Semua Bab The Alpha's Rejected Mate : Bab 161 - Bab 164

Ava The mountain was waking up in autumn. It was slow. It always woke up in the valley; the first sounds of the day filtered up from the courtyards, the chattering of children clutching schoolbags to their chests as they trod between the buildings, the sound of voices rising and falling in conversation as families walked along with them. Researchers had already started their morning arguments somewhere in the depths of the archive before most people had even finished their breakfasts. Nothing new there. The clinic was opening for the day. The healers were double-checking their schedules, the patients were arriving, reports were being skimmed over during their patrols. Patrols were switching, taking their turns up and down the mountain paths. It was all the usual business, but the feel of it was different. It was a different sort of busyness. Not the frantic business of people getting ready for something terrible to happen. Just the business of people living. Getting on with t

AvaThe archive had never been this quiet. It was strange, considering there was more of a turnout than I'd ever seen before. The hall was packed with scholars standing beside students, council members at the front, and families gathered along the wall. Those who spent their lives debating minuscule details sat quietly, patiently even, as they waited for something far greater than their usual disputes. It was all very surreal, but the most surprising part was how quiet the archive was. Not empty and abandoned, but expectant, reverent even. As if whatever was about to happen was something these people understood and respected. I stood at the back of the hall, watching all the preparations take place, and the sight still stole my breath every time. This place, not so long ago, was a vault where information was hidden and forgotten. Where names were erased and rewritten so that certain facts were far harder to stumble upon by accident. Whatever this was, the archive's purpose was th