All Chapters of Claimed By The Twin Alphas: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

DANTE'S POVI stood outside Lara's sitting room after leaving her alone with her thoughts, but I couldn't make myself walk away. My hand was still on the door handle, and everything in me wanted to go back inside, to hold her while she fell apart, to tell her she didn't have to figure this out alone.But I couldn't do that. I was just her guard. Her friend, if I were lucky. Nothing more.I'd been in love with Lara since we were fifteen years old.We'd grown up together in Silverbrook Village, and I'd watched her struggle through every deaf week while other kids mocked her. Watched her try so hard to be perfect, to prove she was worth something despite being broken. And I'd fallen for her, slowly and completely, knowing the entire time that it could never be anything more than a silent, one-sided ache.She was an omega. I was just a guard's son, training to follow in my father's footsteps. The gap between us might as well have been an ocean.When her father appointed me as her personal

LARA'S POVI couldn't sleep.It was Day 5 of my deaf week, the last day of silence before my hearing would return at midnight. I laid in Kael's bed, staring at the dark ceiling, hyperaware of his arm draped possessively across my waist, pinning me in place.After Alden had discovered the mate marks this afternoon, everything had shifted. He'd grabbed my wrist, yanked up my sleeve, and stared at those glowing silvery marks with a smile that made my blood run cold. Then he'd said something to Dante while deliberately turning his face away from me so I couldn't read his lips.But I'd seen Dante's expression. I saw the fear there.When Kael had come to collect me for dinner, he'd been all smiles and gentle touches. But there was something different in his eyes. Something calculating that I'd never noticed before.Now I was trapped in his bed, unable to sleep, my mind spinning with thoughts I couldn't escape.The twins, the mate marks, alden's discovery and the way my body had burned when

CIAN'S POVWe'd been watching the palace from the tree line for over an hour now, hidden in the shadows where the guards wouldn't spot us easily. The cold night air bit at my skin, but I barely felt it. All my attention was focused on that window high up in the palace where Lara stood. Even from this distance, I could see her clearly in the moonlight. See the way she pressed her hand against the glass. See the way she was looking directly at where we stood. "She knows we're here," Rowan said quietly beside me. His amber eyes were fixed on the same window, and his jaw was tight with tension. "Of course she knows. The bond is pulling at her just like it's pulling at us." I rubbed my wrist where the mate mark burned beneath my sleeve. It had been glowing brighter every day since the Claiming Ball, calling to her across the distance. I'd barely slept, barely eaten. My wolf was going insane, demanding I go to her, claim her, take what was mine. What was ours. "We need to talk to her

ROWAN'S POV We rode back to Frostborn territory in silence, both of us were too angry and worried to speak. Kael's predatory smile was burned into my mind. The way he'd displayed Lara like a trophy, making sure we saw her fear and his control. By the time we reached the fortress, dawn was breaking over the mountains. Cian headed straight for the strategy room, and I followed. We had planning to do. "We need to get that note to her," I said, pacing while Cian spread maps across the table. "We need her to know we haven't abandoned her." "And how exactly do you plan to get into the palace?" Cian asked, marking guard positions on the map. "After this morning, Kael will have security doubled. He'll be watching for us." I stopped pacing and turned to face him. "I already have a plan for that." Cian looked up, surprised. "You do?" "There's a servant. Works in the palace kitchens. Her brother is part of our pack." I moved to the map and pointed to the servants' entrance on the east sid

LARA'S POV I looked at Dante, my heart pounding as I made my decision. "I need to see them. Please." His hands moved sharply. “It's too dangerous, Luna. If Alden has guards watching, if they follow you—“ "I know the risks." I grabbed his hands, stopping his signs. "But I need answers. I need to understand what these mate marks mean. I need to know if..." I trailed off, not sure how to finish that sentence.“ If I made the wrong choice? If I'm supposed to be with them instead of Kael? Is there any way out of this trap I've walked into?” Dante pulled his hands free and stepped back, running them through his hair in frustration. He paced across the room, clearly at war with himself. "Please, Dante." I moved closer to him. "You said you'd support my choices. You said you'd help me no matter what." He stopped pacing and looked at me, pain clear in his eyes. His hands moved slowly. “I did say that. And I meant it. But Luna, you're pregnant now. If something happens to you, if Kael fin