All Chapters of The Dumb Cursed Heiress and Her Mates: Reborn For Revenge : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Nadia's POVThe heavy wooden door closed behind me with a soft click. The sound was as final as a judge hitting his desk with a small hammer to end a trial. Then I heard the lock turn. It was a sharp sound that seemed to bounce off the walls of my suddenly quiet room. I was alone. Or at least, my body was alone in this large, pretty prison. My spirit, my heart… they were not with me.They were out in the hallway, broken into pieces on the cold stone floor next to the crushed flowers Neal had brought for me. I could still feel the echo of his pain. It was like a cold, hurting wind blowing through the mate bond we shared. His hurt was like a live wire, sending little shocks through my own nerves. His broken heart was beating a rough, unsteady rhythm inside my own chest.I made myself look down, away from the door. There they were. A sad, messy collection of blue, white, and yellow. They had been so delicate. So pretty. Now they just looked like lies. Pretty little lies that had been cru

Valerie’s POVI watched Neal walk away from the library, his shoulders stiff. My heart felt like a stone in my chest. The warm, safe feeling from his arms was already fading, replaced by the cold air of the castle. And the cold stare of his brother.Noah did not look at me with anger. He looked at me like I was a puzzle he had solved. A quiet, satisfied smile played on his lips.“Come, wife,” he said, his voice flat. “The library is no place for you today.”I wanted to scream. I wanted to run after Neal. But my feet would not move. I was trapped. Again.I followed him out of the room, my head down. He did not take me back to my room. Instead, he led me to his office. It was a big room, full of dark wood and maps. It smelled like him, strong and a little dangerous.He pointed to a large, comfortable chair in the corner. “Sit there. You can read books about the pack. I have work to do. I want you where I can see you.”He did not want me alonel. I understood his game. I sat down, pulling

Neal’s POVThe trees were too still. There was no sound. No birds. No wind. It was a bad quiet. A waiting quiet. I held up my hand in a fist. The men behind me stopped walking. We were ten. All good fighters. My fighters.“Marcus,” I said. My voice was soft. “Do you feel it?”My knight Marcus looked at the trees. His eyes were worried. “Yes, Alpha. The forest is dead. Something is wrong.”I looked back the way we came. My mind was not in these woods. My mind was in the castle library. I saw Valerie’s face. I felt her head on my chest. That was where I should be. Not here. My brother Noah sent me away because he was angry. This patrol was his way of pushing me away from her.“This is stupid,” I said to Marcus. “We walk to the river. We look. Then we go home. Fast.”“Yes, Alpha,” Marcus said.We started walking again. The quiet felt heavy. It pushed on my ears. Then, a smell came to me on the air. A strange smell. A smell that did not belong here. The smell of the Moonshade Pack.My hea

Valerie’s POVI was sitting by my window, watching the sunrise paint the sky in pretty colors. But my heart felt heavy. I kept thinking about Neal, so far away at the border. Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my side. It was the same feeling from this morning, but worse. Much worse.Then I heard the noise. Horses. Many horses, coming fast. Neal was back, Noah had saved him. I ran to the courtyard, my heart pounding. What I saw made my blood run cold. They were carrying Neal on a stretcher. His face was white as snow. His clothes were soaked in blood. What the hell had gone wrong, when it wasn't like he went for a war.Noah was already there, his face hard and angry. "Take him to the healing room! Now!" he shouted at the guards.I followed them, my legs feeling like water. One of the healers, old Martha, started working right away. She cut away Neal's shirt and I gasped. The wounds were deep and ugly, with a strange dark color around them. It looked like his skin was being burnt ali

Nadia's POVI stood frozen in the hallway, my heart pounding so hard I thought it might jump out of my chest. Through the open door, I could see Neal and Noah facing each other like two wolves about to fight. The air felt heavy and dangerous, like before a storm."You think there's a traitor?" Noah's voice was low and mocking. "That's your big discovery? I thought we already knew that, brother. Ever since the previous ambush.”"Then why haven't you done anything about it?" Neal shot back. He leaned against the wall, still weak but with fire in his eyes. "It has to be someone on the council! Only the five council members knew my patrol route! Someone told the Moonshade pack where to find us!""The council is supposed to be loyal!" Noah shouted, stepping closer to his brother. "But I don't trust every one of them!""Exacly why we should have done something but…." Neal yelled back. "You're so busy trying to keep me away from my mate that you're blinding yourself to the real danger!"My h