Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alphas Second Chance Mate : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

The needle slid out of Elaris Veyne's arm, and the healer put a bandage over the small puncture wound."That was the last of it," the healer said, not meeting her eyes. "Now you may rest."Elaris nodded; though her head felt too heavy to even nod."Thank you," she murmured.The healer, an elderly woman named Sela who had healed Elaris so many times they could both not count anymore, did not step back at once. Instead, she tightened the bandage and held Elaris's wrist a little longer than necessary."Elaris," Sela's voice lowered to almost whisper. "This is the third donation this month.""Caedmon needed it.""I know, but—" Sela paused. "This is not the issue. Your body cannot produce more of what he takes from it. You are pale. Your pulse is weak. If you tried standing on your feet now, I would not be surprised if you fell."Elaris offered Sela a small tired smile. "I will not fall.""You say that every time.""And it is true every time." Elaris eased herself off the table, making su

Two healers helped Elaris to get on the extraction table where her body was trembling under the light medical gown. A third healer came closer with a tray full of medical tools on his face there was the look of concern."Lady Elaris," said the healer. "I need to tell you that last time before the procedure starts. Caedmon requires much more essence compared to previous donations you did. You are at a very high risk of losing this baby. It can also leave you extremely weak for weeks or even longer.""I know," Elaris said."You could change your mind. There is no way anyone could blame you for making other decision—""I am not changing my mind." There was the shake in her voice, but there was no hesitation in it. "Caedmon must live. Please, start the procedure."The healer looked at her for a moment more and nodded at her and other healers. "Prepare the line."Elaris shut her eyes as one of the healers took her arm and secured her in the position. Another healer made sure that the conne

Elaris’s POVThe heavy sheets of silk that covered the guest suite of the Alpha felt foreign upon my skin, every breath that I drew rasping against my throat as my weak body tried to heal from the essence extraction.Every inch of me felt empty, as though something essential had been taken from me and not returned.Sela crept quietly into the room and her black eyes looked worriedly at the pulse that was rapidly fading at my wrist. She furrowed her brow at the prolonged time her fingers stayed there, as if trying to feel something that was under my skin.“Elaris, your wolf is starving,” Sela spoke quietly, depositing a hot potion on my nightstand. “Since Caedmon cut off your connection to him, he has taken more than just your blood—your inner wolf refuses to repair itself.”“I see.” I glanced back at her. “Is the severing of the mate bond capable of doing this?”Sela was hesitant about replying. “The bond that was formed for many years will not simply vanish because one partner decide

Elaris’s POVMy blood turned cold where I stood in the dark hallway, listening to the sound of Caedmon’s rough voice break into the calm night air.“Open the gates!”The order reverberated across the castle grounds.My hand tightened on the wall.Several beats of my heart went by before I could make myself move.It had been weeks since I stopped thinking about the sound of his voice.Yet now just one phrase had pulled every single memory right out of me.The ward.The blood.The baby I had lost.His gaze when he had called me a murderer.And the time when he’d told me to go away.My wolf growled deep within me.“No,” I said aloud.Yet Caedmon was already here.He was healthy, strong, and perfectly fine – an example of what my sacrifice had done for him, even if he had thanked me for that gift with exile.Standing at the gates from my position in the hallway, I could see him there.There wasn’t anything weak in his stance.No sign of the illness that had previously kept him gasping for

Elaris’s POVShe glided into my room in a stalking manner, and her eyes scanned my bed in an arrogant way as her silken dress crunched against the cold ground. She looked at me like a queen, thinking that she could get everything done in her way from this palace.Her eyes moved to the blanket on my belly.And then gradually rose to my face.Some sort of discomfort started filling me.“Ah, so this is the broken stray that Averic got from the borders,” Virelle said and smirked at me.I stared at her.“Who are you?”She chuckled.“You don’t know?”“No.”Her smile grew.“That means you should ask Averic what I mean to him.”There was something in the way she called his name that made me feel strange.She wasn’t just familiar with him.She was sure she belonged there.I rose up straight regardless of my weakness, holding the sheet to my body and demanding who allowed her to enter these chambers.“This is the medical wing. You cannot just walk in here.”Virelle raised her head.“Actually, I