All Chapters of MY FATHER'S DRIVER IS MY ALPHAMATE : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

I didn't sleep that night.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the black feather.The Valen crest carved into it.Someone had entered the palace.Someone had stood outside our room.Someone from my mother's past had found me.And I couldn't stop wondering what they wanted.I sat beside the window until dawn.The moon disappeared slowly behind the clouds.For the first time in my life, I understood what it meant to inherit something you never asked for.A name.A bloodline.A secret.A danger.I looked at the silver bracelet around my wrist.Alexander's mother's bracelet.It suddenly felt heavier than before.A soft knock came at the door.I didn't answer.The door opened anyway.Alexander stepped inside.He was barefoot, his hair disheveled, his shirt untucked.He looked tired."You didn't sleep."It wasn't a question."Neither did you.""I slept for an hour.""That's not sleeping."He smiled faintly."I was waiting for you to stop staring at the window."I looked away."Sorry."He wal

The gates opened without a sound.Beyond them stood a world I had never imagined.There were no grand palace walls.No towers reaching toward the sky.Instead, the Valen sanctuary was built into the mountain itself.White stone rose from the earth, covered in vines and silver flowers. Narrow streams flowed between ancient buildings. Lanterns hung from trees, glowing softly even though no one seemed to light them.It was beautiful.And somehow, unbearably sad.I slowed my horse."How long has this place been here?"My mother's voice came from behind me."Longer than Moonfang."I turned.She was staring at the sanctuary with tears in her eyes."Did you grow up here?""Yes.""Then why does it look like you're afraid of it?"She looked at me."Because beautiful places can hold painful memories."I understood that.Moonfang had taught me the same thing.Alexander dismounted first and offered me his hand.I took it.The moment my boots touched the ground, something strange happened.The sil

The garden had never felt so quiet.I stood beside Alexander, staring at the letter in his hand.When they choose each other, the enemy will know exactly where to find them.There was something cruel about those words.As if our love were not a shelter, but a beacon.As if choosing each other had made us easier to destroy.Alexander folded the letter slowly."We should tell Lucien."I nodded."And my mother.""Yes."Neither of us moved.The moon hung above the sanctuary, pale and distant.I looked at Alexander."Are you afraid?"He didn't pretend."Yes.""Of the enemy?"He shook his head."Of losing you."My chest tightened."I've heard that before.""I know.""But this time it feels different."He turned toward me."How?""Because now we know someone has been waiting for us."He reached for my hand."Then we'll make them wait."I smiled faintly."You always make everything sound simple.""It isn't."His thumb moved gently across my knuckles."But I don't want fear deciding how we liv

The howl came again.This time, the walls trembled.Dust fell from the ceiling.The lanterns flickered.Then went out.Darkness swallowed the room."Amelia!"Alexander's hand found mine immediately."I'm here.""Stay beside me.""I am."Across the room, I heard my mother whisper my name.Then came a sound from outside.A scream.Not human.Not entirely animal.Something between the two.Lucien drew his sword."Everyone stay inside."Gabriel shook his head."That's exactly what they want."Alexander turned toward him."Who?"Gabriel looked terrified."The Hollow."The word seemed to change the atmosphere.Sera went pale."What did you say?""The Hollow."My mother stepped backward."No."I looked at her."What's the Hollow?"She couldn't answer.Gabriel did."Something your ancestors created.""Created?""To protect the Moon blood."He looked toward the walls."But they lost control of it."Another tremor shook the chamber.Alexander pulled me closer."What does it want?"Gabriel looke

The mountain roared.Not like thunder.Like something alive had opened its eyes.The silver water around our feet rose higher, curling around our ankles, our knees, our hands.Alexander's fingers tightened around mine."Amelia.""I'm here.""Don't let go.""I won't."The crystal above us cracked again.A line of silver light ran through it.Then another.Gabriel shouted something, but the sound was swallowed by the roar.My mother reached toward me."Amelia!"I looked at her.She was crying."Mom?""Whatever happens, remember who you are."I nodded.But the light became brighter.And then I heard the voice.Blood remembers.My body went still.Love chooses.The silver water rose to my waist.Alexander stepped closer.Our hands remained joined.Then the voice came again.Power demands.I felt something pulling at my chest.Not physically.Emotionally.It was as though every fear I had ever carried was being dragged out of me.Fear of losing Alexander.Fear of losing my mother.Fear of