Semua Bab Marked By Fate: Bab 51 - Bab 60

He snarled, low and furious. “And that bastard kept her alive?”The venom in his voice struck like a blade. The woman didn’t answer.She opened her mouth, perhaps to offer an explanation, a guess—but he cut her off before the words came.“And how, exactly, do you know this?”The question landed like a trap, sharp and waiting.The woman stiffened. She hadn’t expected that. Her silence stretched too long.Then, carefully, she chose her words.“On the night we scouted the Black Oak border,” she said, “I caught a scent.”“A scent,” he repeated, voice like ice.“The forbidden one,” she clarified. “Faint… but distinct. One that only she has. At first, I thought it was someone else. I dismissed it. But then, after the attack on Silver Claw the next day… when we found no trace of her…”She paused, then continued more quietly, “I believe she’s the one. I believe it was her scent I smelled. She made it to Black Oak before we could take her.”The man was silent for a long moment. His face remain

Alpha Black was my mate. That was real. The bond between us had snapped into place like a wire under tension.But I barely knew what that meant. Not really.Should I have questioned it more? Was I being naïve? Was he being honest?Or… was I just desperate to belong?“You’re spiraling,” Luna said in my head, her tone dry. “Again.”I groaned into my hands.“He’s your mate,” Nora added, softer. “And it’s not a curse to want him. Maybe you should actually talk to him, instead of trying to solve it all in your own head?”I pulled my hands away and blinked at the ceiling. “Maybe,” I muttered. “Maybe I should.”I stood, stretching my neck and shoulders. My body still felt tight from training, from tension, from everything.I headed toward the bathroom, rubbing at my temples.But the moment I reached the door—my vision blurred.Everything tilted.The walls around me twisted and faded, colors bleeding into nothing. My breath caught in my throat, and then—The air changed.The scent was differe

Only a few of them recognized me. Most of these faces were new.But even the ones who knew who I was… didn’t know what to do with me.Me. Alive. With him?They didn’t ask, but I saw the question all over their faces.What the hell was Selene—the exile, the disgrace—doing beside the feared Alpha Black?We passed them without a word.The tension followed us all the way through the trees and into the pack threshold. The car rolled to a slow stop, and the rest of the way, we went on foot. Darius walked beside me like a shadow that could bite.I scanned the territory as we walked.Silverclaw didn’t look like the place I remembered. It was quieter. Grayer. The buildings looked tired, and the scent of smoke still lingered faintly in the wind, like a fire had come through not long ago.They’d seen battle recently. I could feel it.But I didn’t let myself dwell on it. Not yet.One of the border wolves—someone who’d been trailing behind us since we crossed over—sprinted ahead into the pack hous

“There were attacks,” he said. “Rogues. Endless waves of them. We lost many. I—” He swallowed. “I don’t know if they were among the ones killed.”So that was it.He didn’t know.Or didn’t want to say.Either way, his voice cracked just slightly when he admitted it—and that told me enough.He was ashamed. Not just because he failed them. But because he knew he was saying it to me.My mind started racing again.Could he be telling the truth?Could they really be gone?No.I shook the thought off, refusing to even entertain it. I’d feel it. Especially if something happened to Rhea. We were sisters, and while we didn’t share a mate bond, we were bound by blood. By something deeper. I’d feel it if she was gone.I had to believe that.Now is not the time to fight ourselves,” Draco said suddenly, dragging his gaze between me and Darius but never meeting Darius’s eyes. Pathetic. “Now is the time to come together. To protect what’s left of our kind.”My lips curled in disgust.“What meaning do

It started as a whisper. Then everything shifted.Suddenly, I wasn’t in my bed anymore.I wasn’t in Black Oak.I was somewhere else.The ground beneath me was cold. My feet were bare. The sky above was pitch black and too close. And around me—a ring of cloaked figures.Their faces were hidden. Their heads bowed. Their mouths moved in eerie synchronicity, chanting in an ancient language that echoed through the space like wind through a crypt.I didn’t know the language.But I understood every word.They were binding her.They were trying to put Luna to sleep.My wolf was snarling inside me, howling in protest, clawing at the walls of whatever spell they were wrapping around her.But she was fading.I could feel it. Every second that passed, she grew weaker. Like they were siphoning her strength, twisting it back on itself.I tried to call out. Tried to move. Nothing worked. My voice caught in my throat. My limbs wouldn’t respond.I reached for Nora—but she wasn’t there.Gone. Erased. L