All Chapters of MY FATHER'S DRIVER IS MY ALPHAMATE : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The morning after the battle was strangely quiet.No horns.No screams.No clashing swords.Only the sound of wind moving through the trees.Moonfang had survived.But survival had left its scars.I stood on the palace balcony, looking over the territory.Smoke still rose from the western fields.The walls were damaged.Several buildings had collapsed.But people were already rebuilding.Again.They always rebuilt.Perhaps that was what made them stronger than any crown.I looked down at my wrist.The silver mark was gone.For the first time since my eighteenth birthday, my skin looked completely ordinary.I should have been relieved.Instead, I felt empty.A soft knock sounded behind me.Alexander entered.He had changed into clean clothes, but exhaustion still shadowed his face."You disappeared.""I needed air."He came beside me."How do you feel?"I looked at my wrist."Human."He smiled."You were always human.""Not yesterday.""Yesterday you were still you."I looked at him."

Three weeks after the war, Moonfang finally stopped smelling like smoke.The broken walls had been repaired.The wounded were healing.Markets reopened.Children returned to the streets.For the first time since my eighteenth birthday, I could walk through the palace without wondering if someone was waiting around the next corner to kill me.Peace had finally arrived.But peace came with a different kind of problem.The packs were divided.Some supported Alexander.Some supported the old Council.Others wanted nothing to do with Moonfang.Alexander stood over the map in the war room."We can't force them."Lucien crossed his arms."They won't unite voluntarily.""Then we'll give them a reason."I looked at Alexander."What kind of reason?"He pointed to the map."Protection.""From whom?""From the next person who decides to become a Council."I understood.The Council had fallen.But the system that created it hadn't.If we simply replaced the Council with another ruling body, histor

The battlefield was quiet.Too quiet.I stood in the middle of the valley, staring at the place where the Moon Gate had disappeared.Only moments ago, thousands of wolves had been fighting.Now there was nothing.No swords clashing.No battle cries.No enemies charging toward us.Just smoke drifting across the grass and the soft groans of the wounded.I looked at my hands.They were shaking."Amelia."Alexander's voice pulled me back.I turned.He was walking toward me.Blood covered his shirt.There was a deep cut across his shoulder, and another along his cheek.My heart tightened."You're hurt.""It's nothing."I gave him a look."Don't."He stopped."What?""Don't say it's nothing."A tired smile appeared on his face."You really hate that sentence.""I hate watching you bleed."He stepped closer."I'm alive.""That doesn't mean you're fine.""I know."That answer surprised me.He reached for my hand.His fingers were warm.Real.I held them tightly.For several seconds, neither o

The next morning, Alexander disappeared.Not physically.Emotionally.I noticed it the moment I saw him.He was standing at the breakfast table, staring at a cup of untouched tea."Alexander?"He didn't answer.I walked closer."Alexander."His eyes finally lifted."I'm sorry.""You weren't listening.""I was.""What did I say?"He hesitated.I smiled."Exactly."He sighed."I have a lot on my mind."I sat opposite him."The book?"He nodded."The Moon Gate.""And your father's note."His jaw tightened."Yes."I reached across the table and touched his hand."Tell me."He looked down at our fingers."I'm afraid."The honesty in his voice caught me off guard."Of what?"He looked toward the window."That my father knew what was coming."I frowned."What do you mean?""He left warnings.""Maybe he was simply trying to protect you.""Maybe."He turned his hand and intertwined his fingers with mine."But what if he knew someone would betray him?"I squeezed his hand."Then we'll find out

I couldn't breathe.The woman's words remained suspended between us.Amelia's blood relative.The phrase repeated itself in my mind until it stopped sounding like language and became something darker.A warning.A threat.A sentence.Alexander still held my hand.His fingers were warm.Steady.Mine were not."Who?" he asked.The old woman looked at him."I cannot tell you here."His jaw tightened."You've just told me that someone from Amelia's bloodline murdered my father.""I said your father's killer was connected to her blood.""Then tell me who."She glanced toward the forest."They're watching."Alexander immediately looked around.I felt his body change beside me.The gentleman who had held me moments ago disappeared.The Alpha returned."Who is watching?"The woman shook her head."I don't know.""You expect me to believe that?""I expect you to understand that there are things worse than the Council."Alexander stepped closer."You knew my father.""Yes.""You knew Amelia's m