Lahat ng Kabanata ng A Bride For The Ruthless Alpha : Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

~Aria~From the moment Logan asked to see Beatrice privately— no, from the moment I heard their footsteps outside the door, I had felt it. That something was wrong.“Speak to me, Logan. Where's Damon?!” I demanded, furious at their foreboding silence.“The Alpha is dead,” the head guard said.I froze. For a moment, I did not understand his words. I saw his lips, felt the words drifted into my ears. But I did not understand the meaning of them. It was as though air was punched into my lung in a rush, stopping me from trying to think, from trying to understand his words. “Where is he?” I asked, my voice breaking badly. “He was driving to the woods with Ms Emily and had an accident. The car tumbled down a cliff. Emily fell out of the car and he was trying to save her when he jumped out of the car. He struck his head on a stone…”I stopped hearing then. Logan's words rang in my ears. But it didn't make any sense. I did not understand any of it.I swerved past them toward the outside.

~Aria~I stood behind the door—in front of the meeting hall—and waited as Logan informed the elders I was soon to make my entrance.“Does she think she can lead this pack?” one of the elders barked.“She's only but a she-wolf!” Another snapped, “how can a mere she-wolf lead us!”My wolf erupted in my head, growling furiously.I clasped my hands together, forcing myself to stay calm, restraining myself.Moments later, Logan signalled me to go in.As I walked in, the elders stopped arguing. But I could still hear them murmuring as I walked past.I stopped in their front. “Where's he?” I mindlinked Xander. The elder in charge of crowning me as the interim Alpha was absent.Elder Frank stood up then. “My Luna, um,” he said, his baritone voice measured. “I believe what I'm about to say is the thought of my fellow elders as well, isn't it?” he paused, glancing at the other elders who nodded and hummed. “Damon has an heir now. His heir must take over their crown and not you,” Elder Frank

~Aria~The wheelchair rolled out, and inside it, sat Emily. I stared down, my mouth parting in shock.The once powerful and agile Emily Vesper confined to a wheelchair was a sight I never imagined. It wasn't just that. Her face…Her face was now unrecognizable. Half of it had been scarred beyond recognition. And although she covered her hair with a hat, a few strands strung out. They were not bright yellow and sparkling like before. Her blonde hair was gone. She spoke first. “Speechless now, huh,” she mumbled. Even her voice seemed to have changed as well.“Still doesn't change the fact you are the cause of all this.” I wanted to say—“What exactly happened?” I asked instead. She scoffed. “Like you care. Aren't you jubilating now, huh!”I looked at her, something bitter stirring in my chest. “Jubilating? How dare you mention that word when someone is in a coma because of you!”“Oh don't you dare pretend you aren't happy I'm like this,” she sneered. “But don't worry, I can kill

~Aria~“A different Pack scent is present in the accident scene,” Xander announced. Immediately, a low growl rippled inside me. My wolf had awoken.“What does that mean?” I asked, even though my head was already swirling. “Someone else was there when the accident happened. Someone from another Pack,” Logan said. “That much I can tell. Who exactly could that be? Which Pack are they from? Do you think it has links to what Emily said?”“We are not sure yet. We have to keep investigating.”“Find out the pack he is from. Then we'll take it up from there.”“What if it's from the enemy Pack?” Logan asked.“No, I know that scent,” Xander chirped, his voice clipped at the edge.We turned towards him.Xander did not speak. His eyes stared distantly. A hollow silence hung in the air. “That is the Crescent Moon Pack scent,” he finally said. “Crescent Moon Pack…” I knew the Pack. I knew that I knew it. But all of a sudden, it sounded alien. “The dead Alpha Jamie's pack,” Logan said, his

~Damon~The moment Emily flew out of the car as the car refused to brake, I panicked. It was my fault. I should never have allowed her to sit in the car without her seatbelt. No matter what. Now I must protect her. Because her father would have done the same for me or my father if the roles were changed. So I jumped out of the car. As I descended, I sighted a stone. It was smooth, glinting against the sunlight, as though it were inviting me.But I didn't focus on it. My eyes only glanced at it as my attention pulled back to Emily—she was almost landing, face first, on a rock. And without thinking, I dived. To catch Emily. It was supposed to be body first. Until my head crashed into something hard. So hard the pain numbed me for a moment. My hands were wrapped around Emily, protecting her as excruciating pain travelled within me. I realized then, that I'd bumped my head into the glinting stone I saw as I descended. Emily was alright. She did not injure herself.But my head