Bound by Blood: The Alpha's Forbidden Mate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 101 - チャプター 110

Chapter 101 - Searching for Frances Crystal's POVThe morning after the dinner was filled with silence. Not the peaceful kind—this one felt uncomfortable, like when one is pointed with a gun, to the head. My throat still ached where Giovanni’s claws had pressed, though no one else could see the bruises inside me.I caught myself staring at him across the breakfast table. Giovanni was laughing out loud—telling some story to Nana about when he and Alejandro were young pups. He was visibly happy, his tone was warm, and if I didn’t know him better, I would say his smile was almost charming. To anyone else, he looked like the perfect brother, the one who had returned from the grave.But I saw it. That look in his eyes, and the way his smile stayed longer than it should have when he looked at me. Almost like he knew I was not buying the act.And worse—everyone else believed him.Alejandro reached across the table for the bread, not even looking at me, like I wasn’t there, even though we sa

Chapter 103 – The Mask of BrotherhoodCrystal’s POV I spent the rest of my morning alone in my room. My breakfast was brought to me by servants, but my stomach twisted every time I tried to swallow. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking, and I could still hear Giovanni’s words, over and over, like he was still right beside me. ‘Frances didn’t just vanish. I took her. And soon, Gabrielle will follow.”Each time the words replayed, my chest tightened until I could barely breathe. I pressed my palms to my ears, but it didn’t matter because the voice was inside me, echoing in my head, and refusing to let goBy midday, the villa was alive with servants rushing, while warriors trained. But inside me, the air was thick, heavy, and poisoned.I stood by the balcony, staring down at the training grounds.Lucian was sparring with Giovanni. Laughing with him. Clapping him on the back like nothing had happened that morning. Like Giovanni hadn’t almost crushed the life out of me in Gabrielle’s room.And

Chapter 105 – The Shadow Over the FenceCrystal’s POVAlejandro froze beside me. My heartbeat was so strong it felt like Giovanni could hear it.We didn’t say a word. We didn’t move.Because at that moment, we both knew the truth—Gabrielle wasn’t just missing. She was in danger.We waited for him to leave until we heard the sound of his door shutting, then we both went to our rooms.Sleep didn’t come easily that night. I tossed and turned, staring at the ceiling as the villa creaked with strange sounds. It was not the usual noise of guards pacing or wind brushing against the windows. These sounds felt heavier, especially after everything that has been going on.I sat up, holding my breath, because I thought I heard the sound of someone's footsteps. Then I thought it was just my mind playing games. So I laid back on my bed and remained quiet. There it was again—footsteps. It seemed this person was either tiptoeing or being careful not to wake anyone up, because it was not the hurried

Chapter 107 – Voice RecorderCrystal’s POVI wished, harder than I had ever wished for anything, that Alejandro or Lucian had seen my message, saw me enter into that van and followed.Giovanni laughed so loud from where he sat, in front. “You know, I saw your message to Alejandro,” he said, like he was reading my mind. “Cute. Before he wakes up, it’s going to be day time, and Lucian will be dead. I thought I should let you know, because I know you have been dying to know how I did all these.”I pressed the record button on my phone and shoved it under my sleeve, thankfully I had silenced my phone earlier in the villa before I snuck into the van. If this was the end, whoever found the phone would have a voice. The little proof of what I heard directly from Giovanni— or Marco.He kept talking, as if he wanted me to pay attention. “Earlier I got some very potent sleeping paralysis leaves. You burn them to wake the poison. Smell them and you fall like a log, not only that you also struggl

Chapter 109 — The Last Thing She SaidCrystal’s POVGiovanni pressed the brakes so hard my teeth banged together. Everything inside slammed forward. I hit my forehead on the metal floor and I saw stars . For a second I couldn’t breathe, thankfully I was not injured.The doors of the van opened and a rough hand grabbed my phone and ripped it from under my sleeve. My whole body went cold and I started trembling. Marco—no, Giovanni’s body—leaned down and stared at me like he had just caught an enemy, so there was no telling what he was going to do to me. His face was Giovanni’s, but his eyes were empty and hard.“You little pest,” he said. He raised his hand and hit my phone against the floor board until the screen spider-webbed and went dark. He hit me once across my ribs after that, just to make me cough. Pain shot through my head, but I swallowed and endured it, because I couldn’t make a sound.Nana moved then. She hadn’t shown herself before, now she sat up, slow but steady. Her han