All Chapters of The Alpha Only I Can See : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

ANNASTASIAWe drove away as the first sounds of fighting began.I turned in my seat to look back. Through the rear window, I could see the courtyard of my father's pack house shrinking behind us. The crowd had scattered to the edges, forming a wide circle. In the center of that circle, two wolves faced each other.Ethan had transformed. His wolf was lean and dark, built for speed rather than brute force. Even from this distance, I could see the intelligence in the way he moved. He did not rush. He did not snarl or snap. He simply watched his opponent with calm, patient eyes.The Misty Hollow Beta was larger. A massive brown wolf with shoulders like boulders and jaws that could crush bone. He paced back and forth, kicking up dust, putting on a show for the watching crowd. He wanted everyone to see how strong he was. How fierce. How certain of victory.Ethan just waited.The two wolves began to circle each other. It was a formal challenge. Beta against Beta. The oldest tradition our kin

ANNASTASIASilence filled the room.For a long moment, no one spoke. The elegant woman stood frozen, her arms still half raised from the hug Hector had just removed her from. Her smile was gone now, replaced by something sharp and searching. Ethan stood by the door, looking uncharacteristically shaky. His usual confidence had vanished. He kept glancing between Hector and the woman like he was watching a storm build on the horizon.I wondered why he looked so nervous. Who was this woman? Why did she feel so comfortable touching Hector? And why did my chest feel so tight watching it?Hector's voice broke the silence. It was calm and steady, the same voice he used for everything. "Valeria, this is Anastasia. She is my Luna.""LUNA?!"The woman, Valeria, shouted so loudly that I flinched. Her elegant composure cracked completely. Her eyes went wide. Her mouth fell open. She spun to face Hector, her perfect hair swinging with the movement."You never told me!" Her voice was high and sharp.

Annastasia POV Hector drove. I sat in the passenger seat, still trying to get him to tell me where we were going. He gave me nothing. Just the occasional glance and the faintest hint of a smirk. The man was impossible. The city passed by outside the window. Blood Moon territory was even more impressive in the afternoon light. Shops and cafes and parks full of wolves going about their daily lives. Everything was orderly and clean. Everything looked prosperous. I wondered what it would be like to live here. To belong here. The car slowed and pulled up in front of a building. I stared. It was a restaurant. But not just any restaurant. This place was luxurious. The kind of place I had only ever seen in magazines. The building was white stone with tall columns at the entrance. Golden light spilled from the windows. A sign above the door was written in elegant script. There were flowers everywhere. Real flowers. Arranged in massive displays on either side of the entrance. "Hect

HECTOR The council chamber was empty now. The elders had scattered like leaves before a storm. Only Anastasia and I remained. I turned to her. The anger was still burning in my chest, hot and sharp. Not at her. At them. At the council. At Valeria. At everyone who had forced her into this corner."Why did you risk everything?"My voice came out rougher than I intended. She looked up at me, and I saw something flicker in her eyes. Not fear. Not regret. Something quieter. Something stronger."Because of the children," she said.I stared at her. "What?""The children who are sick. The ones in the northern villages. The ones who might die if no one finds a cure." She clasped her hands in front of her, but her voice did not waver. "I know what it's like to lose someone you love. I lost my mother when I was sixteen. She was a healer. A researcher. She spent her whole life trying to help people. And she died before she could finish her work."She paused. Her eyes dropped to the floor."When

HECTOR The car sped through the dark road, but I could not sit still. My wolf was clawing at the inside of my chest. He had been restless for the past hour, pacing and growling and pushing against my control. At first, I thought it was just the stress of my aunt's arrival. Selene always put me on edge. But this was different. This was something deeper. Something wrong.My wolf would not settle.*Hurry,* he snarled. *Now. She needs us.* I tried to push him down. Anastasia was safe. She was in the pack house. She had guards. She had my protection. Nothing could touch her there.*You're wrong, * my wolf growled. *You're wrong and you know it.* "Faster," I told Ethan.Ethan glanced at me from the rear mirror. "We're already going over the speed limit. If we go any faster—""I don't care." My voice came out as a growl. My claws dug into the leather seat. "Something is wrong with Anastasia. Faster."Ethan's face went pale. He had seen me angry before. He had seen me furious. But this wa