บททั้งหมดของ The Alpha Who Killed My Family Is My Mate: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

“Rylan’s been at it since sunrise.”Donovan said it like a man who had already heard too many answers that led nowhere. He stood beside the training yard fence, one arm resting against the wood, watching a pair of younger wolves spar without much interest. I stepped up beside him. “And?”He exhaled once through his nose. “And nothing. Not yet. He’s spoken to every patrol leader who was in that hall yesterday. Same answers. Same confusion.”That doesn’t mean they’re telling the truth.” “No,” Donovan said, glancing at me briefly, “but it means whoever did this knows how to keep quiet.”The two wolves in the yard closed in distance, circled, then broke apart again without committing. Even the practice fights had changed. No one wanted to be the one who made a mistake and drew eyes for the wrong reason.Faolan and Lilith were by the well when we crossed the yard. “Any progress?” Faolan asked.Donovan shook his head. “Rylan’s still working through them.”Lilith leaned against the ston

“Don’t move.”Rylan’s voice cut across the training ground, loud enough that it pulled every head toward him before anyone had time to ask why.The shift was immediate. Conversations thinned out, then died altogether as wolves turned, one after another, until the entire clearing tilted in that direction. What they found wasn’t confusion or noise or the kind of disorder that usually followed a command like that.It was stillness.Rylan stood near the edge of the clearing, shoulders squared, attention fixed on one man.Caius.He stood a few steps ahead of him, neither retreating nor advancing, his posture relaxed in a way that felt wrong the longer you looked at it.“What is this?” Caius asked, glancing briefly at the wolves beginning to spread out along the edges of the clearing. “If this is another round of questioning, you could have called me in like everyone else.”Rylan didn’t move.“Stay where you are,” he said, quieter now, but somehow heavier.The difference settled over the c

“Close the inner gates and keep them shut. No one leaves without my word.”Kael did not need to raise his voice for the command to take hold. The wolves nearest the entrance moved immediately, not out of fear, but out of habit shaped by a leader who did not repeat himself. The heavy doors began to slide into place as runners were pulled inside, their movements quick and disciplined, the last slipping through before the locks fell into place.“Rylan, I want every movement inside this territory accounted for. No one walks alone, no one drifts where they are not assigned.”“It’s already in motion,” Rylan answered, stepping closer to the table, his attention fixed on the map even as his tone carried a tension he did not bother to hide.I reached the doorway just as a pair of wolves passed me at speed, their focus forward, their silence telling me more than any explanation could have. Something had shifted while I was outside, and whatever it was had moved through the territory faster than

“You sent that message at first light.” Kael’s voice cut across the room before the wolf had even finished stepping inside. The runner froze where he stood, dust still clinging to his boots, chest rising too fast for someone who had only just delivered a report. “Yes, Alpha.” Kael didn’t move from the table. “Say it again.” The wolf swallowed. “I left at first light.” Rylan was already watching him closely, one hand braced against the edge of the map as if he could hold the entire territory in place by force alone. “And it arrived when?” Kael asked. “Just before dusk.” The room went quiet. Rylan’s head turned slightly, his attention sharpening. “That route doesn’t take that long.” “No,” Kael said. The word dropped flat. “Walk it,” Kael ordered. The wolf blinked. “Alpha?” “Walk the route,” Kael repeated, his gaze lifting now, fixing on him fully. “Every turn. Every stop. Every breath. Start again.” The runner hesitated, then nodded quickly. “I left the western post just

“They didn’t touch the borders.”Rylan said it without preamble as I stepped into the council room, his voice steady but carrying an edge that had not been there the day before. The space had changed. Not louder, not chaotic, but tighter, as if every movement inside it now mattered more than it had before.Kael did not look up immediately. He stood at the table with both hands resting against the wood, his attention fixed on the map in front of him. The markers had been moved again, not scattered or rearranged without thought, but adjusted with a kind of restraint that suggested he had already discarded several options before settling on what remained.“They didn’t need to,” he said.The answer came without hesitation, but it was not dismissive. It carried weight, the kind that settled into the room and forced everyone listening to adjust their understanding before speaking again.Rylan stepped closer. “The relay tower was taken cleanly. No forced entry, no visible struggle, one wolf