out, I doubted it wouldn't take the whole day to finish. But the biggest was that I wished I had prevented Ashley from trying to kill Maria in the first place. I wanted to believe it was done out of jealousy.Still, that

ASHLEYMy eyes locked on my father as he stood, holding a large brown leather book in his hand. I had seen that book with him many times, and it was used to record the crimes people had committed around the pack house. Never for once in my life have I thought I'd come to see it being brought out because of people I cared about.Because of Kael. I bit my lips out of habit as I watched him flip through. He barely raised his head to look in my direction. He knew I was watching him. Certainly he did. The Alpha himself had seen me. Including Jason, even though he had used it as an opportunity to show who was in charge. Whereas my father ignored me like I didn't exist.My father cleared his throat as he stepped closer to Kael, my heart beating. I felt Kelly clasping my hand, while all my thoughts were on what was being said. I needed to hear the verdict to be sure that justice would be given. Although I knew it was unlikely since Maria was now involved. But hopefully, maybe staying three mo

ASHLEY“You're free to leave.” The guard who opened my cell door said, and began to walk away.“Wait, what about Kael?” I asked as soon as I stepped out of the cell. I looked in his direction, and he raised his head to stare at me. I frowned, looking at the guard who had opened the door for me.He snorted, “Shouldn't you be happy that one of you is leaving? If I were you, I'd go thank my benefactor because the beta was more than ready to let you rot here in the cell.” He said.I dragged in a breath. I wasn't surprised that my father would do that. Many things no longer surprised me, and it was infuriating.“It's fine, Ashley. You should go. I'll be fine.” Kael said. I shook my head and started to approach him, but a grip on my hand stopped me from doing so.“You're not to take another step, ma'am. If you do, you're disobeying the alpha's order on no one being allowed to reach the prisoner.” He let out.I didn't hear the alpha give that order. Maybe it was after Kael and I were dragged

ASHLEY“Isn't that great?” My mother gripped my hand, squeezing it. She offered me a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.“He's one of the strongest in the pack house, and he's going to protect you.” Her voice dripped with a sweetness that I found irritating. But that was what brought me to reality. The horrible reality that I was in.“Our Ashley is going to be a warrior's wife, and I am so thrilled–”“Protect me? Even when I told you he's a perverted man who had almost taken advantage of me?!” I screamed in her face. I tried to keep my anger from rushing to the surface, but my parents always knew how to push me. They didn't need to try too much.I wondered who I offended exactly. Why were they all doing this to me? My feelings were irrelevant to them. How did they suddenly turn to this cruel person when a few months ago, they were the best thing that had ever happened to me? I had once thought they were the best parents and would do anything just to see me happy. I guessed I was w

UNKNOWN POVShe was delusional, Maria mused, staring at the spot where Ashley had been just a few minutes ago. She swore by the goddess that Ashley had no common sense in her. At least, if she had it, she'd realize there was no way in hell that she was going to do what she had just said. She'd be aware from the start that she was lying and was only teasing to see her reaction.But she had been hopeful. Maria snickered. She wanted to save Kael. That bastard! She mused, staring at her stomach with a frown on her face. The injury was healing. However, she'd still need more of Ashley's blood to be healed. She pulled the bandage around the wound, wrinkling her nose at the foul smell that wafted from it.She stared at the blackened area surrounding the deep gash. If it weren't for that fool spying on her, she wouldn't have resorted to this extreme measure. She was almost reaching her goal, and he had disrupted it. Maybe it was for the best. That meant she had one more person to take her sin