Todos los capítulos de THE MATE THE ROGUE ALPHA WAS MEANT TO KILL: Capítulo 121 - Capítulo 130

Elara's POV We walked for about ten minutes before the conversation found its way to Lyris, which was roughly how long it took whenever the three of us were together before someone said her name.It was always going to come up."I still can't fully process it," Freya said, hugging her folder to her chest as we moved down the corridor toward the west wing. "Like I knew it when you explained everything, I understood it, but every time I think about her actually sitting with us and smiling and asking how our days were, knowing what she was doing the entire time..." She trailed off and shook her head. "I genuinely never suspected her. Not once.""Neither did I," Nyx said from my other side, which from Nyx was significant, because Nyx noticed everything. "She was good. I'll give her that. Whatever else she was, she was very, very good at it."I looked ahead and let them talk for a moment."I did," I said eventually.Freya turned her head. "You did what?""Suspected her." I kept my voice

Elara's POVWe found a spot on the far side of the building where the east stairwell opened onto a small landing that nobody used between classes, two wide steps leading to a window that looked out over the back of the school grounds, quiet enough that you could hear your own thoughts.Ravin sat on the higher step with his back against the wall and I sat beside him, our shoulders touching, the noise of the school somewhere else entirely.It was the kind of quiet I came to associate with him. The kind that didn't need filling.We sat like that for a while, not talking, just existing in the same space, and I watched the light shift through the window and thought about things I wanted to ask him and let most of them go the way I usually did, sorting through which ones were worth saying out loud and which ones were better left alone.Most of the questions I turned over in my mind I let go without saying out loud. Some things with Ravin felt like they needed the right moment, the right kin

Elara's POVI was still buttoning my shirt when I felt him looking at me.I glanced up and found Ravin watching me from across the small space between us, already dressed, leaning against the wall with his arms folded.There was something in his expression that wasn't quite the easiness it usually was."Promise me something."I looked at him. "What?""No matter how long I'm away." He straightened slightly, moving closer. "No matter if it's a few days or longer. You don't come looking for me."I stopped with my buttons halfway done."Why are you saying this right now?" He reached over and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, his hand staying there, cradling the side of my face."Just promise me." His voice was quiet but there was nothing soft about how serious he meant it. "I need to hear you say it."I looked at him for a moment, at the steadiness of his eyes, at the way he was holding my face like the answer actually mattered."I promise."He held my gaze, waiting to see if there

Ravin's POVCord left first.He gave me a single nod before he went, the kind that didn't need anything attached to it, and then he was gone, his footsteps moving away across the clearing until the sound of them disappeared into the rest of the pack's activity.Sable didn't move.She stood where she was with her arms folded and looked at me the way she did when she was deciding whether to say something or wait for a better moment, and the fact that she was still here told me she already decided."Go ahead." I looked at her and waited.She tilted her head slightly. "Does it ever bother you?""What specifically?""Any of it." She gestured loosely in the direction Cord went. "Kol. The territories. The fact that there are always people in this world doing things that require you to have an opinion about them. You sat through that entire conversation and you looked like you were thinking about something else entirely."I looked at her."I was thinking about exactly what I was supposed to b

Freya's POVThe clinic smelled the way it always did, that specific combination of antiseptic and something slightly too clean, and the first thing I noticed when I walked in was that the bed by the window where I expected to find Rory was empty.I looked at it for a moment.The nurse at the desk glanced up at me. "Can I help you?""I was looking for someone who came in this morning. Fever."She checked something on the desk in front of her. "He was discharged about an hour ago. Said he was feeling better."I thanked her and turned back toward the door, running through where he might have gone, whether I should head to his dorm and ask someone to get him or just send a message.I pushed the clinic door open and stepped out into the corridor, already turning in the direction of the male dormitory block.I was halfway down the hall when someone stepped out from the side corridor directly into my path and I walked straight into them."Whoa." Hands caught my arms before I stumbled, and I