All Chapters of Alpha’s Deceptive Mate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

117 Chapters

The Betrayal Under the Blood Moon

Chapter 1POV: LioraThe scream tore from my throat before I could stop it. Alpha Declan lay sprawled across the wooden floor of the meeting hall, his silver hair matted with blood. His eyes stared at nothing, wide and empty, while crimson pooled beneath him like a grotesque shadow. The smell hit me next, iron and death, so thick I could taste it."No." My legs buckled. I crashed to my knees beside him, my hands reaching for his throat where the wound gaped open. "No, please, Alpha, please."His skin was cold. Too cold. I pressed my palms against the gash, trying to hold the blood in even though my brain screamed that it was useless. He was gone. Our Alpha was dead."Someone help!" I shouted toward the open door. "Please, someone help him!"The drums still echoed from outside, the festival continuing in oblivious celebration. The Blood Moon cast everything in shades of red through the windows. Red moon, red blood, red staining my hands as I tried desperately to save a man already beyo

Run, Little Wolf

Chapter 2POV: LioraThe golden eyes blinked once, twice, then vanished into the darkness. I didn't wait to see what they belonged to. Adrenaline overrode the pain screaming through my shoulder. I scrambled to my feet, my hand clamped over the arrow shaft, and ran. Behind me, I heard snarling, the sound of flesh tearing, more screams from hunters I couldn't see. My pack's howls had gone silent, replaced by an eerie stillness that was somehow worse.Run. Just run.My human form was slower than my wolf, but shifting would take energy I didn't have. Blood ran hot down my arm, dripping from my fingertips. Each breath felt like swallowing glass.The forest grew thicker, darker. I couldn't hear pursuit anymore, but that meant nothing. Whatever killed that hunter could be stalking me right now, silent as death.A sound reached my ears. Water. Running water. I crashed through a final wall of undergrowth and nearly fell down the embankment. A river stretched before me, wide and fast, the curre

The Alpha's Judgment

Chapter 3POV: LioraThey dragged me through corridors that smelled of pine and smoke and power. My feet scraped against polished wood floors as Marcus and another warrior hauled me deeper into the building. Every wolf we passed stopped to stare, their eyes tracking me like I was prey.Maybe I was.The hallway opened into a massive room. High ceilings, dark wooden beams, windows that let in streams of morning light. At the far end, a chair sat on a raised platform. Not a throne, exactly, but close enough.And in that chair sat death itself.Alpha Kael.I'd heard stories about him. Every wolf had. The Alpha who united three warring packs through blood and brutality. The leader who killed challengers with his bare hands. The man whose territory no one dared cross because those who did were never seen again.He was younger than I expected. Maybe thirty, with dark hair that fell past his shoulders and a face that looked carved from stone. Scars marked him everywhere I could see. A thick o

The Warrior's Test

Chapter 4POV: LioraCold water hit my face like a slap. I jolted awake, gasping, my body screaming in protest. Everything hurts. My shoulder, my wrist, my jaw where Kael's fist had connected. The world spun in nauseating circles."Wakey, wakey, little rogue."Laughter echoed around me. I blinked water from my eyes and found myself surrounded by warriors. Six of them, all massive, all looking at me like I was dinner. We were outside now, in what looked like a training yard. Dirt beneath me, weapons racks along the walls, the afternoon sun beating down.How long had I been unconscious?"Look at him, barely bigger than a pup," one warrior sneered. He was built like a bear, with a shaved head and arms covered in scars. "Alpha's gone soft, letting something this weak live.""Maybe he's keeping him as entertainment," another said. A woman this time, tall with braided red hair. "See how long the runt survives before someone accidentally breaks him."I tried to sit up. My broken wrist scream

The Alpha's Confusion

Chapter 5POV: KaelSomething was wrong with me. I stood at my office window, watching the training yard below where Leo sparred with Marcus. Three days had passed since I'd assigned the rogue to my personal guard, and in those three days, I'd found myself watching him far too often.It was for security reasons, I told myself. The boy was a mystery, showing up wounded and alone with a story full of holes. I needed to keep an eye on him, figure out what he was hiding. That was the logical explanation.It didn't explain why my wolf prowled restlessly every time Leo was near. Or why I'd caught myself staring at the curve of his neck during morning briefings. Or why the scent of him, faint beneath the dirt and sweat, made something in my chest pull tight.I was Alpha of the Nightbane Pack. I didn't get distracted. I didn't lose focus. And I certainly didn't feel drawn to scrawny male rogues who could barely hold a weapon."Alpha?"I turned to find Vera, my head guard, standing in the door

Whispers of the Past

POV: Liora I couldn't sleep. Kael's words echoed in my head, over and over like a curse I couldn't shake. Why does my wolf want you? His face had been so close, his eyes burning with confusion and something darker. Something that made my stomach flip and my wolf whined with longing. This was dangerous. More dangerous than being hunted by my old pack. More dangerous than living as a rogue in hostile territory. Because part of me had wanted him to close that distance. To press closer instead of pulling away. I sat up in my cot, the barracks quiet around me. The other guards snored softly, exhausted from the day's training. Moonlight filtered through the narrow windows, painting everything in silver. I needed answers. Needed to understand what was happening, why Matthias had killed Declan, what he gained from destroying my life. And I needed to know if the Night bane Pack was involved like those guards had whispered about. The archives were in the main hall's lower level. I'd seen w

Bound by Secrets

Chapter 7POV: LioraKael strode through the corridors with the scroll gripped tight in his hand. I hurried after him, my shorter legs struggling to keep pace."What are you going to do with it?" I asked, breathless."Keep it safe.""But we need to show people. We need to prove..""We have proven nothing yet." Kael stopped so suddenly I almost crashed into his back. He turned, his expression hard. "That scroll implicates my council in murder. If word gets out before I have all the facts, it could tear this pack apart.""So you're just going to hide it?""I'm going to investigate properly." His eyes narrowed. "You think Matthias acted alone? That my council just happened to agree? There's more to this, Liora. And until I know what, that scroll stays hidden.""Where?""Somewhere you can't break into again." He turned back toward his office. "Go back to the barracks. We'll talk more tomorrow.""But..""That's an order."I watched him disappear down the hallway, frustration burning in my

Temptation in the Shadows

Chapter 8POV: LioraKael stopped looking at me after that night. Five days had passed since the rogue attack, since those words hung in the air between us. No man should make me want everything. Five days of Kael avoiding the training yard, sending orders through Vera, staying locked in his office.Five days of feeling his absence like a physical wound. I threw myself into patrols, taking double shifts at the borders. Anything to exhaust myself, to stop thinking about ice blue eyes and the way his touch made my skin burn. Anything to stop my wolf from whining for an Alpha who couldn't want her back.Because he thought I was male. And even if he knew the truth, I was still a fugitive. Still someone he should turn away."You look like hell," Thomas commented during the evening meal. "When's the last time you slept?""I sleep enough.""Liar." He pushed bread toward me. "Eat. You're no good to anyone if you collapse."I picked at the food without appetite. Across the hall, Kael's usual s

The Letter of Lies

Chapter 9POV: LioraI couldn't sleep after leaving Kael's office. His words echoed in my head, tormenting me. If you were anyone else, I'd think you're my mate. I paced the barracks, careful not to wake the other guards. My wolf was restless, pushing against my skin, wanting to go back to him. Wanting to tell him everything.But something else nagged at me. Something Kael had said weeks ago that I'd almost forgotten in the chaos of attacks and confusing feelings. That scroll stays hidden. Somewhere you can't break into again.Where would an Alpha hide something that important? Not in the archives, not anymore. Somewhere closer. Somewhere he could watch over it. His chambers.I shouldn't. This was a betrayal of the fragile trust building between us. But I needed to know what else was in that correspondence. Needed to understand the full scope of what Nightbane's council had done.The main building was quiet at this hour, most wolves either patrolling or sleeping. I moved through shado

Fractured Truth

Chapter 10POV: LioraThe question hung between us like a blade.Who the hell are you, really?Kael’s hand was still locked around my jaw, not crushing, not gentle, just enough to hold me in place, to make sure I couldn’t look away. His grip was firm, his thumb pressing just beneath my chin, forcing my head up so I had no choice but to meet his eyes.And those eyes…They weren’t just angry but were searching.Demanding.Hurt.That was the part that struck deeper than anything else, the anger I could handle, the threat I could survive, but the hurt… that meant I had crossed a line I couldn’t step back from.My pulse hammered against my ribs, loud enough I was certain he could hear it. My wolf stirred restlessly beneath my skin, pacing, uneasy, pushing against the tension that filled the room. She didn’t like this, didn’t like the way Kael’s energy felt sharp and unstable, didn’t like the way his control seemed to be hanging by a thread.Tell him, she urged.I swallowed, my throat dry,

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