All Chapters of Marked by the Alphas: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Mason POVEven though the bed is soft and comfortable, I wake up groggy and irritated. Elara, Kane and Axel are polite and friendly, but I feel like an outsider. I am not a part of their cosy unit.Quietly, I get out of bed and walk into the living area. I watch the three of them sleeping. All tangled up with one another, and a pang of jealousy jolts through me.Briefly, I wonder what it would be like to have someone like that in your life who always looks out for you and vice versa. Like last night when Elara calmed our hormones.Was that what it would have been like if Kane, Axel and I were raised in Constantine, or, at the very least, I were acknowledged by our father?My thoughts are depressing the shit out of me, so, I turn around and walk outside. I push my hands in my jeans’ pockets and start pacing around the cabin. My mind keeps wandering back to last night. When Elara took care of my needs, I was not even aware that Axel and Kane were there. She touched me, kissed me, and pl

Elara POV“Have you lost your mind?” I snap. “Where do you think they would look for us first when we leave? Stillwood. How can you stand there raving about the best for me and the kids' safety, and in the same breath, drag us out of the only place where we actually are safe?”“Don’t look at me like I’m crazy,” Mason growls.“Safe here? Says who?” He points a finger towards the cabin. “The wolves in there who stole my pups from me? Or the ancient vampire and his hot young minion who keep promising to ‘keep us updated’ but never tell us a fucking thing? Why the hell are we trusting any of these people? What good have they ever done for us?”“If it weren’t for the ancient vampire and his minion, we wouldn’t have known what Orion and the council were up to,” I argue. Kane and Axel’s lie about the twins has pushed Mason over the edge, and now he is not thinking straight. “If it weren’t for Braden, Stella and I would’ve been kidnapped, killed or worse. Braden’s cabin is the only place wher

Elara POV“Wait,” Kane frowns. “Do you have some telepathic abilities connecting you to other vampires?”“Like our mind link?” Axel adds.“Well … sort of,” I shrug. “I think.”“You think?” Axel frowns. “Elara, we can’t risk things on thinking.”“Do you want me to try or not?” I huff, glaring at them. Truthfully, I have no idea what I am doing or if my plan would even work. But I must try before these two get it into their heads to run off and find Mason. The council will find and kill them before they reach Stillwood.“I guess,” Kane exhales deeply. “It’s not like we have unlimited options.”“Okay,” I smile nervously, handing Stella to Kane. “Please take her inside. I will be gone for only a moment.”“Gone?” Kane gasps. “Gone where?”“To the enchantment line,” I reply nonchalantly.“But your scent!” Axel argues. “They will smell it. For that, we might as well run after him ourselves.”“I’m not going to frolic in the forest, Axel,” I shout back. “I’m going to step outside briefly, send

Axel POVKane and I watch Elara as she gently lays Stella down, and I look away and fight my tears. The twins’ beds are accusingly empty.“We should get some sleep,” I say, clearing my throat and looking at the grey light of the morning creeping in through the windows. “There’s nothing else we can do.”“I don’t think I can,” Kane shakes his head.“Me neither,” Elara sighs. “Let’s just lie down and see what happens.”We walk to the bedroom and crawl into bed with Elara in the middle. We lay there, silent and miserable.Goddess, what a terrible mess. Our pups have been our entire world for the months between Alice’s passing and Elara’s arrival. They become everything to us, and now we are just lying here while Dad holds them captive.Who knows what he will do to them? Will he run the same tests on them that he has run on the she-wolves he captured? Shooting silver into their bloodstream? Burning them with fire?A wave of nausea hits me, and I sit up, taking deep breaths through my nose.

Kane POVThe High Guards rush straight at us, and Elara turns to me.“Here, take Stella,” she hands me our daughter. “Take her and Mason inside. I will keep them back for as long as I can.”“I want to fight,” Mason grunts as Axel helps him onto his feet.“You’re a bleeding mess,” Elara snaps. “Protect Stella, the rest of us will fight.”“You heard the woman,” I say firmly. “Move!”Elara steps forward, raises her arms and shoves her hands forward, sending a gush of wind at the guards, and they fly backwards into the trees.Axel and I rush Stella and Mason inside. I place Stella down while Axel unties Mason.“This is the best I can do now,” Axel points at the chains. “I clipped them with a side-cutter, but it’s going to take time to remove the shackles.”“It’s fine,” he nods.We run down toward the fallen border, where the guards are steps away from crossing.“Elara, fall back,” I mind link. “We’re here.”As effective as her plan is, she cannot keep this up indefinitely.“Elara, guard t