All Chapters of MATED TO THE ROUGE ALPHA: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Chapter 52Finn walked into Dr. Marcus's chamber with a heavy heart. Another pack member had died in their sleep. The third mysterious death in just two weeks.Dr. Marcus looked up from his books with tired eyes. "Another examination with no answers, I am afraid.""No injuries? No signs of poison?" Finn asked."Nothing," Dr. Marcus said. "Just like the others. They went to sleep and never woke up."Finn sat down across from the old healer. "Is there any antidote we can give the pack? Something to protect them?"Dr. Marcus spread his hands helplessly. "How do we find an antidote when we do not know the cause of the disease?"Finn was quiet for a moment, thinking about everything that had happened to their pack. The supply shortages. The escaped prisoners. The mysterious deaths. The growing fear among the people."I think the pack is under a curse," Finn said finally.Dr. Marcus looked at Finn with surprise. Then his face grew thoughtful. "I am afraid I am starting to believe the same t

Chapter 55Aurora walked through the pack grounds on her way to see Neah. She could feel eyes on her from every direction. Pack members stopped their conversations to stare at her with cold, unfriendly faces.Aurora tried to ignore the stares but they made her skin crawl. What had she done to deserve such hatred?When Aurora reached Neah's quarters, her friend looked up with worry in her brown eyes."You look upset," Neah said. "What is wrong?"Aurora sat down beside Neah. "Everyone is staring at me. Like they think I have done something terrible."Neah put a comforting hand on Aurora's arm. "It is nothing to worry about. People are just scared because of all the deaths. They are looking for someone to blame."But Aurora could see that even Neah looked uncomfortable. Like she was hiding something.As Aurora walked back through the pack grounds, she heard whispers following her everywhere she went."It started when she came here," one woman said quietly."The curse began with her," sai

Chapter 57Finn found Marcus waiting in the shadows behind the armory. The young warrior looked nervous and kept glancing around to make sure they were alone."Did you keep your mouth shut?" Finn asked quietly.Marcus nodded quickly. "I assure you that I did not say anything to the Alpha."Finn felt relief wash over him. "Good. Sorry that my arrival took so long. Bringing Aurora was the only way I could get into the Alpha's quarters at such an ungodly hour."Marcus smiled with admiration. "You did great, Beta. Since you brought Aurora to safety, Arthur will have more reasons to trust you.""That was the plan," Finn said with satisfaction. "Arthur will never suspect me now."Later that evening, one of Finn's most trusted men approached him with concern in his eyes."Beta," the man said quietly. "Marcus is becoming more of a liability. It is only a matter of time before Arthur digs out the truth about the dead prisoners."Finn nodded grimly. "I have been thinking the same thing.""Shoul

Chapter 58Aurora lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling above her. The room was quiet. The night had swallowed all sound. But her mind would not rest. It kept going back to Neah. Back to the bag of food. Back to the way Neah had smiled and said it was from a friend.A friend.But what kind of friend gave someone that much food when the whole pack was struggling to eat? What kind of friend had access to supplies that even Arthur's highest-ranking warriors could not get their hands on? The more Aurora thought about it, the more the word "friend" began to feel like a lie dressed in soft clothing.She turned to her side and closed her eyes. She told herself to sleep. She told herself it was nothing. But her gut — that deep, quiet place inside her that had kept her alive through betrayal, through loss, through exile — her gut told her something else entirely.Neah had contact with someone on the outside.Aurora sat up slowly. She pressed her lips together and stared at the small window a

Chapter 60Arthur looked at her for a long moment. The fire in the hearth had burned down to a low, steady glow, and in its light, Aurora's ice-blue eyes were patient and unreadable."Where did you hear that word?" he asked. His voice was calm. Measured. The voice he used when he wanted answers without showing how much he wanted them.Aurora shifted slightly in her seat. "Some pack members," she said. "I heard them talking. They mentioned a prophecy." She paused, then added, "I did not hear much. Just the word. I thought it might be connected to everything that has been happening."Arthur studied her face. She was telling the truth — he could feel it. There was no deception in her eyes, no tension around her mouth. She had heard a fragment and put it together with what she already knew. That was Aurora. She noticed things. She connected dots quietly, without announcing that she was doing it.But the way she had said it — so casually, so directly — had caught him in a way he did not ex