All Chapters of Beyond Chosen: The Alpha's Fated Mate : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

~Elvira~ The next morning, the sunrays passed through the balcony doors, but the light did not bring any warmth. Lisa stayed on the sofa, her face pale and her eyes red from crying all night. She looked at me every few minutes, opening her mouth to ask a question but stopping whenever she saw my bruised jaw and the way I stared at the floor. A soft knock at the door made us both jump. Cole came in, looking exhausted. His hair was messy, and he had the tense expression of someone who had spent the night hunting. "We didn't find anyone," Cole said quietly, leaning against the doorframe. "A power surge tripped the sensors, but there were no tracks and no scent. Gabriel is furious about it, he has tightened the border security completely, especially since the new group of warrior students is enrolling today, he won't tolerate any more breaches." My senses alerted The new batch warrior enrollment training was starting today! This was my chance. If I could get into that traini

~Elvira~ The rest of the morning moved so fast. My digital armband felt foreign on my wrist, a constant reminder that I was now a trainee, not just a servant. But as I walked back to the Alpha’s wing, my stomach was making funny sounds showing I hadn't had breakfast. I had paid the money and now have a spot in the class, but I still had a terrified human friend in my bedroom who thought I was caught up in some dangerous, high-tech secret society. I found Lisa sitting exactly where I’d left her, staring out the floor-to-ceiling windows at the high-tech buildings of Silverblade territory. At twenty-one, Lisa had always been the one in charge. She and her brother, Carson, had been the ones who found me naked and half-dead on an open field two months ago. They didn't know me at all. I was just a stranger on the field, yet they brought me into their home, fed me, and looked after me for two weeks without asking for a single thing in return. But today, after everything she

~Elvira~ Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that red handprint on Lisa’s face. She had saved me, and I had repaid her by letting a monster in the person of Vanessa drag her to a cell in an unfamiliar environment. She must be so scared and confused and i felt terribly guilty about it. "Elvira, slow down!" Noella called out, her boots clicking rapidly behind me. "We need to find Cole. If we go to him first, he can intercept the guards before they officially log her into the system." I stopped in the middle of the corridor, my chest heaving. My mind was in a war zone. Part of me wanted to find Cole—the man who actually treated me like a person. But another part of me, the part controlled by the restless, growling wolf in the back of my mind, knew that Cole wasn't the one in charge. "No," I whispered, turning toward the office area. "I’m going to Gabriel." "Are you crazy?" Noella hissed, grabbing my arm. "He’s in a high-level security meeting. And after last night, he’

~Gabriel~ The door clicked shut, but the room still smelled like Elvira. I gripped the edge of my desk so hard the wood groaned. My wolf was pacing, claws digging into the floor of my mind, demanding that I go after her. I sat back into my leather chair, my hands shaking so much I had to curl them into fists. My wolf kept moving in circles in my mind. ‘MATE. OURS. Why did you let her leave?’ "Shut up, Bane," I muttered to my wolf. I looked down at the surface of my desk. I could still see the faint mark where I had sat her down, the place where I had held her legs apart to get closer to her. I had intended to intimidate her and show her who was in charge. But the second my skin touched hers, my control slipped. I had almost marked her because of Bane. My fangs had ached to bite her neck and claim her so deeply that nothing could hide her connection to me. All this because she had mentioned Cole. A growl started deep in my gut again. Just the thought of her looking at

~Elvira~ As I stepped out of the bathroom then put on my clothes Gabriel bagged into my room, why was he here now? Had he sensed something? I wondered "What went wrong?" he demanded. "I... I don’t know what you mean," I stammered. I tried to look away, terrified that he would see the silver swirling in my eyes, but his gaze locked onto mine. "I felt an energy surge moments ago, Elivira. Do not lie to me." He did not waste time with more words. He took three long strides into the room, scanning the space efficiently. He was looking for something. When his eyes landed on the bathroom door, where steam and a burnt scent were still drifting out from his jaw tightened. He pushed past me without another word. I heard his boots crunching on the shattered pieces of the mirror. "Elvira," he called out, "Get in here. Now." I walked to the bathroom on shaky legs. Gabriel was standing in the middle of the mess. He was staring at the shattered glass, then at the blackened w