Alle Kapitel von The Alpha's Dead Mate: Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 40

Zenith's POV The moon slowly retreated, giving way for light to stream through the window. The birds chirped in the distance and I stared up at the ceiling, trying my best to control my breathing.I had barely been able to get any sleep all through the night. Alder had been restless with the awareness of his mate this close to him and I had struggled to shut him out all night long.Sabrina stirred in my arms and I stared down at her peaceful face as she slept.Somewhere in-between the night, Sabrina had rolled over to my side of the bed and she had thrown her leg over mine.Now, her head rested partly against my chest while my hand was on her waist and it wasn't lost on me how good and familiar it felt.She fit perfectly against me just like she had all those years ago.I could tell the second she was slipping back into consciousness and I pulled my eyes closed and pretended to be asleep.She stiffened and I was sure she realized she was in my arms but rather than pull away from me,

Zenith’s POV “You are late,” I announced as I scowled at Sabrina and she scowled right back at me.“In my defense, I never wanted to be here at all.” She retorted and I ignored her as I walked towards a punching bag in a corner and Sabrina followed behind me.I stepped aside and folded my hands and Sabrina stared from the punching bag to me.“Go ahead, Let me see what you can do and we could start from there.” I suggested and she hesitated for a moment before she let out a low sigh and clenched her hands into fists.She took a step closer to the punching bag and began to take swings at it but the punching bag didn’t even bulge.I noted her flimsy stance that would make it all too easy for her opponent to have her on the ground. I noted how relaxed her fists were and how she made no attempt to defend herself.It would be so easy to disarm her and defeat her in seconds. He was only trying to hit the punching bag with pent up anger within her.“That’s enough.” I announced and she stoppe

Zenith's POV “The last thing I want to do is question your authority -” Cassian began.“Yet you are about to question it.” I cut him off and he pressed his lips together.I was already in an irritable mood but Cassian didn't deserve to bear the brunt of it.“Why are you interested in knowing who Eli's father is?” Cassian asked anyway.“The boy is under my protection now, he is in my pack. I think I deserve to know who his father is and determine if his presence here could spark some conflict in the pack.” I replied but Cassian's eyes bore into mine and the corner of his lips twitched.“Is that really it or-”“Cassian, I really don't have the time or energy for this. Is this something you can do or not?” I asked and he held his hands up in surrender.“I’ll find out what I can.” He told me and I gave him a curt nod as I made my way to my seat behind the desk.“And while you are at it, I want you to send scouts out to the woods. I want to know if there are any rogues trying to set up th

Sabrina’s POV I turned to where I knew Zenith stood and he watched me with an unreadable expression on his face.“Get up and fight.” Marcella called out to me and many warriors from the crowd shouted the same thing as well.When it was clear Zenith was going to do nothing to put a stop to the fight, I rose on shaky feet and turned to Marcella.She circled me for a moment and I tried to attack her but she easily moved out of the way. Anger pumped within me. Anger at Zenith, anger at his warriors and anger at Marcella for doing a thorough job of making me look like a fool.I channeled my rage into my attacks but Marcella didn’t seem the least bit bothered as she effortlessly sidestepped all my attempts to land a blow on her.She actually looked bored!A few warriors chuckled at my expense but I ignored her. Marcella pretended to make a jab at my face but instead used her leg to sweep me off my feet and I groaned as my body slammed into the floor.Marcella got on top of me and the warri

Sabrina's POV I stared at my reflection in the mirror, moving from one side to the other as I observed the brown bruises which had once been an angry reddish purple.My brows furrowed as I wondered how I could have possibly healed this fast. Normally, werewolves healed faster because of the aid from their wolves but considering that I was wolfless, I had grown used to having bruises for weeks until they slowly began to heal at a much slower pace.My finger traced the mark of the bruise along my ribs but there was no pain and it had barely been a day.How the hell was this possible?A knock on my door interrupted my thoughts and I rushed to put on my clothes. I paused by the door as I tried to catch my breath before I pulled open the door.If Zenith really thought I was going to go back to those training grounds so that he could humiliate me further then he was totally wrong. Nothing was going to make me go back there.“You can tell Alpha -” the words died off my lips as my eyes lande