Alle Kapitel von Marked by my father's enemy alpha : Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 40

Lira's POV The General's men had formed a semi-circle around me, their fingers tightly curled around their guns. I could feel the fear radiating off them. But none of them fired. I guess they were too scared that I would lunge at them and tear them apart. Maybe they were scared of what the General would do if they did. And the General... was shaking as he stepped back. All that tough talk before was just empty rhetoric. The moment I stepped closer, he bolted like a scared little pup.Alia was on the floor, by the right, still weak and trembling, and I saw her smile. I didn't know if it was due to relief or the thought of “finally, she's no longer holding back.”One of the courageous guards pulled out an electric whip. It was the same guard who jabbed a needle in my arm. Just the sight of it made my skin crawl. I knew exactly what was coming if he managed to swing it at me. And I was not going to let that happen.I lunged before he realised what I was doing. My teeth bit on the whip’

Lira's POV Alia and I found ourselves in the middle of the road. I winced feeling my knees weaken further as I tried to move. Alia stumbled behind me. Her legs were barely holding up. I had no choice but to support her weight. “C’mon, you can make it,” I muttered, trying to keep my voice low. She leaned heavily on me and I could feel every ounce of exhaustion she felt. People on the streets were staring. I expected it. We literally came out of the corner of the wall. The moment the wandering eyes increased in number, I shifted into my human form without even realising it. “We have to get out of the streets… we need… we need to get home,” Alia stammered. “Home?” I asked, glancing at her. I had always assumed she grew up beyond the human borders like me, but she shook her head. “Not your home…” she said softly as we ducked into an abandoned alley. “My home. I grew up here… in the city.” We crouched into the darkness, hoping it would hide us from prying eyes. She exhaled shakily

Salcan's POVI had been trying to contact Seav for hours. I rolled the mixed herbs once again. “Seav should have answered by now,” I wondered, placing the herbs into a bowl. “Unless she has decided to stop listening to me… or worse, she's dead.”I hissed under my breath. Maybe I mixed the herbs wrong or mispronounced the incantations. There was every possibility that she had finally seen through my empty promises. I didn't care. I just wanted to get the information I needed from her. As I was about to attempt reaching out again, I heard a knock at the door.“Do not come in,” I said audibly. “Speak your message from where you stand. I am busy.”A voice that sounded like Eric's answered. “My lord a letter has arrived for you. The sender is written boldly across the front. It says… ‘THE GENERAL.”The general. That old stubborn fool. What could he possibly want now? I hated the suspense that came with letters. I strode to the entrance, snatched the letter out of Eric's hands, slamming the

Lira's POV I hesitated before asking the last question, but curiosity got the better of me.“Lord Marco, how did you come to the human lands and why?” I swallowed. "Because the moment I walked through your doors, I could smell your scent. If others like us are around, I'm sure they would smell it too. So why risk living here?”Marco let out a long breath, rubbing his palms together.“I came here because of Alia. I had no choice,” he said softly.“My parents died a while after my brother's exile. They sat on the council of the pack… and after their deaths, certain council members realised that if I ever rose to take their place, I might uncover the things they'd been hiding,” he said, taking a deep breath. “So they planned to get rid of me.”My heart sank. “So you ran?” I asked.“I ran with my mate and Alia,” he said. It almost looked like he wanted to cry. “My mate… she sacrificed herself to buy us time, to make sure Alia survived,” he said, turning his gaze to Alia. “Her last word

Lira's POV The walk through the tunnels felt endless. The only thing I heard for hours was the echo of our footsteps. My legs burned, and I noticed that Alia's breathing had become laboured, but neither of us dared to slow down. Even though we were probably miles away from the human lands, I felt like walking slower would make the General's men catch up to us.At last, a faint white light appeared ahead, then opened into a narrow slit. Alia removed the leaves blocking the exit to clear a path. We stepped out into the forest.The cold air hit my face first. I had finally returned to a place where I felt safer. We covered the entrance to the tunnel with leaves, just like we found it. Honestly, if I were a young wolf running through the woods, I would never have noticed the entrance behind us. It was swallowed by moss and overgrowth, like it had been there for decades.Alia froze beside me. Her nose wrinkled instantly, disgust carved across her face.“What is it?” I whispered.She shook