All Chapters of The mute Alpha king’s chosen mate: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

DIAMOND POVShock reverberates in my body. Time seems to be slowing down, or at least, I feel like it’s slowing me down. I get off my seat to rush toward Hyperion, but it seems like everything is not clicking into place. Around me, everyone is panicking.Benjamin basically crashes on his knees and tries to lift Hyperion, but he’s not responding. Blood continues to gush out of his lips in that foamy, bubbly consistency. His eyes are starting to roll into his skull. His hands are turning bright purple, like his circulation is being cut.It’s a highly sensitive situation. It’s urgent and I know that I need to be present right now, but my disbelief is so strong that I can’t bring myself to do anything. I can’t even think. I don’t even think I can breathe right now.Carlos grabs my arm, and that seems to break the spell. I look at him and he says, “We need to save him, now.”That gets me moving. And

ALICE POVTo say that I’m shocked would be an understatement. I think that for a moment, hand on heart, my soul did leave my body.I look at Max, wanting him to look back at me. In fact, I’m hoping he will. But he doesn’t. I don’t want to talk because I have no idea what to say, but I can’t stand the silence between us either, even though it’s pierced by the sound of laughter and the merry fire crackling in the distance.So at last, I decide to say the only thing that’s in my head right now. “Surely you don’t mean that… right?”That makes Max look up at me. The indignation on his face is so strong that I can’t help but take a step back in fear. He closes the distance between us anyway, staring me down like I said something horribly vile to him. And maybe I really did.“You think this is a joke?” he asks me in a low voice. “You think this is not serious? Well, to me, it is!”“I’m sorry,” I mumble. “It’s just that… it came out of nowhere.” When I say that, the puzzle pieces that don’t m

ALICE POVThe fire dances right before my eyes like a wall of bright orange flowers covering the walls of the buildings. It spreads fast, intensified by the strong winds, melting the snow on the ground and sending a big cloud of black smoke into the night air.I watch as it spirals, stunned into complete silence and pinned in my place due to fear. I want to move and see what’s going on, but I can’t. I still can’t believe that what I’m looking at is real. But it is. I can feel the heat in the air. I can hear the distant screams of the people…However, something catches my attention.In the distance, at the back end of the gates, there is a man wearing all black, carrying gallons of liquid. He’s pouring it haphazardly over the walls, soaking and splashing but making sure that he’s avoiding himself. He then takes out a match, lights it, and tosses it into the pool of liquid.The shock in my head gives way to realization. The puzzle pieces start to come together. The village is not just b

DIAMOND POVThe feeling of surprise that came with Alice’s swift hug is bittersweet. Her touch alone brings me so much comfort that I find myself wrapping my arms around her, pulling her close to me, and inhaling her scent. However, at the same time, knowing that she must have been truly in distress to just collapse in my arms after days of hiding from me is enough to break my heart.She’s shaking against me. Quivering like a child left in the snow. Even though the surroundings are filled with the secondhand heat from the fire raging in the distance, her skin is cold. She’s burrowing against me like she’s desperate for warmth, and I make sure to be close enough to her even as she breaks the hug.Meanwhile, the people behind her are starting to notice me. I see an old woman in a wheelchair gasping as she looks at me. It’s not an expression of welcome surprise on her face either. That’s just pure contempt. But the others seem to be in awe of my presence. They’re bowing to me, all of the

ALICE POVThe moment those words leave my lips, it’s as though something changed between me and Diamond. A certain tension gets lifted and carried off into nonexistence. I lift my gaze and he looks back at me, then I see a flicker of a smile on his lips. The only thing that follows that is silence as we make our way to the palace.The path is familiar, but at the same time, it’s foreign. When the gates open in front of me, I feel like I’m back where I belong. However, there’s this strange sense of being out of place even though I haven’t been gone for so long. It feels like entering your home after someone else is done decorating it, and all of a sudden you don’t know where your things are.It’s the same feeling I get when I get off the carriage. Diamond helps me out, and we don’t exchange another word because the villagers are also unloading. Before he can say anything to me, Carlos sweeps him away, and I’m left there alone, watching as all the carriages pull up.The villagers start