All Chapters of MATED TO MY EX’S FATHER : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

CHAPTER 40THE WALL INSIDE MEPOV: Isla“Again.”I stared at the small wooden cup sitting on the table in front of me.“You have to be kidding me.”Darius folded his arms. “Do I look like I’m kidding?”“No, you look like someone who enjoys watching people suffer.”He smiled. “And you look like someone who talks too much when she’s losing.”I gasped.“Excuse me?”“Focus on the cup, Isla.”I looked at the cup again and took a deep breath.Easy.It was just a cup. A small, ugly, wooden cup that had probably been sitting in this training room since the beginning of time.All I had to do was lift it without touching it.I had done it before. I had lifted stones, glasses, wooden balls, and even a chair once.Okay, the chair had flown across the room and nearly broken a window, but that wasn’t the point.I could do this.I stretched out my hand and concentrated.The cup shook.My lips parted.It rose an inch above the table.“Yes!” I whispered.Then Darius clapped his hands.The cup dropped.

CHAPTER 42THE KINGDOM THAT REMEMBERSPOV: Isla“Please tell me you have good news.”Professor Elias looked up from the mountain of books covering his desk.“That depends on your definition of good news.”I stared at him.“I’m beginning to hate that sentence.”Dr. Miriam chuckled from across the room. “You’ve been here long enough to know that scholars rarely have good news before breakfast.”“It is almost lunchtime.”“Then we’re making excellent progress.”I dropped into the nearest chair and buried my face in my hands.The strange pattern that had appeared around my red crescent the previous morning had apparently turned my life into a research project again.Leon had summoned his scholars before Ryan even left the courtyard. By the time I returned from saying goodbye to my mate, three books had been pulled from the royal archives, two old scrolls had been placed beneath protective glass, and Professor Elias had started speaking so quickly that I was convinced he had forgotten how t

CHAPTER 44THE HUNTERS NEVER DIEDPOV: Ryan“Tell me you have something.”Magnus looked up from the papers spread across my desk.“Good morning to you too, Your Majesty.”I gave him a flat look.He sighed dramatically. “Unfortunately, I do have something.”I straightened in my chair.“Talk.”Magnus glanced toward Trevor, who stood beside the door with his arms folded.“We found someone who used to work with the Black Hunters.”For a moment, I said nothing.Then I stood.“Where?”“An abandoned settlement near the eastern border. He was living under a false name, but one of our informants recognized him from an old intelligence record.”“Is he a Hunter?”“Not exactly. He was a contact. He arranged transportation, supplied documents, and connected them with people who were willing to pay for their services.”“How long have we been looking for him?”“Three years.”I stared at Magnus.“And you’re telling me this now?”“We only confirmed his identity last night.”I walked around my desk.“B

CHAPTER 46THE COUSIN WHO SOLD MEPOV: IslaI read the message so many times that the words began to look strange.Your king cannot protect you here.Six words.That was all it took to ruin the little peace I had managed to build over the past six weeks.I folded the paper and slipped it into my pocket, but the words stayed in my head.Your king.I wondered if they meant Ryan.And if they did, how much did they know about us?Did they know he visited me? Did they know about the second mark that appeared when we touched? Did they know how much I missed him whenever I went to bed alone?I hated that a stranger could make me question my safety with one stupid piece of paper.Most of all, I hated that a small part of me was frightened they might be right.“Miss Warren?”I looked up. The guard was still standing by the door.“Yes?”“His Majesty requests your presence in his office.”I nodded and followed him.Leon was standing beside his desk when I arrived. Two men I had never seen before

CHAPTER 48THE WOMAN WHO CHOSE HATEATHENA’S POV“What have you done?”Isla’s voice followed me around the tiny chamber like a curse.I stared at the floor.I could feel her eyes on me, waiting for an answer, waiting for me to say something that would make this situation less horrible than it already was.But there was nothing I could say.Not without admitting that I had helped strangers drag my own cousin into a place neither of us knew.Not without admitting that I had betrayed her.So I remained silent.The vehicle rocked beneath us. Every few seconds, its wheels hit a bump, making the metal restraints around Isla’s wrists rattle. Her hair was a mess, her clothes were dirty, and there was a small cut near her eyebrow.I looked at it for one second too long.Then I looked away.“Look at me, Athena.”I squeezed my eyes shut.“Look at me!”“Keep your voice down,” I snapped.The words came out before I could stop them.Isla stared at me as though I had grown another head.“Are you ser