All Chapters of Back Into The Alpha’s Arms: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

ELEANOR"So, what did you learn in school today, little moon?" Mom asked, brushing out Kate’s curls with gentle fingers.Kate beamed, her legs kicking as she sat between us on the couch. "We learned to draw shapes and spell our names! Miss Ava said I write my K funny but I still got star.""Of course you did," I said, pressing a kiss to her cheek. "You’re the brightest star in that school."She giggled and leaned against me, holding up her drawing like it was a prized artifact. I reached for it and smiled softly, letting the moment wrap around me like a blanket. Kate’s laughter. Mom’s hum of approval. The way the fading evening light spilled across the living room floor.I should’ve felt safe. But beneath all of it, my chest ached with something I couldn’t name. Something tangled and confusing and very much tied to a certain Alpha who had a habit of showing up in my thoughts when I least expected—or wanted—him."You’ve been quiet," Mom said gently once Kate had run off to my room to

AURORAHe was slipping.I felt it in the way the walls shook when Cedric slammed another door.When I found him in the war room, he was hunched over maps he hadn’t looked at in days, bottle in hand, eyes red-rimmed and glassy. The scent of his rage was stifling—old liquor, sweat, and something darker. Grief, maybe. Madness."Cedric," I said softly, stepping into the room. "You haven’t eaten.""I’m not hungry."His voice was hoarse, the kind you use when you’ve stopped pretending.I moved closer. "You’ve barely slept. You keep pacing, drinking, muttering to yourself—this isn't healthy."He slammed the bottle down hard enough to crack the edge of the table. "Don’t tell me what’s healthy."I flinched. He noticed—and hated himself for it. I saw it in the twitch of his jaw. But he didn’t apologize. He never did anymore.But I didn’t leave.Because I remembered that man in the woods.The one who found me, saved me, and looked into my eyes like I was his answer.Now he was unraveling, and I

AURORA The air felt heavy with built up tension over days of constant strain. Cedric sat by the window, his gaze fixed beyond the glass as though the world outside would offer him something he couldn't find within. He was no closer to shaking off the spiral that had begun when he first laid eyes on Eleanor again. He was obsessed. And it was terrifying to watch.I walked across the room, careful to make my steps light, as though the floor could crumble beneath the weight of my own doubts. "Cedric," I said, my voice soft, though it held an edge of urgency.He didn’t look at me."Listen," I began again, trying to mask the fear that gnawed at me. "You’ve got responsibilities. The pack—your pack—needs you. We need you." I took a step closer, my eyes catching the way his shoulders stiffened, his gaze sharpening but not in my direction. The obsession. Eleanor. Kate. Both of them held his mind in a vice grip, and I could feel it suffocating me, too. "We can't afford this distraction."His he

BEATRICEIdiotic boy.Whispers had already started.The council members hadn’t wasted a moment before spreading Cedric’s little outburst like wildfire, each retelling growing more exaggerated than the last.“Unstable." "Emotional." "Unfit." I could almost hear them sharpening their knives.And all because my son couldn't keep his damn temper in check for five minutes.I stopped before the massive mirror hanging at the end of the hallway, glaring at my own reflection. Regal. Composed. Not a single strand of hair out of place. A queen, not a mother of a reckless fool.Aurora's voice floated down the hall, crisp and cold. "Beatrice. We need to talk."I turned, already smoothing my features into something neutral. She approached, her white dress fluttering slightly with each step, a vision of icy perfection. But I knew better. Beneath that polished exterior was a mind sharper than any dagger."We can't afford another spectacle like yesterday," Aurora said without preamble. "They're alrea

TRISTANThe halls felt colder than usual. Even with the mid-morning sun slipping through the windows, there was a chill I couldn't shake.I kept my steps even, casual, but my mind was anything but calm.Someone had gotten inside our walls. Someone who had gotten close enough to Kate to whisper poison in her ears.And Eleanor...Eleanor was pulling inward again.I could see it—the way her shoulders tensed even when it was just me, the way she glanced over her shoulder like a hunted thing.I gritted my teeth.I had promised myself—I wouldn’t lose her again.Not to fear. Not to Cedric. Not to anyone.I rounded the corner toward the Beta residence, my heart beating a little faster. Eleanor had Kate moved there after the incident, both of them tucked deeper into Nightshade's heart where it was harder for strangers to even breathe near them.I agreed with the decision, but it still felt like a cage.A necessary one.As I approached, the sound of Kate’s soft laughter floated through the h