Semua Bab Rejected by my cursed mate: Bab 51 - Bab 60

The Vote of BetrayalDaria’s POVI hid myself as the council re-converged, and my heart seemed to be beating out of my chest. I was so afraid of being detected. Fear and doubt were heavy in the air in the pack square. Torches wrought their lengthening shadows, which wound and turned across the stone like the claws. Each shadow was like treachery.The elders were seated again, more slowly. No one spoke at first. The warriors who were on guard were in an uncomfortable position, waving their weight as though it were not on solid ground any more.Rylan broke the silence.We cannot pass the notice of what is happening, he said, and his voice was calm, controlled. "The pack needs stability. It must have a strong and clear leadership.Lucius was alone in the middle, squared shoulder and pallid face. I was able to see how difficult he was struggling just to stand. His breathing was uneven. The hands were a little shaky at his sides.It is a trial which is masquerading as care, said Lucius. "Y

The Night Before JudgmentDaria's POVI couldn't sleep.However I tried, when I closed my eyes every time I seemed to feel it--the pain of Lucius. Faint. Broken. Such as a candle attempting in the wind.He was running out of time.I rose gradually, without disturbing Harriet. She lay in a curl on her side, with her little hands turning in the sleep. Twitching her brow, she whispered now and then, of which I had no clear understanding.I stood up, went to the table and lit a small fire. The shadows leaped on the stone walls.And that was all, I said to myself. "I won't wait anymore."I took my satchel and emptied all the contents--vials, talismans, herbs, powders. My fingers moved by a mechanism of healing and concealment.I will not allow him to pass away, I said to myself. "Not like this. Not till the truth of the matter is known.The truth about Rylan.The truth about the poison.The truth about me.I pulverised moonroot, and combined it with silver dust. this will deaden the poison

The Ghost Making a ComebackDaria's POVThe old and fissured stones of the border of Blood Pact land lay half-covered with earth and moss before me. I drew my cloak more closely around me, and cursed the last ward between my lips. The wind glistened with one wave, and was calm. I was nothing to anyone who was looking. Just a ripple. Just a shadow."Stay close," I murmured.Harriet squeezed my hand. "I won't let go."Kael passed on before us, without saying a word. He raised his two fingers, and then one. Distinct voices were heard among trees. Guards. Laughing. Not worried. That meant Rylan felt safe.Too safe.Like ghosts we sneaked through the boarder. My heart beat fast as I was struck by the familiar smell- pine, iron, wolf. Home. And not home. I suppressed pain that tightened my chest. Not now.Harriet whispered, "I feel him."I gave her a nod without glancing back at her. "Me too."The route wound inwards over the grounds. Torches were lit even at daytime. More guards than befor

The Battle of the AlphaDaria's POVThe council hall burst into bustles the moment the doors were shut.Cries were reflected off the walls of stone. Older people got out of their seats simultaneously, their faces flushed, hands trembling. There were warriors on the sides, some getting nearer Lucius, others being drawn towards Rylan, as by strings, which no one could see."This is madness!" Elder Bram shouted. You can not take away an Alpha without evidence!Rylan didn't raise his voice. He didn't need to. He stood up and was high in the center, composed and cold. "We have proof," he said. "You all saw him collapse. You were all there and saw how the witch touched him.Many eyes turned to me.I lifted my chin. "I saved his life.""She nearly killed him again!" Rylan snapped.It is a lie, a voice in the back said.Kael came forward, his sword in its sheath, but at the ready. "I watched her heal him. He would be dead, in any case, had she desired him to be.There were tremors along the h

The Dawn of the ReckoningDaria's POVThe phrase had scarcely slipped out of the mouth of Lucius when all was ruined."Daria?"Rylan moved.He did not shout. He did not warn. He was frozen one moment open to truth and the next he leaped out like a trapped animal. Flashing in his hand was steel, and a brief blade, smeared with black poison. His eyes were crazy and full of anger and terror."Die," he snarled.I had no time to take up a shield.But Lucius did.He shifted.The sound was thunder itself. Bone cracked. Power surged. The man disappeared in a second and in his place was the Alpha, massive, rippling with his silver-black fur and with eyes blazing in bright gold. He struck Rylan in the middle of his blow, which launched the traitor out of the council hall.The knife slid down on the rock floor.Gasps turned into screams."Lucius!" I cried.His wolf put himself between me and danger with bared shoulders and open jaws. He was not lost as he had never been in years. Not weak. Not b