Semua Bab His Rejected Mate, His Greatest Regret : Bab 51 - Bab 60

I tightened my grip on the documents as I watched Vivianne disappear down the corridor. Her words followed me long after she was gone. Your mother was not killed because she was weak. She was killed because someone was afraid of what she knew.For years, I had believed my mother died from an illness no one could explain. Now, everything I thought I knew about her final days was beginning to fall apart. Helena had told me about the unfamiliar warriors who entered the Alpha residence shortly before my mother’s death, Master Alden had disappeared after treating her, the records had been altered, and Rowan had lied to my face about them. Then Vivianne had admitted that my mother had been investigating something far more dangerous than missing shipments.And somewhere in the middle of it all was a name I had already encountered, Marcus Vale. I could still remember the first time Damon and I questioned him about the altered shipment records. Marcus had insisted that someone had forged his s

Once he disappeared down the corridor, Amara closed the door behind him. I turned toward her, waiting. “You said you needed to speak with me. What happened?”Instead of answering immediately, Amara lowered herself into the nearest chair and clasped her hands together. “I heard you’ve been asking questions about your mother,” she said.“I have.” I said.“And Rowan?” Asked Amara.“I questioned him too.”Her gaze dropped briefly before returning to mine. “Then you’ve already uncovered more than I wanted you to find this soon.”I stepped closer. “Why?”“Because there was something your mother did that very few people knew about.” Said Amara.My heartbeat quickened. “What did she do?”“She went north, because she was looking for someone with the name Elias Thorn.” Said Amara.The name meant nothing to me. “Who is Elias Thorn?”“He was a northern councilman. Years ago, he was respected by several northern packs and had considerable influence among their leaders. Your mother learned about hi

I frowned. “So he deliberately kept information from her.”“He believed revealing everything at once could be dangerous. Elias had spent so many years studying the prophecy that he had become convinced knowledge itself could become a weapon.” Said Amara.I shook my head slightly. “That sounds like someone who enjoyed keeping secrets.”“Perhaps he did,” Amara said. “But there was more to it than that. Years of studying the prophecy changed him. Some people eventually believed he had lost his mind.”“And my mother?”“She disagreed. She thought Elias was wrong about many things, but she never believed his entire theory was madness.” Said Amara.That mattered, my mother had trusted very few people. If she had continued seeking Elias’s help, she must have believed there was something real beneath his obsession. I moved closer to the table. “Where can I find him?”Amara’s expression changed. “The northern territories are vast. Elias disappeared from the council after his obsession with the

I needed the truth now because whatever my mother had discovered before I was born had cost her everything, and I refused to let that knowledge die with her. The old archive house stood at the far edge of Silvercrest, beyond the buildings most members rarely visited. Time had nearly swallowed the place. Thick vines crawled over the stone walls, the wooden shutters hung crookedly from their hinges, and weeds had taken over the narrow path leading to the entrance.I stopped several feet away and studied the building. “This is where she kept it?” I asked, keeping my eyes fixed on the weathered structure.“At least, this is where we moved the box,” Amara replied beside me.Gabriel looked toward the boarded windows before turning his attention to the entrance. “Are you certain no one has used this place recently?”Amara shook her head. “Not that I know of. After your mother died, the archive house was abandoned. Rowan ordered most of the old records moved elsewhere.”I glanced at her. “Mos

I picked up the page and examined the symbol again. There was something unsettling about it, not because it frightened me, but because it felt strangely familiar. I had never seen it before, yet the shape seemed to settle somewhere in the back of my mind as though I had encountered it in another place. I pushed the strange sensation aside. “Did she ever give it a name?”Amara shook her head. “Not to me. She only said it was connected to something very old.”Before I could respond, Gabriel reached for another sheet. “There’s more here.” He placed the document beside the first one. Several symbols had been drawn across the page, but the same crescent and circle appeared among them. Beside it, my mother had written a short note.The Silver Moon mark appears in records predating the founding of Silvercrest.I read the sentence twice before slowly looking up. “The Silver Moon,” I murmured.Amara nodded. “That was the name Elias used when he spoke about the old prophecy.”I turned toward he