Lahat ng Kabanata ng MATED TO THE ENEMY ALPHA: Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 90

Draven“I shouldn’t have kissed her. I shouldn’t have kissed her,” I repeated the entire walk back. Not once. Not twice…just relentlessly like it was a mistake.My jaw tightened as I pushed open the doors to my suite. It was empty.“Of course,” I muttered as I sighed heavily. She was gone.Why did I think I’ll expect to see her still here?A strange, unwelcome irritation settled in my chest. I shrugged it off. It was good that she was gone. She should be gone.That was the point.I need to keep my distance and my fucking control. I can’t afford everything I’d spent years building—cracking in a single moment because of her.I dragged a hand down my face, exhaling sharply before heading toward the inner room where my son laid. He was already asleep, curled into the king-sized bed. His small frame and steady breaths rising and falling beneath the covers unaffected by any of what happened earlier. At least something remained uncomplicated.I moved closer, sitting first on the edge of

DravenZuri hit the wall harder than I intended or maybe I had intended it. I wanted to hurt her but not much. I just wanted to make a point.“What the fuck do you think are you doing?” I growled in her face. “Someone’s really pissed, huh?” She said, smiling but I can see fear slowly creeping into her eyes.“Careful,” I said quietly, leaning into her. “You’re walking a very thin line, Zee.”Her chest rose and fell, defiance blazing in her eyes but beneath it, I sensed something else flickered. It wasn’t fear this time, it was hurt. I ignored it.“How did you know? How the fuck did you know?” I asked in a sharp tone. She didn’t answer, instead she laughed—a short, bitter sound that didn’t belong to the woman I knew. “Oh! So that’s what this is about? You dragging me out like a criminal was protecting her?” She snapped.My jaw tightened. “Answer the question, Zuri. How did you know?”The door opened before she could utter a word. Kael stepped in, looking between us as his chest kept

ElaraHe stopped, pulling away. Just like before.His chest rose and fell sharply. I looked at his eyes which seemed darker now.“If I don’t stop…” he said, his voice quite rough and unsteady in a way I’d never heard before, “there won’t be a choice later.”“For who?” I said, taking a few steps towards him but he stepped back completely, away from me like he’d been burnt…creating a huge space between us. Every instinct in my body screamed at me to close the distance but I remained standing at a spot.“You do not understand what that means, Elara,” he continued, in a more intense but quiet tone. “There’s no undoing it. No going back.”“You can’t make that decision for me,” I almost snapped.“It’s not for you,” he said simply. I let off a small bitter laugh finally realizing his hesitation. Draven was Ironfang first, therefore an enemy of mine by birth. His reason for holding back and preferring not to acknowledge this tension we felt…was because he was never going to see more than a T

Elara It’s been five days since we left the conclave. It’s either I was good at avoiding Draven or he was an expert at avoiding me perfectly well.CRACK!I fell to the ground for the…I’ve lost count. Elysia wasn’t playing with me today. It’s like she’s been planning to beat up my ass. When we arrived, I told everything that happened. We talked and laughed and even when I told her about Draven almost marking me she cursed him out for being a coward. Her countenance only changed when I told I had decided to leave. She let me give my reason and left quietly. This morning she came saying we needed to practice. I was happy I thought she was okay with it until I saw how fierce she was going.I laid down breathing heavily, Elysia didn’t offer me a hand to get up. She just circled me like a predator and I think I saw the golden tint of her eyes flashed in between blows one time. Clearly, this was something else. "Again," she snapped.I pushed myself up. My muscles were basically screamin

DravenIn the infirmary, I watched as Astra healed me first before my two soldiers. When I had interrogated the prisoner, he did tell me what was going on and I knew what to expect but it still took me by surprise. I had to pierce one on the left side of its chest purely by coincidence and saw it die before I yelled out to everyone that its weakness was on the left hand side.It was a tough battle but we drove them out of Silvermoon. I’ve ordered Kael to make sure moonshade root is being distributed to the pack for those who were beaten.“Elara, come apply the finishing herb,” Astra said. I tensed immediately and she caught one.Sly old woman!She knew Elara and I weren’t in a good headspace. Elara slowly came to me and without meeting my eyes, she applied a herb that was cool against my skin. I didn’t know if she felt it but my eyes never left her face. Her eyes, her nose, her…mouth.I gulped and averted my eyes elsewhere.“Elysia, come help me find the red spawn root,” Astra said a