All Chapters of The Alpha's Doomed Mate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Pov: AshaThe thin forest air bit into my lungs. I had walked into the clearing expecting to be swept into the arms of my mate whom I haven’t seen for nearly two months.“I, Cole Evans, son of Alpha Gerald Evans, and the future Alpha of Moonmere Pack, reject you, Asha Ryder, as my fated mate and future Luna.”The words tore through me.In the back of my mind, my wolf, Rylie, let out a skull-splitting high-pitched howl that resounded in my head.No, Asha… why is he doing this? Rylie whimpered.“Before this pack and the Moon Goddess above, I renounce our bond and sever every connection between us.”My heart stopped beating and I forgot how to breathe.I stared at Cole, the boy who had spent months whispering sweet promises into my ear and wishing on every star that the Goddess would choose me for him. Those wishes finally came true seven weeks ago, at the inter-Alpha Summit when my wolf had shown up. That night was hazy after an exhausted working day, but I felt every electric spark be

Pov: AshaMate?My gaze darted behind me, certain there was a mistake. But only the stone wall stared back.I looked back at the man whose eyes remained on me, unable to tell if he was right or serious with Rylie still gone. Beside him, Hera stared in shock.“Alpha Zade.” Marrok voiced out tightly, breaking the silence that was trying to take over.There was no response.“Alpha Zade,” Marrok repeated, forcing a nervous laugh. “My apologies, but you must be mistaken.”Zade didn't blink or look away.“Mistaken?” He questioned in a low voice as his gaze finally shifted to Marrok dangerously. “Why are you in my dungeon with an unknown omega, Marrok?”“My apologies for not informing you beforehand, Alpha Zade, it was a spur of the moment decision.” Marrok bowed his head slightly.“Spur of the moment?”“Yes, this wolf-less omega was collateral for a debt,” Marrok replied, nodding slowly. “She acted out, so I was just putting her in her place.”The temperature suddenly dropped several degr

Pov: ZadeDante's brows dipped. “The Moonmere Alpha’s son?”“Yes.”He pushed away from the door and stepped forward. “He left for official duty right when he arrived, which was hours before the incident.”“And where was he before then?” I probed further.“Training with the other future Alphas at the camp for all week before that day.”I still went.He hadn’t been there.“Damn it,” I muttered.“Zade?”I turned to the window. “Cole hadn’t been there.”Silence.“We were both drugged,” I turned back to him.Realization dawned on his face.“Then the pup—”“Is mine.”The words tasted possessive, but the moment they left my mouth, I believed every bit.He blew out a breath. “Well…damn,” he rubbed the back of his neck. “The prophecy is even worse now, your bloodline—”“I won't let it happen,” I snapped. “I’ll never mark her. If I remain a villain in her eyes, the prophecy can’t trigger.”“You’re going to be a villain in her story to keep from being her executioner?” Dante asked, his voice s

POV: AshaI heard Hera scream, but I felt frozen where I sat on the stone walkway.Everything happened in a flash.Zade intercepted the man mid-air with a snarl and slammed him into the ground just inches away, hard enough to split the earth beneath them. I scrambled backward on shaking hands, my heart hammered against my ribs and drummed in my ears so loudly it drowned out everything else.Instead of fighting back as any wolf should, he twisted. His shoulders bent and snapped in the wrongest of angles.Click.His spine arched and just kept going past what even my spine could do.There came that clicking sound again, making me almost certain that it had snapped.One arm folded beneath his body at another impossible angle.Click again.My stomach turned.He shouldn’t have been moving, or even still alive at that point, but he tried to drag himself forward anyway. His claws buried deep into the soil leading up to the stone walkway as he pulled himself toward me inch by inch.Zade planted

POV: AshaWhat if Cole had never been my mate at all?The more the thought kept ringing in my head, the more outrageous it sounded.A knock on the door drew me back to reality, and before I could respond, the door was pushed open.Hera stepped into the room and stopped when she saw me sitting upright on the bed.She is just like Zade.A familiar, yet unfamiliar feeling settled in my chest at the thought.“I’ve been knocking for the past minute,” she said, one brow rising. “I was starting to think that you had barricaded another door.” Heat crept up my neck as the memory of the previous room flashed through my mind. The locked door, the shattered window, and then Zade breaking through the wood as though it had been made of paper.“I didn’t hear you knock,” I muttered. “Sorry.”Her brow lifted even higher, almost like the apology surprised her.“Well, you’re awake. That’s good enough.”She stepped aside, and an older woman entered the room.The first thing I noticed was her long white