All Chapters of The Two Alphas Who Want Me: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

 The forest was too quiet.I stood just outside the wooden cabin, only a few steps from the door. The night breeze brushed against my skin, but it didn’t soothe—it brought a chilling bite that made the hairs on my neck stand.Clouds hung low, blanketing the sky, hiding the moon that usually guarded the night.Halvar had gone to fetch water from the nearby creek. He said it’d only take a minute. But somehow, time felt stretched.“Thora… do you feel that?” I whispered, eyes scanning the dense trees.“There’s something near us. And i

Morning came reluctantly, as if even the sunlight was unsure about piercing through the thick fog tangled in the forest canopy. I woke to the scent of damp earth and a fire long gone out. Halvar was still asleep, his face calm, but tension clung to him like a second skin.I sat up slowly, my muscles sore and body lightly trembling. But compared to the night before… this was a small victory.“You’re awake.”Halvar’s voice came from beneath half-lidded eyes. He sat up swiftly, pulling his cloak tighter. “We can’t stay long. Our trail’s too easy to follow for those who know how to look.”I nodded. The weariness in my body was nothing compared to the unease simmering in my chest. There was something in the air—something unfamiliar, like dust that hadn’t yet settled.After packing our supplies and checking my arm wound for infection, we left the cave and returned to the forest path. The trail looked darker today, and the usual chorus of birds was absent.“Our destination?” I asked, keeping

(POV: Rue)A thin fog hung over the eastern villa of my family estate, where I chose to hide—from my father, from Nyxon, even from myself. I was sick of all the labels and roles. Alpha's daughter. Twin sister of the future Alpha. Kaiden’s childhood friend. And now... just a girl left behind.Lylah, my wolf, stirred restlessly in my mind. 'You're avoiding them, but not because you're scared.''I just... need time,' I replied, biting my nail—a bad habit that returned whenever I hated myself.I hated that I was weak.I hated that I cared too much.And more than anything, I hated that Kaiden never truly saw me.My hand reached for the wooden table where a half-written letter still lay—my petition to Father. My plea... for something that could shift my position. I hadn't given up. Not yet.Part of me wanted to be the Rue Kaiden once knew—strong, unshaken, never crying. But another part... darker, quieter. The part that whispered that if fate didn’t choose me, I would rewrite fate itself.E

POV: Nyxon Our steps grew heavier. The path we followed—one littered with roots, moss, and endless mist—had taken us deeper into the forest. But... not to the right place. Benjamin, usually the calmest among us, had begun sighing more often. And even Dad—typically stoic and cold as a stone—had glanced left and right with growing suspicion. “I’m not seeing any consistent tracks,” Benjamin muttered as he crouched, brushing the soil with his fingertips. “It’s like we’re walking in circles.” “Could be magic from the Umbra Knot,” I replied, though even I was starting to doubt it. Dad stopped ahead of us. His gaze was sharp, cutting through us. “You’re following signs—not reading intent.” He turned to me. “Are you sure this is the direction Mina took?” I clenched my jaw. “The signs match everything the old Umbrawolf gatekeepers described. Thick fog, black moss on trees, wind that shifts direction suddenly—” “And all of that could be a trap,” Dad cut in. “You want to waste time

POV: MinaI don’t know where I am.I don’t know who I am.There are voices, light, shadows whispering in a language I once knew—but can no longer understand.“You are a curse.”“You were born from a traitor’s blood.”“Everything would be better if you disappeared.”I tremble, wrapping my arms tightly around myself, trying to block out those voices—voices like nails hammered into my skull. I know this isn’t the real world. But it’s not a dream either. This is... something in-between. A place where souls get lost when body and mind come undone.