All Chapters of The Alpha’s Chosen Mate: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Gracie didn't understand why she had asked that question.With Henry's silence, even though she could see his face in the shadows filling the room, she realized that her question had been, to say the least, strange. Why did she care about his private life? They barely knew each other... they were together merely by chance.Gracie remembered Henry when he had joined the main pack, when she and her father had attended the coronation ceremony of the new Supreme Alpha. Henry and the others had sworn loyalty and vowed to give their lives for their Alpha.Henry had been so young.She had been nothing more than a girl.Now he was a man, and she was already old enough to marry."I don't have a mate."His voice revealed no emotion whatsoever. Gracie couldn't tell whether this was something he was pleased about or something that saddened him.Perhaps he was simply indifferent to it."How did you learn the art of archery? As far as I know, females aren't taught to fight. It's the duty of their f

Gracie and Henry did not speak again that night, and in the morning, they managed to buy a horse. The man who had taken their horse was impossible to find, and Gracie felt like an innocent fool. Fortunately, Henry acted as though it did not matter.As they rode along the road toward Blackburn, they were surprised to come across around two hundred men wearing the colors of the Windsor Clan, red. There was also dark blue among them, and she did not recognize which clan it belonged to, but they were not launching an offensive against the castle.They were not carrying the war banner, which was the black wolf baring its fangs.Every clan at war carried the banner, which was a prelude to war.Gracie jumped off the horse when she realized she was going to be caught. She had not imagined that news of what had happened to the Alpha would reach Blackburn before she did.The moment her feet touched the ground, she ran into the forest, running as far as she could."Gracie!"She heard Henry's voi

When Henry moved his lips, forming those words for Gracie, he was happy to realize that even though he had not made a sound, she had understood him. And it was obvious that she had. Immediately, her face seemed to soften. Before, her brow had been furrowed and her expression one of hopelessness. Now, something had lit up in her face. Henry wanted to believe it was because of what he had promised her.Because yes, it was a promise. Gracie would be fine, even if it wasn't in the way she had expected."Mr. Taylor?"Henry turned his head to his right, unable to believe that he had been so absorbed in his thoughts about Gracie that he hadn't noticed Callum riding beside him."Callum.""I just wanted to say that we'll do everything we can to resolve things for the Supreme Alpha. As you know, he's my fiancée's cousin, and he has my loyalty. Not only because of that, of course. He's the Supreme Alpha, and he has my unconditional loyalty."Henry looked at the boy's young face. How old could he

Gracie looked at Henry's worried expression. She knew what he was thinking about her plans to escape. Most likely, he believed she wouldn't survive, that leaving the Island would be far too dangerous for her as a woman. That was typical of wolves—they were naturally overprotective and couldn't understand how women could take care of themselves without them.She looked deep into those shimmering green eyes."Don't do that."Henry blinked, not understanding what she meant."Don't try to stop me from following my own path just because you assume I'm incapable of protecting myself."Henry sighed."You're not helpless, Gracie," he replied, and stepped away.. . . James entered his room supported by servants, with Lina following closely behind him. When he entered his chambers, everything was exactly as it had been.The enormous mahogany bed, the wall covered with his collection of knives, swords, and every kind of weapon he used to wield. The room was square and sparsely decorated, with a

Thomas felt the wagon come to an abrupt stop, as if something had broken. Then he caught a very familiar scent. Even though he was chained and poorly fed, his heightened wolf senses recognized those scents. Leon, Derek, Dimitri, and another, more delicate scent—it belonged to a woman.They weren't very far from the wagon. He began paying attention to the sounds outside. Someone was complaining about the broken wheel. Suddenly, he heard a woman's voice and felt her scent getting closer and closer. She was approaching them.Thomas knew it wasn't a full moon, but his brothers were trying to rescue him.Even though he felt weak, he tried to stay awake. Lately, he had been spending more time unconscious than awake. Ever since what he had done at his captor's castle, he had been a fool. He should have simply escaped, but instead, he had wanted revenge on the man. And that had been his mistake.Derek watched as Jade joined Habib's men. Leon and Dimitri were waking up, and he quickly told the