Alle Kapitel von THE ALPHA’S MATE: REBORN TO RULE: Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 34

Training started the next morning.No delays.No excuses.The sun hadn’t fully risen when Sylvie stepped onto the training grounds. A thin layer of mist still clung to the earth, and the air was cold enough to sting her lungs with every breath.Her body ached.Every muscle protested.Her shoulders were sore from blocking. Her legs still felt heavy from the night before.But she didn’t stop.She didn’t even slow down.“Again,” she said.The warrior across from her—broad-shouldered, experienced, already slightly out of breath—hesitated.“…You just finished three rounds,” he said, lowering his guard slightly.Sylvie rolled her shoulders, ignoring the sharp pull of soreness.“Then this is the fourth.”He stared at her for a second, like he was trying to decide if she was serious.She didn’t break eye contact.“…You’re going to collapse,” he warned.“Not before I hit you,” she shot back.A few of the warriors nearby let out quiet chuckles.The tension broke—just slightly.The warrior sighe

The forest didn’t go quiet all at once.It faded.Slowly.Like something was pulling the sound out of it.Sylvie noticed it first.“…Do you hear that?” she asked.Alexander didn’t answer immediately.Because he already did.Nothing.No wind.No birds.No movement.“…We’re not alone,” she said quietly.Alexander stepped forward, his body already shifting into readiness.“I know.”His voice was low.Controlled.But dangerous.His gaze swept the trees.Waiting.Tracking.“You’ve been watching long enough,” he said, his voice cutting cleanly through the silence.For a moment—Nothing happened.Then—A voice answered.“Not long enough.”It came from everywhere.And nowhere.Sylvie’s chest tightened.That voice—Wasn’t just confident.It was certain.A figure stepped out from the trees.Slow.Deliberate.Like he had all the time in the world.Tall.Broad.Scars cut across his arms and neck like marks of survival rather than weakness.And his presence—It pressed down on the air itself.Sylvi