All Chapters of The mute Alpha king’s chosen mate: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

ALICE POV:A scream escapes my lips, loud and clear inside the small, confined room. Every man in the room turns to me with shocked expressions, but the image of their faces is starting to blend with the walls and the paintings around us. I look at Diamond, and I’m not even sure I’m seeing him correctly anymore.The only thing that seems to be burned into my vision is the eyes of that creature, bright and piercing, pushing through the dark light torches of fire. Reading something in my mind. Knowing all the things that I’m thinking….The scream goes on and on. For how long, I don’t know. Everything around me is just melting into one big blur of color, and no single feature is visible. It’s all gone, and it’s just me alone now, spinning in this big vacuum of nothingness. I can’t think. I don’t think I can even breathe. I feel hands on me. I feel something soft on my back. It’s all just a mix of vague sounds and sensations now.I try to steady the beat of my heart, blinking hard to get

DIAMOND POV:“He’s really going,” Drake keeps muttering, pacing back and forth. “He’s really going to do it.”We’re both in the weapons room, watching Larry pick out the sort of weapons that he likes. The weapons that he would be bringing to his mission to the warehouse by sundown. He’s picking out the best ones, by the looks of it, but I still can’t help but feel nervous about the whole thing. I can’t blame Drake for mumbling like a madman and pacing the floor. I want to do those exact same things, but I can’t. I just have to stand here and watch him get ready.When he’s done strapping all sorts of weapons on his body, he turns to me and says, “I’m ready now. We need to go before the sun fully sets.”I’m inclined to agree with him, even though a part of me wants to pull him back and convince him to drop this. As with the past mission, even though those guards came back alive, this still feels very much like sending a man to his own death.The three of us head outside, where we meet C

DIAMOND POV:I trust Alice. Even before I found out that she was my mate, I’ve trusted her in a way that I can’t really explain. But when she told Hyperion and Drake that she would explain, I have to admit that alarm bells started to go off in my head, blaring like sirens.“What are you going to say to them?” I demand from her. Then my heart jumps with hope. “Are you going to tell them the truth?”With that, I reach for her hand, making sure that they see it clear as day. It might not be the most formal set-up, but I am ready to let everyone know that I have found my mate, and she’s right here with me.I look up at Hyperion and Drake, who are both staring at our hands. Drake looks confused more than anything, but Hyperion seems to be scandalized. He opens his mouth for yet another useless tirade, but he gets cut short when Benjamin suddenly comes spilling out of the throne room and into the balcony. He’s all pleasant smiles at first, but like his master, his face grows sour when he se

DIAMOND POV:I take Alice’s hand and lead her to the exact spot where I can feel the strong vibrations of Andrew’s calls.Our feet are almost sinking into the thick layer of snow covering the forest floor. The low-hanging branches are cutting into our faces like small blades, sending dull waves of pain all over my skin. I push them out of the way, ducking when I need to, leaping over fallen logs until we arrive at a clearing.I look around, my eyes adjusting enough to the darkness that I can see the tiny indents in the snow, showing me a trail of small footsteps. I peer around to see where it ends, but to my surprise, it doesn’t extend anywhere beyond the clearing.“Andrew?” Alice calls out. “Andrew, are you here?”Tension hangs in the air as silence follows that question. I try to extend my heightened senses right now to feel even the slightest shift in the air, the smallest amount of vibration on the ground… but nothing. There’s absolutely nothing. There’s just snow and mud and the

ALICE POV:Everything from that point on seems to happen in slow motion. As soon as Diamond says those words, he blacks out. He falls limp in my arms before I can even say anything, and Carlos immediately takes him into his arms and walks away.The volunteers look at me, asking me questions, but I can no longer look at them, much less answer their questions. I just stay there, kneeling in the snow, until Julie herself embraces me and thanks me for saving her son.After that, it’s almost… nothing.What do I remember? Almost nothing.Everything was covered in this deep, dark haze, like the strong sheet of snow covering the sky right now, the sign of the snowstorm. All I know is that somehow, I manage to find my way to the palace, get bathed and changed, then head to the royal infirmary to see Diamond.Carlos is standing outside like a guard, pacing the floor like a concerned parent. His head snaps up in attention as soon as I arrive, and instantly he makes a beeline toward me, his hands