All Chapters of His Discarded Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 27

Ella POVThe vial felt like ice against my palm. 11:43 PM. Seventeen minutes.I uncorked it with shaking hands. The liquid inside was black as tar, smelling like earth and something bitter. Miriam said it would mask my scent for twelve hours. Twelve hours to disappear before Kane's nose told him I was gone.I drank it in one swallow. It burned going down, coating my throat like oil.My son kicked hard against my ribs. Like he knew."I'm sorry, baby," I whispered, pressing my hand to the swell of my stomach. "But we can't stay here. We can't let him steal who you really are."Three soft taps on the door. Luna's signal.I moved fast, grabbing nothing. Luna said no bags, no evidence I'd planned this. Just me and whatever I was wearing.The lock clicked. Luna slipped inside, dressed in black, her face grim."The guard change happened three minutes early," she breathed. "We have eight minutes instead of fifteen. Can you run?"I nodded, though my body felt heavy, my center of gravity all wr

Chapter 23: Blood and ConfessionsElla POVMy father's face stared back at me. Bound. Gagged. Blood running from a cut above his eye. His expression was pure terror.Below the photo: *You have 24 hours to return what you stole, or Alpha Richard Montgomery dies screaming. Choose: your mate's father, or your freedom.—K*The warmth drained from my body."My father." The words came out hollow. "Kane has my father.""We don't know that it's real." Harrison moved closer. "This could be staged. Your father's been working with Theron against Nathaniel for months. This might be a theater designed to lure you back.""Or it might be real, and Kane is torturing him."Nathaniel's jaw clenched. "Your father threw you out. Chose his political position over his pregnant daughter. You don't owe him a rescue.""He's still my father.""Who abandoned you when you needed him most.""I know what he did!" I pulled away from Nathaniel, anger giving me strength. "You think I don't know? You think I've forgott

Chapter 25: Mexican StandoffElla POVThe window exploded inward.Glass rained down on Vivian's perfect hair as she spun toward the sound, gun tracking the movement. Through the shattered frame, a massive dark wolf landed in a crouch.Kane.Even in wolf form, I recognized him. The silver-tipped fur. The ice-blue eyes that found mine instantly, assessing, calculating.Vivian's gun swung between Kane and me. "How touching. The obsessed Alpha comes to save his precious baby mama." Her finger tightened on the trigger. "But you're too late, Kane. This ends now.""Lower the weapon, Vivian." Kane's voice rolled through the cabin, all Alpha commands. He shifted mid-sentence, standing naked and unbothered in the glass. "This isn't the plan.""Plans change." Vivian's mask was cracking, her composed exterior fracturing. "Your father promised me Nathaniel. Promised me Luna status. Instead, I'm watching you chase after some rejected nobody who spread her legs for two Alphas and can't even figure o

Chapter 27: The Hospital Gambit Ella POVThe helicopter's rotor wash nearly knocked me over as we landed on Ashworth Memorial's helipad. Kane cradled Luna like she might shatter, his blood-soaked arms trembling."Move!" Dr. Sarah barked at the trauma team waiting with a gurney. "Gunshot wound to the chest, cardiac arrest reversed once, she's barely holding on."They transferred Luna with practiced efficiency. Kane refused to let go of her hand, jogging alongside the gurney as they rushed her inside.I followed on unsteady legs, my pregnant belly heavy and awkward. The baby kicked hard, sensing my fear."Ella." Nathaniel's hand steadied me from behind. "You shouldn't be here. This is Theron's hospital.""Luna would want me here." I kept moving toward the elevator. "And she saved Dr. Sarah's life. I'm not abandoning her now."The doors closed on us, the sterile smell making my stomach turn. Kane stared at his sister's pale face, his jaw working."She can't die," he said, voice shattere