Semua Bab Choosing the Outcast Alpha: Bab 1 - Bab 9

After my bastard sister Lyla was slaughtered, my mate, Alpha Lukas, and I crafted 99 soul crystals in her memory. But on the battlefield, he murdered me.It was then I learned he hated me for preventing his Mating with Lyla.They had been lovers all along."I choose Lord Lukas of the Redfang Pack."The moment the words left my mouth, I snapped awake.I had been reborn. Sent back to the day my father, the Alpha of Alphas, commanded me to choose my mate.The blinding light from the crystal chandeliers stung my eyes, a cruel reminder of the silver blade that pierced my heart in my past life.The Blood-Pact Ceremony. My coming-of-age.I was here again.The Great Hall was packed with the Alfen Lords of the North. Every pureblood Alpha wore his pack's colors.Their predatory eyes watched, waiting to see who the heir to the mighty Silvermoon Pack would choose.After all, my father was the Alpha of Alphas, lord of the entire Northern Alliance.Lukas rose to his feet.His golden hair shone und

"The Silvermoon Alpha is colluding with outcasts, plotting to poison our noble bloodlines with half-breeds!"Two days later, Lukas's voice thundered across the round table of the Northern Lords' Council.I stood beside my father, watching the twelve pureblood lords seated before us.Their expressions shifted from shock to disgust, and from disgust to pure fury."This violates the most sacred tenant of the Pureblood Covenant!" Lukas slammed a letter on the table. "A secret message between the Silvermoon Alpha and the Lord of the Shadowmire, plotting to allow half-breeds into our noble ranks!"My father's face was ashen. "This is a fabrication!""A fabrication?" the Stoneclaw Lord sneered. "Then explain why your daughter chose that half-human mongrel.""Explain the silver powder and wolfsbane in Greenwater Valley," the Ironfang Lord snarled."Explain why you allow this blasphemy against our bloodline!"One accusation after another rained down on my father.I could feel his Alpha power ch

The sight outside the city gates made everyone gasp.Through the window, I saw an army unlike any I had ever known.The front rank was human infantry in black, full-plate armor, standing in a perfect, ghostly formation. Their armor was carved with complex runes that pulsed with a strange glow.In the middle were scouts mounted on massive shadow wolves, creatures larger than any transformed werewolf, their eyes burning with red fire. The riders had strange tattoos on their faces, their half-wolf, half-human features stark and proud.Behind them marched creatures I'd only ever read about in forbidden texts: winged humanoids, scaled beast-men, and figures so shrouded in shadow-black cloaks they were nothing but shapes."What... what kind of army is this?" a soldier stammered."A rabble of mongrels and exiles," Lukas sneered, but I saw his hand drift toward the hilt of his sword. "They only know how to put on a show.""Kristina, how much did you pay for these mercenaries?" Lyla mocked, h

"You bitch!"Lukas's roar echoed from across the citadel.Salome and I were at the altar, awaiting the ceremony, when the shout erupted."What happened?" I asked.A faint, almost imperceptible smile touched Salome's lips. "The truth always travels faster than lies."Not far away, Lukas was dragging Lyla by the arm, striding toward us. Her face was streaked with tears, her fine dress torn at the hem."Lukas, you're hurting me..." Lyla cried."Hurting you?" Lukas shoved her away. She fell hard to the ground. "Do you even know what pain is?"He pulled a black book from his coat. The book of secrets."Tell me," he snarled, "who is Talik?"Lyla's face went white. "I... I don't know what you're talking about...""You don't?" Lukas flipped open the book and read aloud, his voice booming. "'Talik: a goblin slave. Four feet tall, green skin. Personal servant to the Silvermoon bastard, Lyla. Source confirms: he is the true father of her unborn child.'"A wave of horrified gasps swept through the

"You remember our past life, too?"I looked at the complex runes on Salome's back, a powerful premonition rising in me."More than just remember," he said, pulling his shirt back on. "I changed it.""What do you mean?""Kristina, do you know how you really died?" His voice was soft, but every word struck my heart like a hammer.The memories flooded back. The cold cave, the silver blade, Lukas's icy eyes..."Lukas sacrificed me.""Yes." Salome walked to the window, gazing at the night sky. "To save a dying Lyla, he sacrificed you to an ancient god of the Abyss.""How do you know this?""Because I was there," his voice grew deeper, haunted. "I brought my army to save you, but I was too late."The blood in my veins ran cold."I watched you die in that cave. I watched your blood stain the altar," he turned, his eyes filled with a pain that was centuries old. "In that moment, for the first time, my human blood became an advantage.""What?""Purebloods can only make pacts with the Moon Godde