All Chapters of REBIRTH: THIS TIME ILL MAKE YOU BEG, ALPHA : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Elara’s POVThe double doors of the hall banged open before I could even lower my hand from the railing, shattering the quiet aftermath of the council confrontation, and Marcus rushed inward with a bandage wrapped around his arm, panting heavily as he dropped onto one knee right before my boots.A pack messenger had just intercepted his patrol near the training ridge, bringing urgent news that completely upended our fragile peace, because a massive secondary pack under the command of Alpha Julian, a ruthless warlord who historically despised centralized pack rule, had just crossed our borders and seized the alpha reserves at Blackwood Ridge.Julian didn't send a letter or a diplomatic courier, but instead, he sent a severed wolf tail wrapped in silk straight to our gates as an open declaration of war, and my breath hitched, because for the first time all day, my pulse spiked with genuine fury."What do you mean he seized the reserves?" I asked, stepping forward while my hands clenched

Elara’s POVWe needed leverage, not an army of panicked guards stumbling over each other in the dark, and I spun on my heel, ignoring Kaelen tracking right behind me, and marched straight toward the lower east wing where Lyra was still locked under surveillance, because the guards outside her door immediately snapped to attention and crossed their spears to block my path.I didn't hesitate, and I held up my palm, flashed the signet ring under the torchlight, and ordered them to unlock the latch immediately, while Lyra was sitting on the edge of her cot, her face pale, her hair tangled, looking like a cornered animal until the door swung wide open and she saw me standing framed in the doorway holding a stack of correspondence."What do you want from me now, Elara?" Lyra asked, her voice shaking as she pulled her knees up to her chest, and I stepped into the room with Kaelen right at my shoulder."You know very well what I want, Lyra, because your mother left behind a very interesting t

Elara’s POV"Your mother promised Julian half our central hunting territories in exchange for his backing during her coup," I murmured softly, watching Lyra’s hands shake so violently she dropped the journal onto the floorboards, and she looked up at me with absolute terror in her eyes."Which means Julian isn't just an invading warlord, because he’s coming to collect a debt your family legally signed away, and you’re going to put on a clean dress, walk out into the courtyard right beside me, and publicly announce every single name on that ledger before sunset," I continued, keeping my voice completely steady as I watched her process my words.Lyra opened her mouth to argue, gasping for breath as she realized I had just handed her a choice between public execution for treason or standing as my unwilling witness to destroy Julian's entire claim, and she shook her head back and forth rapidly."I can't do that, Elara, because if I stand up in front of the whole pack and read those names,

Lyra’s POVMy voice shook so badly as I read the names aloud to the entire assembly, and every pair of eyes in the courtyard was glued to my face, judging every stutter and every shameful confession of how my family had sold our pack's sovereignty to an outsider, while I gripped the edges of the journal until my knuckles turned white."Keep reading, Lyra, do not stop until you reach the final page," Elara whispered from right beside me, her tone completely devoid of any sympathy as she watched the angry crowd murmur among themselves."I cannot read another name, my throat is too dry and everyone out there is looking at me like they want to tear me apart," I whispered back, trying to pull away from the stand, but the guards behind me stepped closer and blocked my escape."You started this reading, and you are going to finish every single word on that page, or I will hand you over to the crowd right now," Elara said, her voice dropping into a cold threat that made my stomach churn with

Kaelen’s POVThe gorge was filled with jagged rocks and strong winds, and I signaled for my vanguard to halt beneath a cliffside, keeping my horse positioned directly in front of Elara’s mount whether she liked it or not, because I wasn't going to let her take unnecessary risks during the initial approach."Move your horse out of my way, Kaelen, because you are blocking my view of the trail and I need to see where Julian's vanguard is positioning their archers," Elara whispered sharply, leaning over her saddle to glare at me in the dark."I am not moving an inch, Elara, because Julian has archers stationed on the ridge above us, and if you ride out front, you make yourself an easy target for their crosshairs," I replied, keeping my eyes fixed on the cliffs where the torchlight was bouncing off the stone."I am perfectly capable of dodging an arrow without you acting like my personal babysitter on the battlefield," she hissed back, though she didn't try to push past me this time, and a