All Chapters of The Alpha King's Rejected Mate : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

KAEL Nyssa hung from the chains, her wrists bound above her head. Her body was bare, bruised, and streaked with blood. Lucan lay crumpled in the corner, chest rising in shallow pulls. Too slow. Too uneven.Markel had been locked in the cage beside mine. It was empty now. They had dragged him out while he was still unconscious. I had not seen where they took him.Electricity ran through the bars of my cage. Blue sparks flickered along the metal. The air smelled burned.Sitting in the center, I forced my breathing to slow. Rage pressed against my ribs. It wanted out. It wanted blood.Fen was not here. That cut deeper than I expected. Still, the bond between us pulsed faint but steady. He was alive. Somewhere close enough to feel.There was nothing from Markel. No thread. No signal. Only silence.Lucan’s life flickered against mine. Weak. Fading. The bond strained as I fed him power in small, careful waves. Too much would draw attention. Too little and he would slip away.This was a tra

KAEL “I can feel a heartbeat. I don’t know much about babies, but it feels strong,” Karin said with a small smile as she placed her hands over Aria’s stomach and sent her magic inside. “There’s movement too. Your baby is fine.”Relief moved through me in a slow wave. We had made it back to the den. Everyone was alive. The wounds were closed. Blood had stopped flowing. Fen still could not shift on his own, but Karin and Mireya believed it was because of the toxin that had been used against us. He had been the only one still in human form when the attack happened.“Thank you,” Aria whispered. Her eyes closed. Blood still soaked her shoulder, but she refused to shift until someone confirmed our child was safe. Too much blood had already stained her skin. Fear sat heavy in my chest.“Let your wolf out,” I ordered.The words came out harder than I meant them to. Frustration edged my tone. There was a part of me that wanted to reach inside her and drag her wolf forward myself, but I could

ARIA “No.”“This is bigger than that,” Karin said, her voice soft and coaxing, like she could smooth the problem away if she tried hard enough.“I don’t care,” Lunessa answered. Her tone was flat and cold. “I’ve already given up enough to protect this mountain. I’m finished. You can drive. That’s what you used to do before you turned me into a damn taxi service.”I slipped into the kitchen without meaning to listen. The three witches sat around the table, books open in front of them, pages marked and stacked in uneven piles. Lunessa had never been warm with me, but whatever Karin was asking for had clearly crossed a line.“You’re not a taxi service…” Karin tried again.“If you ask one more time,” Lunessa snapped, “I will power the ward and send every one of you flying out of my house. You’ll land miles away on your backs.”“Not me,” Elara said lightly as she drifted into the kitchen. She noticed me and gave a quick wink. “Hi, Aria. I’m guessing you’re starving after saving everyone y

KAEL It would be up to them now to decide how to rule themselves. They had their freedom. They had their land. If they ever needed guidance, they were told they could go to Torin. The rest would be their choice.When we returned, Elara was asleep beside Torin. A small baby boy lay between them, wrapped tight and warm. All three of them looked drained, but they were safe. That was what mattered.“Why did she give birth this early?” I asked Oren quietly, careful not to wake anyone.Elara had not even been close to her due date.Oren let out a long breath. “Elara was never only a wolf. There has always been more in her blood. I suspected that might affect the timing.” He folded his hands behind his back. “And she went through severe trauma in the first months of her pregnancy. Stress like that can force the body to act before it is ready. On top of that, she made a choice that affected the child before he was even born.” His mouth curved slightly. “To be honest, I am surprised she carri

ARIA “What?” I pushed myself up again, heart racing. “How many times has this spell been done before?”“Timing depends on the witch and her power,” Lunessa said, her voice sharp with impatience. She took the jar from Mireya and shoved it toward me. “Harder spells can take longer. There’s a lot of magic in this room, so it shouldn’t drag on. Drink it. We’ve wasted enough time. You do want this, don’t you?”The question felt like a challenge.Carefully, I took the jar from her hands. “Of course I want it. You’re sure it won’t hurt the baby?”“We know what we’re doing,” she replied. “Drink.”All three of them watched. No one blinked. Slowly, I lifted the jar and tipped it back. The liquid looked thick and dark, like mud left after rain. I expected bitterness, something foul. But it had no taste at all. That unsettled me more than anything.The potion slid down my throat, heavy and slow. For a second, fear rose in my chest that it would come back up. It didn’t.“Good,” Lunessa said. “Now