All Chapters of Two Alphas One Mate: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

For several seconds, nobody spoke.I stared at Elias.“You’re saying my father needs me to open some kind of gate?”“Yes.”“What is behind it?”Elias looked toward the dark forest.“Something your mother spent twenty years trying to keep sealed.”Kael stepped closer.“Then we’re not going to Northvale.”I turned toward him.“Yes, we are.”“Aria—”“My mother went there. My father went there. Marcus went there. Everyone seems to know something except me.”I tightened my grip around the pendant.“I’m going.”Kian sighed.“I knew you’d say that.”Kael looked at his brother.“And you’re agreeing?”“I’m not agreeing. I’m accepting that she’s going whether we like it or not.”I almost smiled.Then Elias spoke.“There’s something else.”I looked at him.“What?”“The gate doesn’t open for just anyone.”“What does it need?”He looked at me.“Your blood.”My smile disappeared.“Mine?”“Yes.”Kael’s expression hardened.“Then we’re definitely not letting anyone near her.”Elias nodded.“That’s wh

I couldn’t breathe.It was enormous.Its body was covered in dark, matted fur, but it stood on two legs like a man. Its shoulders were broader than any wolf I’d ever imagined, and its eyes glowed an unnatural silver.For several seconds, nobody moved.Then it looked directly at me.My wolf stirred.Mate.The word echoed inside my mind.I stumbled backward.“No.”Kael caught me.“Aria?”“It knows me.”Kian stepped in front of us.“Stay behind us.”The creature tilted its head.Then it spoke.“Isabella’s daughter.”My blood ran cold.It could speak.My father stepped forward.“How do you know her?”The creature’s silver eyes shifted toward him.“Because I knew her mother.”My father’s face went pale.“Where is Isabella?”The creature smiled.“Still asking the wrong question.”I swallowed.“Then I’ll ask it.”Everyone turned toward me.I stepped out from behind Kael.“Where is my mother?”The creature stared at me for a long moment.Then it answered.“Alive.”The word shattered me.My kn

My mother’s warning echoed through my mind.Don’t let him touch you.I stared at Marcus through the shimmering gate.He stood only a few feet away, yet something about him felt different in this place.The confidence he’d carried outside the gate was gone.His eyes moved across the strange landscape before settling on my mother.“Isabella.”My mother stepped in front of me.“Stay away from my daughter.”Marcus smiled coldly.“After twenty years, you’re still protecting her.”“That’s what mothers do.”His expression hardened.“You don’t understand what she is.”My mother glanced at me.“She knows enough.”“No,” Marcus replied. “She knows nothing.”Kael stepped forward.“Then why don’t you tell her?”Marcus looked at him.“You should be careful, Alpha.”Kael didn’t move.“I’ve heard enough threats.”Kian stood beside his brother.“Neither of us is afraid of you.”Marcus laughed softly.“You should be.”My mother suddenly grabbed my hand.“Aria, we need to leave.”“Where?”“Inside the ho

The silver light beneath our feet grew brighter.I tightened my grip around the Moonstone.“What did you mean when you said something else was coming through with us?”The creature’s warning echoed in my head.Kael looked at the circle of light.“I don’t know.”Kian stepped closer.“Whatever it is, we’ll deal with it.”The ground trembled.The silver light rose around us.For one terrifying second, I couldn’t see anything.Then—we were back.I stumbled forward and Kael caught me.The forest was exactly where we’d left it.But something was wrong.The air felt heavier.Colder.Kian looked around.“Where’s Elias?”I froze.He was gone.We had left him beside the ruins.Now there was no sign of him.“Maybe he went after us,” I said.Kael shook his head.“He would have told us.”A branch snapped behind us.We turned.Nothing.Then another sound came from the trees.Footsteps.Slow.Approaching.Kael immediately moved in front of me.Kian stood beside him.“Who’s there?”No answer.The fo

My breath caught.Grandfather.But that was impossible.Marcus was already trapped on the other side of the gate.I looked at Elias.His face had gone completely pale.“You know him.”Elias didn’t answer.Kael stepped closer to me.“Aria, stay behind us.”I couldn’t move.The man standing among the trees looked exactly like Marcus.Same face.Same eyes.Same voice.But something was different.This man looked younger.Stronger.And far more dangerous.He smiled at me.“You’re wondering how there can be two of me.”I swallowed.“Yes.”He stepped into the moonlight.“The man you know as Marcus is my son.”Silence.My mind struggled to process the words.“Your… son?”He nodded.“I am the original Marcus Blackwood.”Kian’s expression hardened.“Then who is the man in Northvale?”The stranger smiled.“My son.”Kael frowned.“Why does he look exactly like you?”“Because he was created to.”My stomach dropped.“Created?”The man looked at me.“Your grandfather didn’t disappear twenty years a