All Chapters of The Alpha's Forgotten Mate: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Caelan's POVHer glowing eyes fixed on me, and I saw something flicker, recognition or maybe curiosity."You love her."It wasn't a question. The voice...or voices, I still couldn't tell...seemed almost curious about this fact."Yes.""Even without knowing what she carries? Or what danger that brings?"My jaw clenched. "I don't care what she carries. I love her, not the power, not the key, or whatever you are. I just want her, only her."All I receive is silence. But the symbols slowed their rotation, and the light dimmed, just slightly. Eventually I could breathe again."Your bond is strong," the voice said, and it sounded almost... surprised. "Stronger than we expected.""The mate bond doesn't break," I said, my voice steady despite the fear still clawing at my chest. "Not for power or for danger and definitely not for anything. So whatever you're doing to her, stop it and let her go.""We do not hold her. She holds us. We are awaking because she allows it.""Then put her back to s

Aeliana's POV "There's something else," I said quietly, looking away. "Something I haven't told you."His posture tensed. "What?""The dreams I've been having. They're not normal dreams." I wrapped my arms tighter around myself. "They feel like memories, but they're not mine. I see places I've never been. People I don't recognize. And sometimes...""Sometimes what?""Sometimes I wake up knowing things I shouldn't. Even languages I never learned. Information about magic I've never touched." I finally met his eyes. "What if those aren't dreams? What if it's this thing, showing me things? Or, you know, preparing me for something?"The wariness spiked again through the bond, but Caelan's expr

Aeliana's POV* Maya's hands twisted together nervously. "I know you probably have a lot of important things to deal with, and I don't want to be a burden, but..." She took a deep breath. "I want to see my sister. Vera. They told me she's being held in a cell, and I understand why, but I just... I need to see her.Just to make sure she's okay." The desperation in her voice tugged at something in my chest. I thought about the bond between sisters, about what it must have been like for Maya watching Vera suffer under Annalise's control for three years. "You want me to take you to her," I said. "If you could. I know it's a lot to ask, and I know Vera did terrible things, but she's still my sister. She's the only family I have left." Tears gathered in Maya's eyes. "Please. I just need to see her, to talk to her, and make sure she's really alive and safe." I glanced back at Caelan. He was watching us carefully, with his tense posture. If I told him I was taking Maya to the cells, he'd i

 Caelan's POV  The pack archives are located in the oldest part of the packhouse, a section that predated even my grandfather's time as Alpha. Dust particles danced in the afternoon light that pierced through the narrow window, illuminating rows upon rows of shelves packed with leather-bound journals, scrolls, and documents that smelled of age and secrets. Jolene stood beside me, her hands ready to search for magical signatures in the texts. Behind us, Aeliana examined a shelf of older volumes. I'd tried to convince her to rest, to let Jolene and me handle the research. That conversation had gone about as well as expected. "I'm not sitting in our room while you two search

Caelan's POV "What was. What is. What will be again." Aeliana's hand moved, her finger tracing the symbols on the page. "The war never ended. It only sleeps. And now the darkness wakes, and the light must wake to meet it." "You're not helping," I said, frustration making my voice sharp. "Stop speaking in riddles and tell us plainly, how do we keep Aeliana safe? How do we stop the power from consuming her?" "You cannot stop the awakening. You can only hope she is strong enough to survive it." The voice carries on with regret. "Twenty-three came before. Twenty-three fell. But she is different. She has what they lacked." "What? What does she have?" But Aeliana's eyes were already clearing, the golden glow fading from them. She blinked, looking confused, and her hand jerked away from the book like it had burned her. "What happened?" she asked, her voice her own again. "I was looking at the shelf, and then... nothing. Did I black out?" "Not exactly," Jolene said carefully. "You walke