All Chapters of Two Alphas One Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

By eleven-thirty, I had changed my mind at least ten times.Every time I looked at the letter, I wondered whether going to the chapel was the stupidest decision I had ever made.Then I remembered the words.I searched for both of you for twenty years.If my father was telling the truth, he had spent two decades looking for me.I needed to hear the rest.Mia was asleep when I quietly left the dorm.I had told her I needed some air.I hadn’t told her about the chapel.Somehow, I knew she would have locked the door and hidden the car keys.Outside, a black SUV waited near the campus gates.Kael stood beside it.Kian was leaning against the hood.Elias sat inside.I stopped.“You came.”Kian smiled.“We said we weren’t letting you go alone.”Kael opened the passenger door.“Get in.”I climbed inside.As soon as the door closed, I noticed something strange.Kael was staring at me.“What?”“Your eyes.”I frowned.“What about them?”“They look different.”Kian leaned forward from the back se

The growl outside the chapel came again.This time, I felt it in my bones.My father’s eyes locked onto mine.“Aria, listen to me.”I couldn’t look away from the figures outside.“Whatever happens, don’t fight what you’re feeling.”“I’m scared.”“I know.”Another impact hit the doors.Kael stepped in front of me.Kian moved to his side.The two brothers looked completely different now.Their eyes had turned gold.Their bodies were tense, every muscle ready.I took a step backward.“What is happening to me?”My father looked at me.“Your wolf is waking up.”“I don’t know how to control it.”“You don’t need to control everything tonight.”Another blow.The doors cracked.My heartbeat accelerated.Then pain exploded through my body.I cried out and dropped to my knees.“Aria!”Kael rushed toward me.Kian grabbed his shoulder.“Wait.”“She’s in pain.”“I know.”My hands shook violently.My chest tightened.Something seemed to be moving beneath my skin.I gasped.“What is happening?”My fa

The chapel doors closed behind Adrian. For a moment, nobody moved. I looked at him, unable to reconcile the man standing in front of me with the dead man I’d been told about. “You were supposed to be dead.” Adrian’s eyes remained on me. “I know.” “Who told everyone you died?” He glanced at Marcus. “Ask him.” My gaze snapped toward my grandfather. Marcus smiled. “You’ve always been impatient, Aria.” “I’m tired of secrets.” “Then perhaps you should listen.” He turned toward the old altar. “Twenty years ago, your mother discovered that someone was using the packs to build an army.” My father’s face hardened. “Marcus.” “She found records,” Marcus continued. “Names. Alliances. Payments.” I frowned. “Payments for what?” “Protection.” Kael stepped forward. “From whom?” Marcus looked at him. “From humans who knew our kind existed.” The room went silent. I felt a chill. “You mean people outside the packs know about werewolves?” “Some do.” Kian’s expression darken

“It’s in three days.”Kael’s words seemed to echo through the library.I stared at the message carved into the table.COME BEFORE THE BLOOD MOON.“What’s supposed to happen during a Blood Moon?” I asked.Kian looked at Elias.Elias was already shaking his head.“We don’t know.”I frowned.“You keep saying that.”“Because there are things even I don’t understand.”Kael reached for the pendant.The moment his fingers touched it, he pulled his hand back.“What?”He looked at his palm.A faint red mark had appeared across it.I stared.“The same mark I had.”Kian grabbed his brother’s wrist.His expression changed.“Kael.”The mark disappeared.“What was that?” I asked.Kael looked at me.“I don’t know.”But I knew he was lying.“You’re hiding something.”“I’m trying to protect you.”“I’m tired of being protected.”Kian stepped between us.“Enough.”We both looked at him.He took a breath.“There is something we haven’t told you.”My stomach tightened.“Of course there is.”He ignored my

The next morning, I woke with one thought.Northvale.I had barely slept.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw my mother’s face in those old photographs.I remembered her smile.Her voice.The way she used to hold me when I was little.For years, I had believed she was gone.Now I had a reason to hope.And hope was terrifying.I got dressed quickly and met the twins downstairs.Kian was already waiting beside the SUV.Kael stood beside him, checking a map.Elias had packed enough supplies to make it look as though we were preparing for a month-long expedition.I stared at the bags.“Are we going to Northvale or moving there?”Kian laughed.“With everything we’ve discovered, I’m not taking chances.”Kael folded the map.“Northvale is several hours from here.”“How long?”“Four.”I sighed.“That’s a long drive.”Kian opened the passenger door.“You can sleep.”“I won’t.”“You will.”“I don’t.”He smiled.“Give it an hour.”I climbed inside.⸻The first hour passed quietly.The second was