บททั้งหมดของ On Your Kneels, Alpha Chase : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

Elena*****Midday — The Broken Sanctuary*****The sanctuary had no roof.Just shattered stone columns clawing at the sky and a circle of scorched symbols carved into the ground. It used to be a holy place once. Before wars. Before blood soaked into everything sacred.Now it felt like a grave waiting to be filled.The seer was already there when we arrived.She sat inside the circle, legs folded beneath her, white hair tangled and matted, eyes covered with a strip of black cloth. Chains bound her wrists — not to hold her, but to keep everyone else alive.She smiled as soon as I stepped forward.“There she is,” the seer crooned. “The mother of endings.”My stomach tightened.Finn pressed closer to my side. Fia’s small hand slipped into mine, her grip stronger than it should have been. Chase stood to my left, tense and alert. Lucian stood to my right, silent, terrifyingly calm.The balance felt wrong.Like standing on a blade.“We were told you had answers,” I said evenly. “Not riddles.”

Elena****Nightfall — The Ravine of Bones******The air changed first.Not the sky. Not the ground.The air.It thickened, heavy and damp, pressing against my lungs like an unspoken warning. I felt it before the guards did, before the horns sounded, before the shadows began to move. This wasn’t surprise. This was confirmation.I had been waiting for her.Wolves across the camp reacted instantly. Heads lifted. Bodies tensed. Weapons were drawn without orders. Finn stirred against my side, a low sound vibrating in his chest like a restrained growl. Fia sat up sharply, her small fingers digging into my sleeve, eyes unfocused.“She’s close,” she said quietly.Not afraid.Certain.I didn’t ask who.“I know,” I murmured, pulling both twins closer. My voice was steady, even as my pulse thundered. “Stay with me.”Around us, the outer guards began shouting.“What’s happening?”“Something’s wrong……”“Form ranks!”Confusion spread fast among those who didn’t know what we did.The veterans didn’

Elena*****Three Days Later — The Valley of Red Skies*****The sun should not have looked like that.Even at dawn, it burned dim and bruised, a dull copper disc hanging too low in the sky, as if the world itself were sick. The air tasted wrong. Heavy. Charged. Every wolf in the camp felt it, the way their spines stayed tight, the way even the children were quieter than usual.“The eclipse is early,” one of the elders whispered behind me.I didn’t answer.Finn stood at my side, small fingers clenched around mine, his eyes fixed on the sky with a seriousness no child his age should carry. Fia leaned against my leg, her head tilted, pupils too dark.“They’re screaming,” she murmured.My grip tightened. “Who is?”“Everyone,” she said softly. “Even the ones who don’t know yet.”Chase was checking the perimeter, barking orders, his voice steady but his movements sharp. He hadn’t slept. None of us had. Lucian stood at the highest ridge overlooking the valley, cloak snapping violently in th

Elena*****Dawn — The Valley After the Eclipse*****The battlefield smelled wrong.Not like victory.Not like loss.Like something torn open and left to bleed.The sky had returned to its normal gray-blue, but the land hadn’t recovered. Cracked earth stretched for miles, blackened veins running through stone like scars that would never fully fade. Bodies were being moved quietly now. No cheers. No celebration. Just shock.And Chase.Chase lay on a bed of cloaks near the remains of a fallen pillar, completely still except for the faint rise and fall of his chest. His skin looked too pale. Too human.That word made my stomach twist.Human.I knelt beside him, knees sinking into cold dirt, my hands hovering uselessly over his chest like if I touched him too hard, he might shatter.“You’re breathing,” I whispered. “That’s good. You need to keep doing that.”He didn’t answer.Finn stood on my left, fists clenched so tight his nails cut into his palms. The gold in his eyes had faded, leavi

Elena*****Late Night — Temporary Stronghold in the Valley*****The fire outside the tent burned low.Not dying.Just quiet.The kind of quiet that waited.Chase’s shoulder was warm beneath my cheek. I hadn’t realized how tightly I was leaning into him until Finn shifted on the other side of the tent and I felt the weight of the world press back onto my ribs. My breath was steady now, but my heart still hadn’t caught up. It was still racing like it was afraid that if it slowed, something would take him away again.I didn’t move.I was scared that if I did, this moment would break.Fia sat near the tent wall, knees tucked to her chest, eyes half-lidded. She was watching me in a way that made my skin prickle….. not like a child, but like someone who could see the cracks inside me.Lucian leaned against one of the wooden poles holding the tent upright, arms crossed, dark hair falling into his eyes. His presence filled the space even when he said nothing. He wasn’t resting. He was waiting