All Chapters of The Alpha Twins Plaything: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

AURORANobody spoke for almost an hour after we left. The packhouse disappeared behind us slowly.First, the walls vanished then the towers then the rooftops until eventually there was nothing left except forest and sky.I kept looking back anyway. I don't know why. Maybe because despite everything that place had done to me, it had somehow become home.The realization was disturbing.I hated it.My horse shifted beneath me as we followed the narrow mountain path leading north.The air felt colder and sharper here. Like winter had settled over this part of the world and refused to leave.Ahead of me, Draven rode in silence. Behind me, Darius kept scanning the forest. Selene and Lyra followed further back.Nobody was relaxed, not after what we'd learned.Not after hearing hundreds of Hollow Ones were moving toward the border.The silence lasted until Lyra finally snapped."I'm bored."Darius groaned, "There it is.""There what is?""The reason nobody likes traveling with you."Lyra look

AURORAThe longer I stared at the woman beyond the border, the harder it became to think clearly.It wasn't magic.At least, I didn't think it was.It felt more like grief.Like every unanswered question I had carried for years had suddenly taken shape and was standing only a few hundred feet away from me.I wanted to believe it was her.Moon Goddess, I wanted it so badly.I wanted her to be alive.I wanted her to have a reason.I wanted every lonely birthday and every sleepless night and every year spent wondering where she had gone to mean something.But Darius's words wouldn't leave my head.If that's your mother, she'll come to you.It was such a simple statement.Yet the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me.Because he was right.She wasn't coming.She wasn't speaking.She wasn't running toward me.She was just standing there waiting. Almost like she expected me to be the one to cross.The realization left a bitter taste in my mouth.For years I had waited for my moth

AURORAThe wrong child survived.The words echoed inside my head long after she stopped speaking.For a moment, I genuinely thought I had heard her wrong.The wind moved through the dead trees behind her, carrying strange whispers through the Hollow Lands. Somewhere in the distance, something cried out. The sound was distant enough to be ignored, yet unsettling enough to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.But none of that mattered.Not when I was staring at the woman who might be my mother.Not when she’d just told me that I wasn’t supposed to survive.My mouth felt dry.“What does that mean?”The question came out quieter than I intended.The woman lowered her eyes briefly.Not in shame.More like exhaustion.Like she was remembering something she wished she could forget.The sight only made me angrier.Because I was tired of everyone carrying secrets while I was left stumbling blindly through the consequences.“What does that mean?” I repeated.This time my voice was st

AURORAThe horn echoed across the Hollow Lands. The sound was unlike anything I had ever heard before.It wasn't loud in the traditional sense. It didn't shake the ground or split the sky. Instead, it seemed to vibrate inside my chest.It sounded deep, ancient, and wrong. The moment it sounded, every horse behind us reacted.Several reared violently. One nearly threw its rider. Even the wolves looked unsettled.The woman standing across the border had gone completely still.For the first time since we'd met her, the calm certainty she'd been carrying cracked.Real fear flashed across her face. Not concern or caution but fear. My stomach tightened immediately.Because if this frightened her, then whatever was coming was worse than I imagined."They found us."The words had barely left her mouth when movement appeared behind her.At first, I thought it was the mist, then I realized the mist wasn't moving. Something was walking through it.Dozens of shadows emerged between the twisted t

AURORAThe silence that followed felt suffocating.You wanted me.The words hung in the air between them, sharp enough to cut.I looked at the woman standing in front of me.My mother.Or at least the woman claiming to be my mother.She hadn't moved.She hadn't denied it.She hadn't immediately shouted that he was lying.And somehow that hurt more than if she had.The man saw it too.I watched satisfaction flicker across his face.Not because he'd hurt me.Because he'd hurt her.The realization unsettled me.This wasn't about me.Not really.At least not entirely.This wound existed long before I was born.Long before wolves.Long before the Hollow Lands.Long before any of this.The man folded his arms across his chest.For the first time since arriving, he seemed completely relaxed.Like he'd stepped onto familiar ground.Like he'd finally reached a conversation he'd been waiting years to have."Tell her."His voice wasn't loud.It didn't need to be.The woman flinched.Only slightl