All Chapters of Fate Or Mates: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

ANGELA’S POVThe wind whipped through my hair, even with the helmet on, and for the first few minutes I could barely breathe. Not because of fear — well, okay, maybe a little — but mostly because of how surreal it felt. I had never done anything like this before. The speed, the rush, the way the world blurred around us; it was wild and freeing at the same time.At first I clung to Aaron like my life depended on it. My fingers dug into his shirt, and I could feel the solid muscles of his back under my palms. He must have noticed how tense I was because I felt him chuckle softly, his voice carried by the wind.“Relax, Angela,” he said, sounding way too calm for someone going a hundred miles an hour. “You are safe with me.”“Easy for you to say!” I shouted over the engine. “You are the one driving this thing!”He laughed, and the sound vibrated through his chest straight into me. “You are doing fine.”I do not know how long we rode like that, but after a while I started to loosen up. The

JULIUS’S POVThe sound of my boots on the pavement was too loud, almost accusing, as I hurried away from that loser’s face before I was moved to punch a hole through his ugly, stupid face. Who the fuck did he think he was, talking to me like that? He was a nobody, a rogue for all I cared.I yanked the car door open and got inside before slamming it shut, harder than I meant to. A few people looked over, but I couldn’t bring myself to care. My pulse was still pounding in my ears, and when I blinked, all I could see was him.Aaron. Still standing there with that smug face, like he had already won something that wasn’t even his to begin with. How fucking dare he?Turning on the ignition, I put the car into drive mode, my hands tightening around the steering wheel until my fingers ached. His words wouldn’t stop echoing in my head. “Get your hands off my mate.” The way he said it, so sure, like it was some known fact. Like Angela belonged to him now and I was nothing but some old stain she

Julius’s POVI stormed out of my father’s study and slammed the door so hard the sound echoed through the hall like thunder. My jaw ached, and I could taste the metallic sting of blood on my tongue. My lip was split, my pride shattered, and my temper was barely hanging by a thread. None of that mattered right now. Not the pain, not the humiliation. The only thing that mattered was fixing this mess before it destroyed everything I had been promised.Three weeks. That’s all the time he gave me. Three damn weeks to win Angela back or lose my right to become Alpha.I wiped the blood from my mouth with the back of my hand and let out a rough, bitter laugh. How the hell was I supposed to fix this after everything that had happened? After she saw me with Kim? After the disgust in her eyes when she looked at me, like I was some worthless excuse of a man?But my father was right about one thing: failure is not an option. Not in this family. Not for me.As I walked down the hallway, a few guard

JULIUS’S POVMy father’s voice would not leave my head, no matter how many times I swung my sword or how loud the metal clashed. Three weeks, Julius. Win her back or forget becoming Alpha.Those words looped through my mind like a curse. Being Alpha stopped feeling like a goal and started to feel like survival. I had seen what my father was capable of when someone disappointed him. He did not forgive. He destroyed every single one of them.If what he said last night about Angela’s inheritance was true, then I had done far worse than wreck a relationship. I had blown up the one thing my father wanted most, the key to his control. All this happened because I could not keep my damn pants zipped.“Focus, Julius.”Kallen’s shout came a moment before his blade knocked mine from my grip, sending my sword skidding across the dirt. I staggered back, lungs burning, sweat running down my temple.Kallen lowered his weapon, frowning. “What the hell, man? Your head’s somewhere else.” He squinted. “

Julius’s POVAfter a few minutes of sitting there in silence, I finally forced myself to move. You’ve done worse things, Julius, I muttered under my breath. You can do this.I stepped out of the car, bouquet in hand, and walked toward her house. The porch light was on, which meant someone was home. I could hear faint laughter from inside, Angela’s mom’s voice, and another one that made my heart drop. Aaron.So he was there too.My jaw tightened, and I almost turned around right then. But no. I had promised myself I wouldn’t run this time. I had to face her, even if that meant seeing her with him.I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.The laughter stopped. I heard footsteps, then the door opened, and there she was. Angela.She looked different. Not just in the way she dressed or carried herself, but in her whole aura. She looked lighter, freer, like she had finally stopped hurting. And for a second, I hated myself even more for being the reason she ever lost that light in the f