All Chapters of Unexpected Mate: The Cruel Alpha’s Little Wolf: Chapter 181 - Chapter 189

The following morning... The atmosphere had changed. I noticed it before anyone spoke. The corridors were busier. Boots echoed against the concrete floors. When the guards escorted me from my room... Men hurried past carrying files, sealed boxes and equipment. Doors opened. Closed. Opened again. The few conversations I caught were hurried. Urgent. Everyone appeared to have somewhere else to be. Whatever calm had existed when I first arrived... It was gone. The guards led me farther into the compound. This route was unfamiliar. We passed through a wider corridor lined with offices. Several doors stood open. Inside... People worked with hurried efficiency. One man packed thick folders into reinforced storage boxes. Another removed photographs from a wall before feeding them into a metal shredder. Across the hall... Two others disconnected computer monitors while someone rolled up a large map that covered nearly an entire table. No one lo

For one suspended heartbeat... I forgot how to breathe. Kael. He was here. I couldn't see him. Not yet. But I knew that voice. The clearing changed almost instantly. The kidnappers who had been firing wildly only moments before suddenly became cautious. Some glanced towards the tree line. Others slowly retreated. Fear. Real fear. I saw it on faces that had remained expressionless throughout my captivity. One of the men whispered, "It's him." Another took an uneasy step backwards. "We need to leave." "There is no leaving." The older man replied sharply. "Hold your positions." No one moved. Then... He appeared. Kael stepped out from between the trees. He wasn't running. He wasn't shouting. He simply walked. Dark clothing. A pistol resting easily in one hand. His eyes swept across the clearing. They found me almost immediately. For the briefest moment... Everything else disappeared. Then he looked away. Because there w

The rest of the day passed more quietly than I expected. No visitors. No questions. No discussions about what had happened. Agatha seemed determined to protect me from all of it. If anyone came looking for me... She sent them away. "The doctor said you need rest." She reminded me for what felt like the tenth time. By evening... I had given up arguing. Aurelia, on the other hand... Never seemed to run out of energy. She followed me everywhere. If I sat in the sitting room... She sat beside me. If I walked onto the balcony... She came too. If I reached for a book... She climbed onto the sofa beside me and insisted I read it aloud. It should have been exhausting. Instead... I found myself looking for her whenever she wandered out of sight. As the sun began to set... She rested her head against my shoulder. Carefully avoiding the injured one. "I'm glad you're back." She said softly. "So am I." For a while... We simply watched the

Complete silence. No one moved. No one seemed willing to breathe. The words echoed through the room. Stay away from my mate. Mate. The word settled somewhere deep inside me. I stared at Kael. Certain I had misunderstood. Certain I had imagined it. Yet no one around me looked confused. Lucas was the first to recover. His eyes shifted from Kael... To me... Then back again. "What..." The question died before it was fully spoken. Elder Rowan closed his eyes. For a brief moment... It almost looked as though he had been expecting this. Agatha quietly gathered Aurelia into her arms. Aurelia frowned. "Daddy?" Kael didn't answer. He remained exactly where he was. Every muscle in his body rigid. His gaze never left Lucas. The strange restlessness beneath my skin grew stronger. It spread through my chest... Down my arms... Until every breath felt strangely unfamiliar. I pressed a hand against my heart. "What..." My voice sounded d