All Chapters of Marked by the Alpha: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

RyanThe first thing I noticed as soon as my eyes opened was how bright the room was. It just felt like they had dropped the sun here, illuminating every corner of the room, casting a ray so bright it was almost blinding. My eyes scanned the area, wondering where I was because this wasn’t my room but I knew I was within my pack, Simon had brought me here.“Its good to have you back Alpha.”I looked up to see my right hand man smiling down at me, a look of happiness on his face like he didn’t believe I would pull through. There was something about him that had my heart swelling not only with pride but with all the love I could muster for him. No matter what happened, he would always be the one person I kept running to in times of trouble and I knew he would for me as well.“Thank you…”My voice was still cracked from all of the shouting and terror from earlier but still, my main concern was Zara and how she would be feeling in that moment. The more I thought about the fear she had pas

RyanThe door slammed open so hard it hit the wall and bounced back slightly, and for a brief moment nobody in the room even reacted as though their minds were still trying to catch up with what their eyes had just seen.I was already on my feet before I fully processed who had come in, because the way he was breathing alone told me something had gone very wrong, the kind of wrong that didn’t need explanation before it started causing damage.One of my guards stood in the doorway, bent slightly forward, chest rising and falling like he had run across half the pack lands without stopping even once, and his face was pale in a way that immediately tightened something in my chest.“What is it?” I asked, my voice coming out lower than I intended.He swallowed hard, trying to steady himself. “Alpha… Mira is gone.”For a second, no one spoke. Not the elders, not Simon, not even Zara behind me.“Gone how?” I asked again, slower this time, because I needed to hear it properly even though I alr

RyanI was an asshole, that much I knew and I realized what I did to her was something I would never be able to forgive myself for. I had not only dashed her trust and hopes in me, but I had ruined whatever little chance I had left to gain her trust. This was a very critical time in our lives, not just for me but for the whole pack.“Why do I always have to ruin things?” I muttered.Simon came in at that moment with a black folder in his hands and an expression I didn’t even want to see but whatever it was, it needed my attention and I had to get to it.“I thought Zara was here…” he said, looking around, albeit confused.“She’s not…” I simply said.I sighed, taking a seat as he handed me the file. The pain from the fight earlier was still evident in the way I held the side of my stomach in pain even as I tried not to double over but I was losing the fight with every minute that passed.“What’s this?” I asked, scanning the document.“That is proof that Mira had help escaping… we just d

RyanThe council chamber had always been a place where the strongest Alphas settled disputes, forged alliances, and decided the fate of entire territories, but today the atmosphere carried none of its usual confidence.The air itself felt heavier than usual, weighed down by uncertainty as every leader seated around the massive circular table studied the reports that had been placed before them. Some were reading carefully while others merely stared at the pages without turning them, as though hoping the information written there would somehow change if they waited long enough.I remained standing at the head of the chamber instead of taking my assigned seat because sitting suggested comfort, and there was nothing comfortable about what we were discussing."Fuck!"Behind me, a detailed map of every known pack territory covered almost the entire stone wall, with dozens of colored markings showing confirmed sightings, destroyed patrol routes, missing warriors, and unexplained incidents t

RyanThe more i sat in this godforsaken meeting, the more frustrated i became because the more we talked, the more nothing seemed to work out and I knew it would become an issue in the long run. It still didn't make Zara any safer. If for anything, it even made her more exposed to whatever the Lone Wolf already had planned and I couldn't have that, not now or ever."Alpha... you haven't said anything since..." one of the aides said.What more could i say when everything felt like it was going against me. On one hand, I was fighting my love for Zara because Alpha's like me couldn't be seen with someone like her, it was a taboo."Let's end this meeting. I'm tired, i need to rest. I'll send a message for any time we can reconvene."With that, i rose on my feet just as the rest of them did too. Walking out of the building after deliberating for almost six hours felt like i had lost something I didn't even know I had in the first place. It was very much easier to come up with a resolution