All Chapters of MY FATHER'S DRIVER IS MY ALPHAMATE : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Morning revealed what darkness had hidden.Moonfang was broken.The battlefield stretched across the valley like a scar carved into the earth. Smoke curled upward from the ruins. Broken weapons lay scattered among the grass. The once-proud banners of the Moonfang Dynasty hung torn from their poles.And everywhere I looked, someone was searching for someone.A mother calling for her son.A brother lifting stones from collapsed shelters.A warrior kneeling beside a fallen friend.There was no victory in their faces.Only exhaustion.Only grief.I stood beside Alexander on the ridge overlooking the territory.He was silent.For the first time since I had met him, he didn't look like an Alpha King.He looked like a man who had lost too much.His shoulder was bandaged.His clothes were stained with blood.His eyes followed the smoke rising from what had once been his home."This is what I was supposed to inherit," he whispered.I looked at him."Not this."He swallowed."A kingdom.""You s

The message remained on the wall until sunrise.THE QUEEN MUST DIE BEFORE THE NEXT BLOOD MOON.I had stared at those words for so long that they stopped looking like letters.They became a promise.A threat.A countdown.Alexander stood beside me, his jaw clenched so tightly I could see the muscle moving beneath his skin."Remove it," he ordered.The guards hesitated."Now."They obeyed.I watched the bloodstained message disappear beneath a cloth.But removing the words didn't remove the fear.I turned to Alexander."How long until the Blood Moon?""Nine days."My stomach dropped."Nine?"He nodded.Lucien entered the room."We've doubled the guards around the palace.""Triple them," Alexander said."Alexander—""Triple them."Lucien nodded."And nobody leaves Moonfang without my permission."I frowned."That's not protection. That's imprisonment."His eyes met mine."I won't apologize for keeping you alive.""You can't lock me away every time someone threatens me.""Watch me."I ste

The battle inside the Hollow was nothing like the war we had survived.There was no open field.No room to retreat.Every sword strike echoed against stone walls.Every scream seemed to stay trapped inside the fortress.Alexander fought at my side.His mother fought beside him.For the first time, I understood where he had inherited his stubbornness.She was just as terrifying.A Council warrior charged toward her.She twisted aside, caught his wrist, and disarmed him in one smooth movement.Alexander stared."You never told me you could fight like that."His mother smiled."You never asked."He laughed despite himself.I smiled too.Then an arrow flew toward us.Alexander pushed me aside.The arrow struck his arm."Alexander!""I'm fine."His mother rolled her eyes."That is the most annoying sentence in our family."I couldn't help laughing.Even in the middle of a battle.Then the doors at the far end of the fortress burst open.More warriors poured inside.Too many.Alexander's sm

I didn't sleep that night.None of us did.The prophecy had changed everything.Three days.Three days until the Blood Moon.Three days until the Moon Goddess would demand a sacrifice.And somewhere inside me, a terrible certainty had begun to grow.The sacrifice would be Alexander.I found him just before dawn on the balcony outside the fortress.He stood alone, staring toward the mountains.His shirt was stained with blood from the previous battle.His face looked exhausted.I walked toward him."You were going to leave."He didn't turn."I wasn't.""Alexander."He sighed."I was thinking.""That's usually dangerous."A faint smile touched his lips.Then it disappeared."I was thinking about what happens if your mother is right."I stepped beside him."She is.""Then I know what I have to do."My heart tightened."No."He finally looked at me."You don't even know what I'm going to say.""I do."He looked away."Amelia...""You've been doing this since I met you.""Doing what?""Pro

The first explosion came before anyone could reach the walls.The palace shook.Windows shattered.A child screamed somewhere below us.Then the warning bells began ringing.Once.Twice.Again and again.Moonfang was under attack.I ran toward the courtyard with Alexander beside me.Warriors were already rushing toward the gates.Smoke climbed into the night sky.Beyond the walls, thousands of torches moved through the darkness.My stomach dropped."How many?" Alexander asked.Lucien appeared, breathing heavily."At least ten thousand."Alexander's face hardened."Ten thousand?"Lucien nodded."The remaining Council territories have united."I stared at the army gathering beyond the walls."They waited for the Blood Moon."My mother joined us."They knew your power would awaken."Alexander looked at me."Can you use it?"I wasn't sure.The power inside me still felt enormous.But it no longer felt like something separate from me.It felt like a part of who I was."I can.""How much?"