All Chapters of Claimed by Three Alphas, Fated to One: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Audrey’s POVI barely slept but not because of the… whatever the hell that was last night, but because every time I closed my eyes, I saw it again. The monstrous black image that confronted Adrain in the chapel. I know they came for me, not him. I didn’t know how I left the place until I found myself house that looks like a bunker. Who might have recured me? I thought. Maybe Derek? I can’t really tell, but all I know was I disappeared. Like vanished! And now it was morning, and the sound of heavy boots were approaching. It appears there are many of them and were coming up through the drive way.I didn’t have to guess who it was.It was the Council. I know they don’t knock when visiting. And They don’t ask permission. They just moved and do what they like as if everything belonged to them, and every door in this town was theirs to open.They were all in black coats that looked more like uniforms than clothes. Collars were buttoned to the throat and no weapons visible, but I could fee

Audrey’s POVI was not interested in seeing it. I didn't want to see the body he pulled in as evidence, as a declaration that would finally make people stop talking and realize how dangerous we were. But you can’t unsee something like that. Her hair was matted dark with blood, skin pale, her throat… no, I couldn’t think about her throat. The gym floor smelled like iron now, sharp and suffocating, and everyone kept taking one step back, like being too close would somehow stain them too.“She was like you,” Derek said, voice rough from more than just the limp he wasn’t even trying to hide. He dropped the wolf body right there on the basketball court, and the sound it made against the hardwood felt wrong, like bones knocking together. "They gave her no choice at all." Someone whispered something about monsters somewhere in the crowd, but I wasn't sure if they were referring to her or to me. The chains hurt my wrists.“You think this helps her?” Jude’s voice cut through, but I couldn’

Audrey’s POV“Decide now and take an option before its too late” the strange man said to me looking at me with interest in his eye as if he cared about my welfare.“To hell with your stupid options” I yelled at him.The gym was already illuminated like a twisted stage before the sun had even reached the horizon. Overhead lighting is harsh and bright. Cold metal chairs lined in rows for the spectators who weren’t supposed to call themselves spectators. The council at the front draped in black and silver like they were officiating a funeral that they couldn’t wait to get to. My funeral may be. But I’m not sure that would happen today.The silver blade sat on the table like it had a pulse. I could feel it from here, humming against my ribs, pressing in on my lungs like it knew my name. My hands were chained in front of me, there was no theatrics, no trial, no “we’re so sorry but this is protocol.” Just cold metal against skin and the faint taste of blood in my mouth from where I’d bitte

Audery’s POVI swear the air went heavier before he spoke. As if the safehouse's walls were anticipating what he would say and were already preparing for it. My father's voice was softer and emotional, and he said, "I didn't want to tell you this.." I didn't like it because it made me want to trust him. "Your mother wasn't only a wolf.She was high-blood. From the old rogue clans, the ones that didn’t bow to packs or councils. The first to ever mate with a hunter.”It should’ve sounded impossible. It didn’t. It sounded exactly like the kind of insane thing my life had been spiraling toward for months.“Forbidden,” Caleb muttered under his breath, pacing again as if he is looking for something important..“Yeah, I know what forbidden means,” I snapped, eyes on my father, because if I looked away now, I’d lose him maybe lose the truth, the one thing I’ve been chewing glass for. “Go on. Say the rest.”He looked at me for too long. Not blinking. And then…..“You were born to bridge the

Audrey’s POVThe council didn’t just come after me in the dark anymore. They plastered my face across every public bulletin board in Ravenfalls like I was some kind of rabid animal. Level Red Threat, there was no warning, there was no trial, not even a chance to breathe. My name was written in bold letters, grainy photo from God knows where, probably the one where I’d just fought and still had blood on my cheek. And the words that mattered more than all the rest: Anyone aiding or sheltering will be considered an accomplice.It worked instantly.People no longer looked at me; instead, they stared through me, as if they couldn't claim to know me if they didn't look me in the eyes. The town buzzed with anxiety instead of its typical bustle. The wolves that had previously given me a respectful nod now moved across the street.Adrian’s old hunter friend’s guys who’d once treated me like a curiosity now stopped answering his calls. Students who used to gossip about my hair or my love life