Semua Bab The Alpha's Dirty Little Secret No More: Bab 21 - Bab 25

Freya's POVThe awakening of the White Wolf didn't end with the party.It became the biggest news in the entire European wolf community.To celebrate the birth of a new monarch, Adrian proposed a "Full Moon Hunt" in the royal hunting grounds at the edge of the territory, following ancient tradition.I shifted back to my human form, dressed in casual clothes, and mounted a horse.The feeling of power coursing through my body was incredible. Before, I was always cold and weak. Now, I could hear a rabbit's heartbeat from miles away.Killian had followed us.He was still in that ill-fitting waiter's uniform, a pathetic shadow tagging along at the very back of our party.No one bothered to send him away. Everyone was too busy fawning over me, the newly emerged White Wolf, to pay attention to a disgraced, has-been Alpha."Be careful up ahead, Freya," Adrian said, riding up beside me. "The border hasn't been safe lately. I've heard reports of an extremist group of human hunters in the area."

Killian's POVI spent half a month recovering in Silvermoon's medical center.The antidote saved my life, but only that.Every day, through my window, I could see Freya walking in the garden, running in the training yard.She had never been so alive.And the man always by her side was Adrian.The easy understanding between them, the equal respect, was a mirror reflecting the ugly and pathetic man I had been for the past five years.The day I was discharged from the hospital happened to be a night with a strong aurora.Ribbons of green light danced across the night sky, unreal in their beauty.I found Adrian at the Silvermoon border.He was standing alone on a cliff edge, smoking, his silhouette tall and straight."Let's fight."I walked over, shrugging off my jacket to reveal my muscled torso."An Alpha duel," I snarled, my voice raw with a final, desperate madness. "Winner takes all. The old way. The winner... takes her."Adrian turned and gave me a flat look.He didn't accept the cha

Freya's POVThe full moon hung high in the sky.I waited quietly for the final rejection ceremony.Footsteps echoed behind me. Heavy, slow, each step like it was dragging a thousand-pound chain.I turned around.Killian had arrived.He was wearing a perfectly tailored black suit, the kind he used to wear only to the most important meetings. His battle armor.But he didn't look like he was here for a ceremony. He looked like he was walking to his own execution."You came," I said calmly."I promised you."Killian's voice was hoarse, his eyes greedily tracing my face."I told you, whatever you give me, even if it's poison, I'll drink it."His hand trembled as he pulled a yellowed manila folder from his jacket.My eyes fell on it, and my heart tightened slightly.I recognized it.It was the Application for Mate Marking I had filled out five years ago, that morning I had just become his destined mate, full of love and timid hope.Back then, I treasured it, locking it in the bottom drawer.