《To Kill My ALPHA MATE》全部章節：第 41 章 - 第 46 章

RileyThe green fire from the burning note was still sizzling against the wood of the council table, and the sharp smell of sulfur was mixing with the scent of fresh blood dripping from the arrow feathers while my wolf roared right beneath my skin, demanding that I leap through the broken window frame to hunt down whoever had launched that projectile into our home. My father was already on his feet with his golden alpha eyes glowing bright in the dim room, and his hands were clenched into heavy fists as he looked at the shattered glass on the floorboards, his voice booming out over the shouts of the panicked elders who were trying to scramble away from the windows."Lock down every single gate on the perimeter right now, Jayden, and tell the frontline enforcers to drop the steel barriers across the main driveway because Dante just crossed the line by targeting this hall while my council is in session!" my father bellowed, his chest heaving with a deep rage while he pointed toward the

RileyThe mud was flying up from under the heavy tires of the tactical truck as I slammed my foot onto the gas pedal, and the dashboard radio was screaming with chaotic reports from the southern river border where the outer patrol towers were taking direct fire from Dante's vanguard crews. Fantine was sitting in the passenger seat beside me, her freshly bandaged palm gripping the handle above the door while she checked the magazine of her pistol, and the new bond between us was pulsing so strongly in my mind that I could feel her heightened focus and her lack of fear as if it were my own adrenaline pumping through my chest."Your father told you to leave me at the main house with the medical team, Riley, so you better be ready to handle his temper if we manage to survive this initial river crossing tonight," she said, her green eyes scanning the dark woods as the headlights bounced over the rough dirt path leading down to the water banks."My father isn't the one down here in the mud

RileyThe burning pain in my shoulder was getting worse by the second, but I kept my grip tight on the collar of the northern scout and dragged him through the heavy wooden door of the abandoned outpost cabin, shoving him hard against the floorboards where he collapsed into a heap near the cold stone fireplace. Fantine followed me inside immediately, her face pale under the dim light of the single battery lantern on the table, and she quickly threw the heavy iron deadbolt across the door frame before she sank into a wooden chair, her left hand coming up to press against her reopening shoulder wound where fresh blood was already staining the fabric of her red dress."You need to let me look at that graze on your arm, Riley, because the scent of your blood is changing rapidly, and that means the bolt that clipped you was coated in something much worse than standard steel," she said, her breathing shallow as she pulled a roll of clean gauze from her small clutch bag and began to wrap it