All Chapters of Their Untouchable Little Mate : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

CORATwo days remained before the interpack meeting and I sat on a low stool while the maids worked on my hair. They moved their hands fast and pulled my curls into neat rows. One of them opened a small book and read out refined words for me to repeat. I tried to follow but my tongue felt stiff. They kept correcting me and asked me to hold my chin up.Another maid reminded me to genuflect in front of the Alphas, and another said I should speak only when someone asked me a direct question. They all sounded serious and their faces stayed blank as they listed rules. I understood they spoke from a servant’s place and their advice was shaped by that. I nodded anyway because I did not want to argue. I wanted to do everything right so they would stop looking at me like I was someone who did not belong here.When they finished plaiting my hair, I touched the sides lightly and stood. I left the room and walked into the hallway. I saw Ronan on the other side of the courtyard and he turned away

CORAThe hall stayed quiet after Ronan’s words. No one wanted to breathe too loud. All the alphas leaned forward while Ronan explained how he gathered information from the packs that lost their sons. He said the boys were killed during full moons while shifting or taking pack runs and that every body was found the same way with wounds that started from their gut and went up their chest. Their wolf eyes were always empty and dark when found. He said it showed the killings were not accidents but planned.Some alphas shook their heads and one of them covered his face with his hands. No one spoke while Ronan continued. He said he checked Alpha Linus’ pack after that and learned that there had been a plague there that year and the remedy they followed was to offer sacrifices to the moon goddess. The room shifted again and Alpha Linus stood up fast and denied everything. He said no one in his pack ever carried out such a thing and he didn’t order anything like that.Ronan didn’t argue with

CADECora looked at me like she thought something had changed between us, and I could tell she believed the bond was pulling me toward her. I could see it in her eyes and in the way she stood there like she expected something soft from me. I knew she was wrong and I knew she would learn that soon enough. I turned away before she said anything else and the look in her eyes followed me out of the room, and it bothered me.I walked through the hall and went outside because my chest felt tight and I didn’t like it. The night air didn’t help, but it made it easier to think. I climbed the side wall of the fortress and pulled myself up to the highest part of the roof. I had climbed this same path since I was a boy, and the stones never moved under my grip. The roof gave me space, even though the place was still a cage.I sat there and looked at the land around the fortress. It was quiet and wide and empty, and it made the weight in my chest worse. The curse held us here like chains and it di

CORARonan left my doorway with a faint scowl, and I felt the need to know where he was going. I moved quietly, careful not to make noise, following him down the corridors. The fortress was colder than usual, the stone walls echoing my soft steps. I kept him in sight, ducking behind corners and pillars, until he disappeared into a long, empty hall.I slowed, peering around the corner. He was nowhere in sight. I stepped forward cautiously, my heart hammering. Then he appeared suddenly, stepping from the shadows as if he had been waiting for me. I froze, my stomach twisting.“You again?” he said, a sharp edge in his voice and a dangerous grin on his face. “What are you doing sneaking behind me?”“I… I’m just….” I started, but he cut me off.“You’re following me,” he said, laughing. “Like some little spy. Did you think I wouldn’t notice?”I swallowed, trying to keep my voice steady. “I wanted to know what you were doing,” I admitted. “I’m trying to understand—”“Understand?” he echoed, s

CORAThe moment Liam’s eyes locked on mine in that cold hall, I felt my heart stop. My legs wouldn’t move and my breath wouldn’t rise. I didn’t even realize a guard had entered behind me until a strong hand grabbed my arm and yanked me back.“Move,” he hissed under his breath.I stumbled, my shoes scraping the ground as he dragged me away. I couldn’t stop staring over my shoulder. I expected Liam to lunge, to shout at me or to chase me, but he didn’t. He only stood there, unmoving, his chest rising with uneven breaths, his gaze following me until the heavy door slammed shut between us.Horror stayed lodged in my throat for the rest of the day.I couldn’t unsee it.The cold hall.The warriors falling one after another.The way Liam barely seemed human for a moment.I tried reading to distract myself, but the letters blurred. I tried drinking tea, but the cup shook in my hand. I tried stepping outside for air, but the breeze did nothing to calm the tremors in my spine. Even casual conve