Lahat ng Kabanata ng From Rejected Mate to Three Alphas’ Claim: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

ADONIS POV“What if she’s here?” I asked, my voice barely steady as I stared through the window at Bluerig. The settlement stretched beneath the night sky, its streets still busy despite the late hour, but none of it held my attention anymore. My wolf had gone completely still, as though it was listening for something beyond the walls.Caspian watched me carefully from beside the healer's table, and I could see the doubt in his expression. He had spent enough time dealing with my episodes to know when something was different, but he also knew how badly I wanted the answer to be Thalia. “Adonis, you need to slow down and think about this,” he said gently, keeping his voice calm as he folded his arms across his chest. “You've been exhausted for days, riding for hours, and your wolf has been unstable since we left. We can't decide Thalia is here just because you felt something familiar.”I turned away from the window and looked at him. “I know what exhaustion feels like.” I kept my voic

THALIA'S POV“Adonis, what the hell are you doing here?” I snapped, my voice as cold as ice as I stood frozen in the doorway.I stared at the man I had spent the last six months trying to purge from my mind. Adonis didn't answer immediately. His hands gripped the edge of the table so hard his knuckles turned white, his eyes locked onto mine like a man seeing a ghost. I forced myself to enter the room, refusing to let him see how violently my chest thudded at his presence.Dion looked between the three of us, his brows drawing together as he picked up on the sudden, heavy air in the room. “You two know each other?” he asked, his gaze shifting between Caspian and me. I walked toward the table, ignoring the chair completely. “We know each other,” I replied, keeping my eyes fixed on the map spread out before us. “Caspian was the one who helped me escape Blackfang after Adonis rejected me and locked me in a cell to rot.”Dion’s jaw tightened, his amber eyes flashing as he absorbed my word

ADONIS POV“Cogent has someone else helping him,” Caspian said quietly, his fingers tightening around the report as he looked at me with an expression that told me he had already gone over the evidence more than once. The words stayed between us for a moment.“You’re sure about this?” I kept my voice low, darting a quick look toward the other side of the hall where Dion and Thalia were standing.Caspian nodded. “The math doesn't lie, Adonis. Those assassins were waiting for us at the pass before we even got there. That wasn't luck. That was an ambush set up in advance.”I took the report from him and scanned the details again, my eyes moving over the dates and locations we'd recorded after the attack. “Then whoever helped Cogent knew about our movements.” I lowered the paper slightly as the implications became clearer. Caspian leaned against the table, his arms folding across his chest as he considered the information. “They knew more than that. They weren't trying to frighten us, A

DION’S POV“Tell me you are not seriously considering trusting Adonis,” Devon said the following morning, standing across from my desk as he watched me sort through the reports from the previous night. His expression carried the frustration that had been building since Adonis and Caspian arrived in Bluerig, and his tone made it clear he already knew how difficult this conversation would be. “After everything you told me about what he did to Thalia, I don't understand why we're even discussing the possibility.”I placed one report over another and leaned back in my chair before answering. “I'm not considering trusting him.” I kept my voice as calm as possible. “I'm considering whether refusing to listen to him is more dangerous than allowing him tell us what he knows. Those are two different things, and I have no intention of forgetting what happened to Thalia simply because Cogent has become a bigger problem.”Devon pulled out the chair opposite me and sat down, studying me carefull

THALIA’S POVI had barely gotten to the courtyard when two warriors approached and escorted me back toward the council hall, their tense expressions making it obvious that something serious had happened. Dion was waiting near the entrance, and the moment his eyes landed on me, the tension in his face eased for barely a second before he turned toward the warriors gathering around him.“Seal the gates and double the patrols around every entrance,” he ordered, keeping his voice firm. “I want every guard rotation from the last two days checked against the names of everyone who entered the council building, and nobody leaves Bluerig without my permission until we know who we're dealing with.” The warriors immediately moved to carry out his instructions, and within minutes, the settlement had changed completely as guards took positions along the walls and began questioning anyone who had entered restricted areas.I watched the sudden activity before turning toward Dion. “What happened?” I