บททั้งหมดของ The Alpha's Vengeful Heiress : บทที่ 61 - บทที่ 70

CHAPTER 62SERA POVI kept staring at the photograph long after I had memorized every detail of it.My father's study had been empty when I last saw it.I remembered the room because I had spent years trying not to remember it. The heavy desk stood beneath the tall window, the bookshelves covered the back wall, and Father's chair had always faced the door because he disliked being approached from behind. There had been a small brass lamp beside his papers, a dark green rug beneath the desk, and a crack in the wooden floor near the fireplace that he had promised to repair but never did.Now someone was sitting behind that same desk.The photograph had been taken recently.That meant someone had entered the room after it was sealed.Kade folded the photograph and slipped it into his pocket.“We're going to Silvermoon.”My head snapped toward him.“My father's study is in Silvermoon.”“I know.”“And whoever sent this wants us there before midnight.”“I know that too.”I looked toward the

CHAPTER 64KADE POVThe man standing outside the hidden room wore my father's ring.For one terrible second, I forgot how to breathe.The ring was unmistakable. A thick silver band with a dark stone set into the center, worn smooth around the edges from years of use. I had watched my father turn it around his finger whenever he was thinking, especially when he was angry and trying not to show it.I had buried that ring with him.I knew I had.Or at least, I thought I had.The man stepped through the doorway.He was not my father.He was younger by several years, with a narrow face and a scar running from his temple toward his ear. His hair was dark, streaked with gray near the sides, and his clothes were plain enough that he could have passed for a guard if not for the weapon in his hand.But the ring belonged to my father.My hand tightened around my gun.“Take one more step and I'll shoot.”The man stopped.His eyes moved from me to Sera.Then to Elias.“I expected you to recognize

CHAPTER 66KADE POV“Sera.”The voice came again from somewhere beyond the study.Sera's fingers closed around my sleeve.I turned toward the sound, keeping one hand on my gun while the other found hers in the darkness.“Stay with me.”“I am.”Her voice was steady, but I could feel the tension in her hand.I moved slowly toward the doorway, listening for footsteps.Nothing.Then a soft scrape came from the far side of the room.I raised my gun.“Who's there?”No answer came.Sera stepped closer.“Kade, don't.”I stopped.“What?”“She called my name.”“I heard her.”“No, I mean the voice.”She swallowed.“I know it.”Before I could ask who it belonged to, a small light appeared beneath the old desk.Someone had left a lantern there.Its flame gave us just enough light to see the room again.And standing beside the window was a woman.She was dressed in a dark coat, her gray hair tied at the back of her head. She held both hands where we could see them, and there was no weapon in sight.

CHAPTER 68SERA POVI stared at Helena as if I had stopped understanding the words she was saying.“But they didn't.”Her voice remained calm, although her face had lost the color it had carried only moments ago.I tightened my fingers around Kade's hand.“What do you mean?”Helena looked at me for several seconds before answering.“I mean the Council believed they executed your father, but they never confirmed the body.”The relief I felt was almost worse than the fear.My mind went straight back to that day.The crowd.The guards.My father's hands tied behind him.The blade.His face.I had seen him fall.I had heard people around me crying.I had watched the blood spread across his clothes.“You're lying.”“I am not.”“I saw him die.”“I know what you saw.”“No, you don't.”My voice shook despite my effort to control it.“I was there.”Helena stepped closer.“I know.”“Then don't stand there and tell me it wasn't him.”“I am not saying you imagined it.”“Then what are you saying?”

CHAPTER 70SERA POVMy father's grave had been opened three days ago.I kept reading the sentence until the words stopped looking like words.Kade took the letter from my hand and read it again.“Who told you that?” I asked Adrian.“The men who took the box.”“What did they say about the grave?”“They said the letters were hidden there.”I looked toward the road.“Then why would they need the letters if they already had the box?”Adrian shook his head.“They didn't know what was inside the box. They were looking for anything Mathis had left behind.”That made sense.For once, it was one problem instead of ten.Someone had searched my father's old hiding places, found the box at the warehouse, and taken it because they believed it contained something important.The grave was simply their next stop.Kade folded the letter and put it inside his coat.“We're going there.”I nodded.Adrian tried to stand on his own, but his knees gave way.Kade caught him before he hit the ground.“You're