《Alpha’s Blood Mate》全部章節：第 281 章 - 第 290 章

A scream tore from my throat but cut off just as suddenly when Leo, Sinthy, and the young man from the forest appeared right in front of us. He looked nearly as shaken as I felt. A faint pop echoed as they materialized. Everyone else was just as stunned. I’d thought it would take at least another hour before they came back—if they even made it back at all.The young man—Maxwell—slowly sank to his knees, his face filled with a deep, miserable sadness. Sinthy stood over him and moved her hands across his wrists. I blinked in surprise as I watched. Out of nowhere, a swirl of smoke formed, twisting and curling before drifting down toward his hands. It wrapped around his wrists, and a sudden flash of light made me flinch and look away. When I looked again, the smoke had transformed into heavy bands around his wrists, gleaming like a blend of gold and polished silver.“What are those for?” I asked.Sinthy brushed her hair back. “They’ll stop him from using any of his stolen magic. They act

What stuck with me later was how quickly everything unfolded. Even when I thought back on it, I still couldn’t fully grasp how it all happened so fast. Some of it felt almost unreal, like a dream, while the rest was pure nightmare.We had all come together again in the building we were staying in. Donatello’s staff had served salads and grilled chicken for dinner. We ate while discussing our next step, but I couldn’t even recall what we had been talking about. Those details disappeared in the chaos that came after.My burner phone rang, and after finishing my bite, I picked up.My father’s voice came through immediately, not even giving me a chance to speak. “Leo? Turn on the news right now. Hurry.”“Dad? What’s happening—”“No time,” he cut in. “Turn it on now.”The call ended abruptly. A wave of dread settled over me. I swore to myself that when I got home, I’d get rid of every TV we owned. They never seemed to bring anything but bad news.I turned to Donatello. “Where’s the closest

Without saying anything else, she took off, shifting into her wolf form and sprinting toward the house. The fury inside me was impossible to put into words. It felt like molten lava was running through my veins.“Leo?” Sinthy called out.I turned to her. She had one hand pressed flat against the ground. “What?”“I don’t think I can restore the wards in time. Not with how fast and strong these attacks are coming. I don’t think I have enough strength or energy.” She shook her head sadly. “The next hit will break them completely. The… the wards are going to fall.”My fists clenched at my sides, trembling. I straightened and shouted over the noise around us. “Ashfang pack! Are you ready to fight? Will you protect your home?”The response came in a roar almost as loud as the missile blasts. Tiago, Norman, and the other alphas we’d brought with us shouted their support as well. The determination in their eyes made it clear—they would stand and fight for us, for the ones who had given them s

Leo's mother herded me, Mira, and Maxwell into the living room. My parents latched onto me, pulling me into a tight embrace, and my dad reached out to grab Mira, drawing her into the huddle. Panic surged through me as Gabriella burst through the door, slamming and locking it behind her."The wards are going to fall," she said as she turned and pressed her back against the door. "Be ready to get into the safe room. All of you. When I tell you to go, you go. Do you understand that?"Though her words were directed at everyone, her gaze bored straight into mine as she spoke. A few weeks ago, I'd have pushed back and demanded to join the fight. Now? I could feel the life growing inside me and how desperately I wanted to protect it. For the first time, I truly grasped what Gabriella had sacrificed by giving me up. I also knew that if it meant keeping the child inside me safe, I'd do the same thing. I would do it and carry the heartbreak with me forever. Gabriella's gaze radiated such deep,

Fighting alongside us to push back the anti-shifters, shielding as many of us as she could, and whatever she had done to lift the protection spell around the pack lands had left Sinthy completely hollowed out. She had been teetering on the edge of death when she still somehow found a way to save Rowan's life, and she collapsed into Maxwell's arms not long after Rowan had come back to us.My friend was battered and incapable of standing or walking on her own. Alaric and Mateo had stepped in to carry her to my house — Valerian and Atlas were too emotionally drained to assist. They were still weeping tears of joy as they followed my brothers and Rowan up the hill toward the house.I knelt and gathered Sinthy into my arms. She was almost entirely weightless, like a dried-out shell that still held the shape but no longer the substance of what it once was. Her head drooped against my shoulder, and I couldn't get over how colorless she looked. Her skin was nearly see-through, and her eyes ap