All Chapters of The Mate Who KIlled Her Family: Chapter 61 - Chapter 64

Chapter 61KADESilas came back down the ladder with Pell and two scouts behind him. He was talking before his boots hit the dirt."We'll start with the riverbank," he said. "If he went out this way, the mud should—"He stopped.I was still kneeling by the iron ring with the lamp in my hand. I didn't say anything. I just held the light close to the stone and moved aside so he could see.He bent down. He looked at the tiny scratched letters for a long time.NOT GARRETT.Pell let out a low whistle behind us. "Moon above. Did the omega do that?""Yes," I said.Silas didn't speak. His face was very still in the lamplight. He reached out and touched the letters with one finger, slowly, like he was reading them with his skin.Then he stood up and let out a long breath."Well," he said quietly. "That changes things.""It changes everything." I got up. My knees cracked. "Garrett didn't do this. Krystal is telling us. Garrett didn't do any of it.""Or," Silas said carefully, "Garrett didn't do

Chapter 63ELENA "Heels down," Lucien said. "Sit back. Let her move under you. Don't fight her."I was sitting on top of a tall brown mare in the paddock behind the stables, holding the reins so tight my knuckles were white. The horse was gentle. Her name was Clover. She was the oldest, slowest horse in the whole pack. But from up here, the ground looked very far away."I'm going to fall," I said."You're not going to fall." Lucien walked beside us with one hand resting on Clover's neck. "And if you do, I'll catch you."He said it like it was simple. Like there was no question about it at all.I let out a breath and loosened my grip on the reins, just a little. Clover kept walking in her slow, steady circle around the paddock. After a while, my shoulders came down from my ears. After a little longer, I stopped feeling like I was about to slide off."There," Lucien said, smiling up at me. "You see? You're a natu