All Chapters of THE ALPHA’S BROKEN MATE: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

AthenaI tugged at my collar, my head dizzy, everything around me tilted sideways, the heat was growing, which was practically speaking impossible within these four words.“Greetings Your highness” a voice greeted and sauntered off, I could barely make out who it was, my senses were getting duller, I stumbled on something and felt myself next to a wall, my body got stuck to it, relaxing for barely a minute on the coolness before that uncomfortable feeling came back.I resumed my journey, I had to get to my room, at least while I still had my senses intact.I dragged my feet across the long halls, different scents wafted through my nose all at once, booze, sweat, lilacs, honey, cheese, what the hell was going on.The first layer of my cloth fell off, I felt better, I caught a door by the corner of my eyes, enter first, consequences later.The door clicked immediately I stumbled in, the noise drowned out, gone - an effect of these walls.I dragged my feet to what looked like an impossib

Athena“At least, the moon goddess could have mated me to someone easier to keep around, maybe as a mistress. But with her no way” he said distastefully. I staggered back, everything from the previous night flashing through my thoughts, years of pain and humiliation came crashing down.He was like them, they were all the same, I could hear a sharp ringing across my ears. I swung the door open, forcing myself steady, my gaze falling on my supposed mate who suddenly looked unappealing. “You— did you hear anything just now?” The one beside him asked nervously, panic written across his face. “Why?” I sneered, “anything in particular I shouldn't hear?”“So, you did.” Rowan muttered, his expression remained the same, empty. My nails dug into my palms, father's teaching surfaced, “Never let them see you fall, Athena, remain strong.” He'd always stay. I bit my lips to stop it from quivering, “I have one question Rowan, Why?” “How dare—” “Lake” he intercepted, stopping him. I chuckled

Athena“Useless”“She's a disgrace to the royal family,”“A wolf less hybrid” “She caused the death of her mother.”“A curse.”“A fat one.”Nameless faces whispered around me, drowning me in their curses.“No, No, I didn't, I'm not” I protested weakly against the sea of voices drowning out mine. “She doesn't deserve to be a princess. Relying on daddy's favour,” another voice sneered “Brother's little pet.” Another giggled “Weak,”“No, no, I'm not, I'm not” I whispered, my heart clenching, tears pooling in my heart.“Murderer, she murdered her mother.” The voices increased.“No. No. No,” I screamed, my eyes blinked open. I winced at the bright light, adjusting to it as I stood, I was still in Ethan's room. The soreness from down there had reduced but it was still there, a shameful reminder, I must have slept off. “Here, take.” Ethan handed me a cup, I gulped down the contents, feeling a warmth creep up my heart, “another nightmare?” He asked. “Yeah. But I'm fine.”“Are you sur

Of all the things my daughter could have said.Of all the moments for her mouth to work faster than her brain.“Amara.” My voice came out steady, which was a miracle considering my heart was doing something violent inside my chest. “Go back to Dami.”“But I’m hungry—”“I’ll get you something in a minute. Go.”She looked between me and him one more time, those silver eyes — his eyes, god, his eyes — narrowing slightly like she was filing something away for later. Then she turned and padded back through the door.The room felt smaller after she left.I didn’t turn around. Stood there facing the back door for a second longer than I needed to, just breathing, just trying to get my face right before I had to look at him again.When I turned he was still standing exactly where he’d been. But something had shifted. The controlled, cold thing he’d walked in wearing was gone. He looked like someone had hit him with both hands.Good.No. Not good. Nothing about this was good.“How old.” His voi

RowanLake wouldn’t stop talking.That was the thing about him, he filled silence like it personally offended him, and the drive back from the human quarter had been forty minutes of him cycling through every possible angle of what had just happened while I sat in the passenger seat and said nothing.“—five years old, which means she was already pregnant when she left, which means you’ve had a daughter for five years and didn’t know, which means—”“Lake.”“—the curse, Rowan, a child changes everything about the curse timeline, we need to contact the witch again because if the child carries Silverthorne blood then maybe—”“Lake.”He stopped.“Drive.” I said.He drove.I leaned my head back and closed my eyes and tried to do something useful with the thing sitting in the middle of my chest. It wasn’t anger. I’d expected anger, had braced for it the entire drive to the human quarter, told myself I was going to feel nothing, handle it clean, bring her back, done.Then a small person with