Todos los capítulos de Forbidden Mate, Fated Sin: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

Grier's point of viewI came upon a young guard called Dain standing by the border post. He was only about twenty years old and still shook from the things he had seen. His fingers gripped a piece of cloth so tightly that he would not let it go even when I walked up to him."Tell me everything you observed," I told him. I kept my tone calm though urgency pressed hard inside me."Two people stood near the path that leads to the old stone pit. I heard them talking but the words stayed unclear. One was male and one was female." Dain's speech still wavered. "I cannot name the woman with full certainty. The moonlight broke through the trees for only a short time and they remained far away. Her shape, the length of her hair and the way she stood made me think of a person I know. Still I would never swear to it in front of others.""Who came into your mind then?"He paused for quite a while as if measuring the harm a wrong answer could bring. "Celeste Ashby, Beta Grier. Yet I must speak trut

Grier's POVWe stayed on the horses until the sun was high. The road going east guided us the whole time. We checked every side path and every small trail for any mark of where Celeste went after the water took her scent. We found nothing. No new footprints. No second trail. Only the normal quiet of the forest that kept every secret.Kade rode at the front of our small group most of the morning. He said almost nothing. His face stayed hard the same way it had been since he first heard that his mate's sister had gone into the dark. I did not try to talk with him. Some quiet times need to stay quiet. Years of working next to him taught me that.Near the middle of the day the stone became cold again. The beating feeling inside it stopped and became still. We were very tired and no closer to any answer than we were at the start of the day. I gave the stone to Kade so he could keep it safe. He locked it inside his study until someone who knew more about such things could explain what we

Grier’s POV I put on my clothes very fast. Priya fixed her clothes too. Kade waited in the hall by his work room. His face looked much harder than the tired face from last night. “Show me,” I said. He took me inside. I saw at once why the loss hit him hard. The window was closed just like before. It was locked from inside. No marks showed on the bottom or the sides. The door lock was fine. No scratches. No signs of force. A clean way in that should need a key. “You are sure you locked it right?” I said. I knew the answer already. Kade would not call me for a simple mistake. “I am sure, Grier. I watched the key turn. I felt it lock.” He went to the small box where the stone sat. Now the box was empty. Only a soft mark stayed in the cloth where the stone rested all night. “Someone came into this room without breaking the lock. They did not touch the window. They left just as clean.” “A stranger cannot do that. Not without a key. Not without leaving a mark.” “No.” Kade set h

Priya's POVI thought about Thane's name for three days. Something felt wrong at last. It was not normal doubt that gets closer to truth. It felt like a piece that does not fit right no matter how hard you push it.I watched him in two council meetings after the morning we found the seal. I checked every word he said for signs of planning that Grier thought was under his firm way. I only saw an old man tired from a war he thought he could not stop with care alone.That afternoon I found Grier in the training place. He watched his fighters practice with focus. This showed his mind stayed on the same problem for these three days."I do not think it is him," I said at once.Grier turned and looked at my face with care. "You looked sure enough the morning we found the seal.""I was sure about the seal. I am not sure about the man now." I crossed my arms and spoke my thoughts out loud for me and for him. "Thane called a sudden meeting yesterday about money for the patrols. It was small and

Priya's POVCorin could not make his hands stay still. Grier led him quiet into the empty room next to the stalls. He shut the door after all three of us. No one outside could hear the truth he was not ready to share yet. The lamp light showed wetness on his forehead. I felt a strange bit of pity. This young man looked much more scared than dangerous."Tell the story from the start," Grier said. His voice stayed calm even while the young man shook with worry. "I want the full truth spoken clear. Do not make me guess from small pieces."Corin nodded. It took him a long time to speak. "Four months past a woman came to me by the market in the south. I was getting supplies for my great uncle. She had silver hair. She looked older. But she moved like a young person. She knew private things about me. Shameful things. I worked hard for years so no one in this pack would learn them.""What things," I asked soft."That does not matter now." His jaw grew tight. Old shame showed clear on his fac