ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 30

Chapter 021DARIUS I was exhausted.The meeting with the council members had dragged on for hours, and the matter of finding a mate had escalated to levels I had not anticipated. They were no longer making suggestions—they were making demands."The pack needs an heir," Elder Marcus had said, his voice hard. "Without a mate, without an heir, your position becomes questionable.""My position is not questionable," I had replied coldly. "I have led this pack successfully for ten years.""Ten years without a mate," Elder Helena had interjected. "Ten years without producing an heir. The moon goddess has not blessed you with a bond, Alpha. Perhaps it is time to consider that she is trying to tell you something."The implication had been clear. They thought I was unworthy. That my wolf was defective, that I was not strong enough to lead.I had ended the meeting before I did something I would regret, like shifting and ripping out a few throats.Now, as I walked back to my chambers, every musc

Chapter 23SEBASTIAN Darius nodded sharply, his jaw clenched. "Settle on the bed and wait for me," he said.I watched as he turned and walked into his bathing room. I could hear water running, items being moved around. Then he emerged carrying a bowl filled with water and another filled with what looked like a dark green substance.He sat down beside me on the bed and carefully soaked a cloth in the water. Then, gently, he began to clean the blood from my face.I winced as he touched a particularly tender spot near my eye.Darius gave me a look—stern but not unkind—and I could not help but smile despite the pain."Do not move," he said quietly.He continued cleaning my wounds with now surprising gentleness. His fingers were careful, his movements precise. When he finished cleaning away all the blood, he opened the small container and pulled out a green paste."What is that?" I asked as he began rubbing it on my injuries."Do you think I would give you something to kill you?" Darius re

Chapter 025SEBASTIAN I screamed again as the nightwalker took another step, adjusting its broken leg with a sickening grinding sound.I could not let it reach the main courtyard. I could not allow it to get to the pack house.This was a fully grown nightwalker. A powerful one. Stories said creatures like this could match the strength of five wolves at once. A single fully grown nightwalker could destroy an entire pack if given the chance.And this one was heading straight for where everyone was where the children slept in their chambers, the elderly rested and Darius was fighting to protect us all.I thought of all the people I had come to know in this pack. The guards who had mocked me at first but eventually accepted me. The maids who had been kind when no one else was. The children who had smiled at me in the hallways.And Darius.I could not just lie here and watch this creature destroy everything.I was weak. I was losing blood. I would either die soon or pass out from the pain

Chapter 027DARIUS I burst through the door of the healer’s quarters, my heart pounding as I carried Sebastian’s limp body in my arms. Torren was already there, having ran ahead of me and was now shoving a stretcher towards me. “Here, Alpha!” he shouted, his voice tight with urgency I was feeling too.I laid Sebastian down carefully, his wolf face pale, more blood staining his fur. My chest tightened at the sight, a raw fear gripping me. "Todd!” I yelled, my voice echoing off the stone walls. “Get over here now! Leave whatever you’re doing and get your assistant to handle it!”Todd, the senior healer, appeared from a side room, his face set in a frown at my tone. “Alpha, I was in the middle of—” he started, but then his eyes landed on Sebastian, and his expression shifted to one of alarm. He rushed forward, gesturing to an assistant. “Take the stretcher,” he ordered, snatching it from me with a quick nod to the assistant. They wheeled Sebastian into the nearest room, the door slamm

Chapter 029DARIUS I had avoided this meeting for as long as possible. But after the burial and the packs fear and uncertainty had reached new heights, I knew I could no longer put it off.The council members wanted to discuss the mate bond issue again.So I had Torren inform them that I would meet with them and we would discuss this matter once and for all.Now I sat at the head of the long council table, Torren at my right hand, and waited for them to arrive.The first to enter was Elide, the elder in charge of women's affairs. She was a stern woman in her sixties, with grey hair pulled back severely and eyes that missed nothing.Next came Todd, our healer. He looked exhausted from treating the wounded from the attack, but he had insisted on attending this meeting.Aston, the pack's treasurer, followed. He was a thin man with wire-rimmed glasses and a perpetually worried expression.Finally, Bill, our army commander, entered. He was a large, muscular man with scars covering his arms