Lahat ng Kabanata ng Alpha, I Won’t Let You Banish Me Again: Kabanata 161 - Kabanata 170

I woke up and found myself in the middle of darkness.I reached out beside me, hoping that Leo had finally returned, only to find out that he wasn’t there. I lay back down, pulling my covers to my chin, trying to keep myself warm.The silence was deafening. Even the usual whisper of the wind through the trees had gone still, as if the world itself was holding its breath. My fingers brushed the space where he should’ve been, but nothing changed as I felt the space, untouched and still cold. He hasn’t returned yet.A strange unease curled in my stomach. I am used to not being with Leo all the time. It’s part of having a powerful partner who leads his people while keeping them safe. I sat up slowly, letting my eyes adjust. Shapes began to form in the shadows, which were oddly felt wrong. The edges of the room seemed to shift, bending in ways they shouldn’t. A whisper so faint I almost missed it brushed against my ear.‘Don’t be afraid.’I froze. My breath hitched in my throat. It wasn’t

I didn’t know that the sun was already up until Katherine walked in with my breakfast in her hand, and Clint just behind her. They both paused for a moment, their eyes scanning me where I sat hunched over the journal, still wrapped in the dim glow of the early morning light."You didn’t sleep?" Katherine asked, surprised to see me wide awake. She crossed the room, setting down the plate of food beside me before turning back toward Clint. He leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, watching me silently.I rubbed my eyes with a yawn, trying to clear the haze of exhaustion. “I did,” I mumbled, glancing down at the journal in my hands. The edges were worn, the leather cover cracked from years of being opened as if someone had spent so much time reading them over and over again. "But I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t sleep after that."Katherine raised an eyebrow, but before she could press me, I turned the pages of the journal, the creak of the leather echoing in the qu

My eyes met his, unwavering. “She’s alive, Aiden. And the Fae King has kept her hidden for a reason.”The colors drained from Aiden’s face. He leaned back on the couch, his fingers digging into the armrest as if the world beneath him might fall apart. The silence stretched between us, thick and suffocating.I couldn’t blame him. Finding out his mother was alive, after years of believing that she was dead because of the ambush, wasn’t something you could just breathe through. And that wasn’t even the worst of it.“She’s alive…” he murmured, his voice cracking. “All this time.”I could see how it breaks him, because knowing that his mother was alive meant that his father lied to him. He didn’t like what his father did to Kelly, but even so, he hoped that he wouldn’t at least lie to him. I nodded slowly. “And the Fae King’s keeping her somewhere safe. He’s hiding her for a reason, Aiden.”His eyes flicked to mine, anger and confusion warring in their depths. “Why? Why would he keep her

I told Aiden that I needed to leave, that I had to see the Fae King myself. He didn’t argue, didn’t even try to stop me. He just gave me a nod and returned his focus to Ella, who was still pale and fragile, her breathing shallow but steady.I walked away, giving the two of them some privacy, but as I stepped into the living room, I spotted Aerin sitting quietly on the couch, lost in thought.“Everything okay?” I asked, taking the spot across from her.“Nothing much,” she said with a shrug, “I guess, I am just wondering why all of these are happening right now. I mean, I don’t understand why we should have a war. I know I’m not making sense, but if you look at it, none of these things make sense.”I totally get what she was saying. Because the more I think about it, the more convinced I am that there is something more than Merry wiping up a whole coven and running to the Vampires. It convinces me more now that the Vampire Lord wanted to end the treaty that they made with us. “I need t

My head snapped up too fast, a sharp pain flashing behind my eyes. “Wait…” I whispered. “If that clause, if none of his pack members were to die in the hands of vampires…”The Fae King’s lips curved into a knowing smile.My heart thundered in my chest. “But Kelly’s mother isn’t dead,” I said, the words tumbling out before I could stop them.The Fae King’s smile widened, slow and deliberate. “No,” he said softly. “She isn’t.”After learning the truth about the treaty and my father’s death, something inside me shifted. It wasn’t pain this time. It was hope. Small, trembling, impossible hope.“So… does that mean there’s a chance my father is still alive?” I asked, watching the Fae King’s smile fade. The warmth in his eyes dimmed like a candle in the wind.“Unfortunately,” he began, his voice low, “everyone in the Alliance, along with the Vampire, witnessed Kayla’s death. Your father… died before them all.”His words struck like a blade. I understood what he meant. Still, the tiny ember o