บททั้งหมดของ The Alpha's Rejected Mate : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

Lyra’s POVThe prison doors slammed shut.The sound echoed through the chamber like a death sentence.I turned toward them.“No.”I ran forward and grabbed the enormous stone doors.They didn't move.I pushed harder.Nothing.“Open!”The Blade of Dawn burned in my hand.I struck the doors.A wave of golden light exploded across them.Nothing happened.Behind me, Kael whispered my name.“Lyra.”I turned.He was staring at the floor.The silver mark on his chest was glowing.“What is it?”He pointed downward.I looked.A thin line of silver light was moving beneath our feet.It formed a circle.Then another.Then another.Until the entire prison floor was covered in ancient symbols.Kael stepped toward me.“Don't step inside.”I looked at him.“Why?”“Because that's a ritual circle.”“For what?”His eyes darkened.“For bringing the Queen back.”The First King suddenly shouted:“GET OUT OF THE CIRCLE!”His voice was filled with panic.I had never heard him sound like that.I looked at th

Lyra’s POVI couldn't move.The sound of the newborn crying echoed through the darkness.My cry.My first breath.My first heartbeat.Twenty-one years ago.I knew what the Queen had done.She hadn't simply sent me into the past.She had brought me back to the night everything began.The night my life was decided before I was old enough to speak.“Mother!”I ran toward the sound.The darkness dissolved.Suddenly, I was standing inside a chamber I recognized.The old Moon Palace.Before it burned.Before the Void.Before the crowns and the prophecies.Before I knew any of this existed.Selene stood beside a stone cradle.She was younger.Exhausted.Blood stained the front of her white gown.But she was smiling.Because she was looking at me.A newborn Lyra.My breath caught.I stepped closer.I could hear myself crying.Selene picked me up.“Oh, my little moon…”Tears rolled down her cheeks.“I’m sorry.”I reached toward her.“Mother…”She couldn't hear me.This wasn't really happening.

Lyra’s POV“Seraphine…”She smiled.But it wasn't the smile I remembered.Her eyes were completely black.The Void had returned.I tightened my grip around the Blade of Dawn.“Where is Kael?”Seraphine tilted her head.“You always ask about him first.”“Where is he?”“Safe.”I didn't believe her.“Let me see him.”“No.”The darkness around us shifted.I raised my blade.“Then I'll find him myself.”Seraphine laughed softly.“You still don't understand, Lyra.”“Understand what?”“You think we're fighting the same enemy.”She stepped closer.“We aren't.”I watched her carefully.“What are you saying?”Seraphine touched her chest.“The Void inside me wants something.”“What?”“You.”My blood ran cold.“Why?”“Because you're carrying the missing half.”I shook my head.“The Void is already inside both of us.”“Not anymore.”She pointed toward my chest.“The part that was inside you has changed.”I remembered the girl.The Queen's heart.The fourth fragment.“What do you mean?”Seraphine's

Kael’s POVThe first thing I felt was Lyra.Not her touch.Not her voice.Her heartbeat.It echoed inside my chest like a second pulse, frantic and terrified.“Kael!”I forced my eyes open.Lyra stood several feet away, surrounded by darkness.Her face was pale.There was blood on her lips.And behind her, the Moon Kingdom was dying.The silver crystals embedded in the walls were turning black one by one.The floor beneath us cracked.“Lyra…”I tried to move.The chains around my wrists tightened.Aldric stood behind me.My father.His expression was unreadable.“You shouldn't have come here,” he said.Lyra looked at him.“You said Kael was the key.”“He is.”“Then release him.”Aldric shook his head.“You still don't understand.”His eyes moved toward me.“The key was never meant to open the prison.”Silence.“Then what was he meant to do?” Lyra demanded.Aldric looked at me.“Choose who lives.”My blood ran cold.“What?”Aldric stepped closer.“The heart inside him has awakened.”I

Lyra’s POVThe woman sitting on the throne looked exactly like me.Same face.Same lips.Same silver hair.Even the tiny scar beneath her left eye was there.But her smile was wrong.It carried centuries of cruelty.I stared at her.“Who are you?”She laughed softly.“You still don't remember.”The throne beneath her shifted.Black roots crawled across the stone, wrapping around her body like living shadows.“You've called me many names.”Her eyes turned silver.“Queen.”Black.“Monster.”Golden.“Mother.”My heart stopped.I took a step backward.“No.”She smiled.“Yes.”Kael was gone.Seraphine and Elyra were gone.The Queen looked around the empty chamber.“Do you know why your mother erased your memories?”“Because she wanted to protect us.”“No.”The Queen leaned forward.“She wanted to protect you from me.”I shook my head.“You're lying.”“Am I?”She lifted one hand.The room changed.Suddenly I was standing in a nursery.Moonlight poured through the windows.Three babies slept