All Chapters of The Sleeping Alpha’s Mate: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

ISADORA'S POVI was halfway through the next batch of household records when a particular entry made me stop.I read it once, then went back to the previous page and checked the date again. A shipment of medical supplies had been expected for the pack healers two days ago, and according to the records, it had already been received in full.That should have been reassuring.Instead, I frowned.I remembered the shipment because the healers had specifically requested several of those supplies before the family hunt. Some of their basic medicines and treatment materials were running low, and because receiving and distributing the household's supplies fell under my responsibilities, I had made sure the order was sent out before everyone became occupied with the hunt.Yet the healers were still waiting.I pulled the inventory sheet closer and checked the quantities again, expecting to find an error somewhere in the figures.There was none.Everything had been recorded as though the shipment

ISADORA'S POVThe more I thought about Alpha Jameson, the less sense everything made.I had seen him being carried down the stairs the previous day, his wife crying behind him while the Beta struggled to keep him upright, and even though I had been too shocked to understand what I was looking at properly at the time, one thing had stayed in my mind.His wounds.They weren't healing.I didn't know how quickly burns were supposed to heal, but I knew enough to understand that something wasn't right. The way the healer had looked at him yesterday had also stayed with me. There had been something in his expression that made me feel as though he knew more than everyone else was saying.So I decided to see him.The only problem was that I couldn't simply leave the packhouse whenever I wanted.Caelen's house arrest order was still in place, and I had no intention of asking him for permission when I wasn't even sure what answer he would give me. That left me with Helena, and after I explained

ISADORA'S POVI stared at him for a moment. That was such an unexpected thought, but the fact that he had actually considered whether I would like the cake made my chest flutter.“Thank you. I'll get going now.”“You're welcome.”I glanced at the box again, then back at him. “On second thought, I owe you a treat next time.”“I'll hold you to that.”I smiled before turning toward the car.The mousse cake didn't survive the drive home.I ate it slowly in the back seat, taking another bite whenever I remembered how unexpectedly thoughtful Adrian had been. By the time we reached the packhouse, there was barely anything left, and I found myself smiling before I had even stepped out of the car.I carried the mystery cake and the chocolate bread upstairs along with Lily's toy.I found Lily with Ellie in the room, and the moment she heard me enter, she turned around.“Mummy!”She ran toward me, and I immediately held out the toy.“This is for you.”Her eyes widened as she took it from me with

ISADORA'S POVI didn't say anything after Caelen asked how I had managed to leave the packhouse. I simply looked at him, wondering whether there was any point in explaining myself again when we had already gone over the same matter enough times. I had a life outside these walls, whether he liked it or not, and being placed under house arrest hadn't somehow erased every obligation or connection I had outside the packhouse. Before either of us could continue, however, the door opened and Luna Iris walked in with a folder tucked beneath her arm.She stopped when she noticed everyone in the room, her eyes briefly settling on Seraphina lying unconscious on the bed before moving to Caelen and finally to me. She didn't ask what had happened, and I was grateful for that. There was already enough tension in the room without having to explain why Seraphina had ended up unconscious after taking a cake that wasn't hers. Whatever had brought Iris here appeared to be important enough that she wasn'

ISADORA'S POVMy mother's letter remained on the desk long after I finished reading it.I already read it a couple times, but there was no point reading it another time. The words were not going to change simply because I hated what they said.She was coming, and as much as I hated that and wanted to scratch my face off for it, I couldn't do anything other than seeth.Every children either had trauma of clowns and the monster under their bed, but mine, mine has always been my mother.My entire family.She had accepted Luna Iris's invitation to the mating ceremony for reason I suspected and apparently, that wasn't enough. She wanted to arrive and see that I've done what she sent me here to do. It wasn't like it was even part of the agreement. It was her own selfish reason for doing so.I rubbed my thumb over the edge of the paper, I then folded it letter and slipped it into the drawer.My brother was not the problem.My mother was.I knew exactly what would happen if she came here an