Todos os capítulos de Replacing my Ex: The Matriarch’s Revenge: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

Chapter 41The wind blew cold across the high open fields as we ran down the rocky path toward Oak Wood Fortress. The heavy grey walls of the fortress loomed large against the night sky, illuminated only by a few scattered torches flickering along the high battlements. Everything looked calm from a distance, but I knew the darkness hiding beneath the treeline was packed with the Iron King's deadly advance troops."Faster!" I called back to Thomas and Elena, my boots pounding rhythmically against the frozen dirt path. "If those scouts reach the perimeter wall before we give the alarm, the iron gates won't matter at all!"We reached the outer wooden ditch surrounding the southern approach within ten minutes. High above on the wooden watchtower, a guard suddenly raised a horn to his lips as he spotted three figures sprinting out from the shadowy tree line."Halt! Who goes there?" a loud voice shouted down from the watchtower deck. The sharp thrum of a heavy defensive ballista string tigh

Chapter 44"You are late," the old woman said.She did not even look up from her book. She was sitting at a small wooden desk in the middle of a dusty room full of shelves. Candles burned everywhere, and the air smelled of old paper and wax. Maren was tiny, with white hair like a cloud and glasses that made her eyes look huge."Late for what?" Thomas asked."For what happened last night. I heard the horns. I heard the screaming." She turned a page. "I have been waiting for someone to come and ask me about the star."I stopped in the doorway. "How do you know about the star?""Because I am old, boy, and I am not stupid." She finally looked at me. Her eyes went straight to my chest. "Show me."She walked around me in a slow circle, like a cat looking at a mouse. Thomas tried to say something, and she lifted one finger. He closed his mouth at once. I had never seen Thomas obey anyone so fast.I pulled out the pendant. Maren stood up slowly, and her chair creaked. She walked toward me, an

Chapter 43 "You are not going out there," Captain Vane said. "That is final.""With respect, Captain, he asked for me," I said. "If I do not go, he will attack again, and he will say it was my fault.""It will be a trick!" Thomas said. He was sitting on a barrel while a healer wrapped his arm. "They will wait until Arthur is outside, and then pull him onto a horse and ride away.""Then I will not stand too close," I said."He wants you alive," Elena said quietly. "We heard it from the commander in the tunnel. The Iron King wants Arthur alive. So it is safe for him to stand there. It is not safe for us."Vane rubbed his tired eyes. He looked ten years older than he had the day before. "I hate this. But Elena is right. If he wants you alive, then you are the one person he will not hurt today.""Lucky me," I said.I tried to joke, but my hands were cold. I had not slept at all. My arm still hurt from the cave wall, a

Chapter 47 "I did not want to do it," Hale said. His hands were shaking, and they were covered in dirt. "Please, Arthur, you must believe me.""Then tell me why you did," I said. I kept my sword up. My heart was pounding so hard that it hurt. "Four guards are dead because of you. Good men. Men who trusted you.""I know." He covered his face with his dirty hands. "I know, and I will see their faces until the day I die."The stable was very quiet. A horse stamped its foot in the dark. Outside, I heard soldiers walking along the wall, and I knew they were looking for a different kind of enemy."Talk," I said.Hale took a deep breath. "It started two months ago. A man came to the fortress at night. He was wearing a grey cloak, and he never showed me his face. He gave me a letter. It was from my wife.""Your wife?" I said. "Hale, your wife lives in the southern town of Marrow Bridge.""She did." His voice cracked. "The

Chapter 49 "Do you hear that?" Thomas whispered.It was the middle of the night. I woke up with a start, and for a moment, I did not know where I was. The fire had burned down to red coals. Snow whispered against the hut door. Everything was very still.Then I heard it too. A low, long sound, far away, rising and falling like a song. It was the howl of a wolf. And then a second howl answered it, and then a third."Those are not ordinary wolves," Maren said. She was sitting up in her blanket, wide awake, her tiny face tight with worry. "They are Ashen Wolves. The Iron King breeds them. He uses them to hunt prisoners.""Draven's scouts," Elena said. She was already out of bed with her bow in her hand. "They found our trail.""How many?" I asked."Listen." Maren held up a finger. We held our breath. I counted six different howls, then eight, then ten."Ten wolves," Thomas said. "Ten! I never signed up for ten!"