บททั้งหมดของ The Alpha Who Killed My Family Is My Mate: บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

Lyra’s POV “You really think you’ll find something the trackers missed?”Donovan’s voice carried over the steady rhythm of hooves as we rode the narrow ridge trail. I didn’t answer immediately. My eyes stayed on the ground ahead of us, where the trail curved around the rocks.“Maybe,” I said at last.Faolan rode just behind my back and snorted softly. “That’s a polite way of saying yes.”Lilith glanced toward me from the other side of the path. “You’re confident for someone who’s never seen the site.” “I’ve seen enough places like it,” I replied.Donovan shifted in the saddle, studying the ridge ahead of us. “Rylan already sent trackers.” “Trackers look for trails,” I said. “I’m looking for something far more serious.”That earned a quiet look from him.Faolan leaned forward slightly over her horse’s neck. “Now that sounds interesting.”Lilith rolled her eyes. “Or cryptic.”The trail narrowed as we climbed higher along the ridge. Trees thinned, leaving patches of exposed stone whe

“Lyra,” the scout said, breathing hard as he reached us. “You should come see this.”I looked up from the training yard where Donovan and I had been arguing over patrol timing. The wolf who had called my name stood several paces away, shoulders rising and falling with the effort of a hard run. Something about his face made the air feel heavier than it had a moment ago.Donovan noticed it too. “What happened?” he asked.The scout shook his head once, like he didn’t want to say it here. “Eastern ravine.”That was all he said. It was enough.Donovan’s jaw tightened. Faolan and Lilith, who had been leaning against the fence nearby, pushed away from the wood without another word. None of us asked any more questions. The look in the scout’s eyes told us this was not something that could wait.By the time we reached the horses, half a dozen other warriors were already moving. The ride out of the territory’s inner clearing was fast and quiet. No one wasted breath talking while the ground f

The training yard was louder than usual that morning, though no one seemed eager to admit it. Steel rang against steel in uneven bursts, and the sound carried farther than it should have across the stone walls. Wolves moved through their drills with a kind of restless intensity, striking harder than necessary, resetting their stances faster than usual. The tension in the air felt like the moment before a storm breaks, when the wind shifts and everyone senses something coming, even if no one says it aloud.Aron’s death had spread through the territory before dawn.Lyra slowed as she stepped through the gate and watched the yard for a moment before joining the others. Normally, the morning drills were loose and loud, filled with friendly insults and the occasional bet on who would land the next hit. Today, the mood had tightened. Conversations stayed low. Every now and then, someone glanced toward the eastern hills beyond the outer walls.The ambush had left its mark.Donovan was near t

The guards pushed the scout forward, and the man nearly stumbled across the stone floor before catching himself. He dropped to one knee in the center of the chamber, breath still uneven from the ride that had brought him here. Dust clung to his cloak, and sweat had darkened the leather straps across his chest.No one rushed to help him.Magnus sat at the far end of the room, watching.The chamber had grown quiet the moment the doors opened. Wolves lined the walls in loose silence, their attention fixed on the kneeling figure in the middle of the floor. Between them and Magnus stood a long wooden table where a map of the surrounding territories had been spread out earlier that night.The scout bowed his head.“Alpha… the patrol we expected this morning never arrived.”Magnus did not answer immediately.He rose from his chair and crossed the room at an unhurried pace, stopping beside the table. One hand rested on the edge of the wood while he studied the eastern hills marked across the

“Remind me again why we’re riding this side of the hills,” Faolan said as her horse drew even with mine.The trail curved upward through a stretch of dry grass and scattered pine. Evening had started to settle over the forest, and the last of the sunlight clung to the upper branches while the ground below was already slipping into shadow.Donovan didn’t turn in the saddle.“Because it’s the route the Alpha gave us.”Faolan clicked her tongue.“That’s not what I asked.”Lilith rode a few lengths behind us and laughed quietly.“You ask too many questions.”“I ask the important ones.”Donovan glanced back then, just long enough to give Faolan a look.“You’ll survive the patrol without knowing every answer.”She opened her mouth to reply, then shut it again when the trail narrowed ahead.The ground climbed toward a low ridge of rock and pine. The path twisted through a tight stretch where the hillside rose sharply on one side and dropped sharply on the other.Donovan lifted his hand.The