All Chapters of The Mate Hunt: Chapter 151 - Chapter 160

RonanCross had an Alpha again. That should have been enough for one morning. It wasn't.The new Cross Alpha was still in the courtyard speaking quietly with Theron when I looked toward the pack house. Five of my wolves waited beneath it. Five men who had spent years convincing themselves betrayal was survival.Falon. Axel. Joren. Silas. Calder.I turned toward Maeve. The healer had finally gotten the bleeding under control, though four angry red lines still cut down the side of her face, the skin around them already beginning to bruise. My wolf hated looking at them."Where are you going?" she asked."To finish this."She understood immediately. "I'm coming.""You need stitches.""I can get stitches after."The healer behind her made an offended noise. Maeve ignored her. Of course she did.I looked toward Lena and the new Cross Alpha. "Cross business is finished for today."The new Alpha nodded. "We'll prepare Gideon for transport.""Take whatever time you need."The lower cells smel

RonanThe moon crept over the horizon, its pale light casting long shadows across the judgment ground. Hundreds of Caine wolves stood in a silent circle, shoulders squared, eyes fixed on the center. The air was thick with anticipation and something colder, an old grief that lingered in every breath.Maeve stood beside me, refusing to be anywhere else. Fresh stitches cut angrily across her cheek, catching the torchlight like a badge of survival. She'd argued against staying inside, of course. She always did.Falon and Axel were brought forward, their wrists trapped in silver restraints. There was no fight left in them, not tonight.I stepped forward, letting the weight of the moment settle over us all. "For five years, these men sold Caine from inside its own borders," I said. No one moved. Their betrayal was an open wound."They gave Cross our patrol schedules. Our weaknesses. Our leadership movements. Our messenger routes." My eyes locked on Falon. "They continued after the massacre.

MaeveThe words hung between us, heavy and foul, as if something rotten had been placed in the space that separated me from my mother.Ronan remained motionless, and so did I, but the tension behind me was palpable. Every Caine wolf could feel his anger, and so could the Silver Crown. My mother looked at Ronan with a wary, simmering hatred, as if he were some threat she had spent years preparing herself to despise.I shifted, stepping into her direct line of sight. “Stop looking at him,” I told her.

MaeveFor several seconds after the last Silver Crown wolf disappeared beyond the western markers, nobody moved. Not them. Not us. Not me. The clearing had gone so quiet that I could hear my own breathing.Then I turned around. And realized every person behind me was still on their knees.Cassian. Torin. Theron. Tyson. Corina. Lyra. Caine warriors. Trackers. Even Soren had one hand braced against the ground as if she had tried to fight whatever I had done and lost.Only Ronan remained standing. My stomach dropped."Oh."Cassian slowly lifted his head. His expression was flat. "Excellent observation, Luna.""Shut up.""I would love to." He glanced pointedly at his knees. "Unfortunately, I'm apparently awaiting royal permission."Fuck. I immediately reached for whatever part of me had pressed them down. The power was still there. Huge. Cold. Waiting. I pulled it back."Get up."The pressure vanished. Everyone moved at once. Some stood quickly. Others staggered. Theron rolled one shoulde

MaeveI slept for three hours.Apparently becoming an accidental Queen, throwing fifteen wolves through the air, surviving a drive by family reunion, and attending a blood debt feast still wasn't enough to convince my body to sleep longer. Rude.By the time Ronan and I reached the lower cells, Cassian was already waiting outside Mara's interrogation room with coffee. The stone corridor smelled faintly of damp and old iron, the kind of smell that clung to the walls no matter how many torches burned. He held one cup out to me. I stared at it."For me?""You look terrible.""That's incredibly sweet.""You're welcome."Ronan took the cup from my hand, smelled it, then handed it back. I looked at him."Did you just check my coffee for poison?""Yes."Cassian tipped his head back toward the ceiling. "We're doing this now?"Ronan opened the door. "We're doing this forever."Unfortunately, I believed him.Mara was already seated inside a new truth circle that Elowen had put in last night.No