All Chapters of My Secret Alpha Mate : Chapter 31 - Chapter 39

Selin POVThe atmosphere changed the moment evening arrived. It's about to get dark anytime soon. I felt it.It wasn’t sudden. It crept in slowly, quietly, like something slipping beneath a locked door. The safe house had been calm all afternoon, almost unnaturally calm, but as the sun lowered behind the trees outside, the silence began to feel heavier.The kind that presses against your skin.Rain clouds had gathered sometime during the evening, turning the sky dark long before night fully arrived. Wind brushed softly against the cabin windows, carrying the scent of wet earth and distant pine through the cracks.I stood near the window with my arms folded tightly across my chest, staring outside without really seeing anything.Louve was probably losing her mind by now. I sighed quietly. I should have gone to her sooner. My apartment was destroyed, my phone was gone, and I had disappeared for almost an entire day after being attacked by panther shifters. If our situations were reverse

Louve POV Night had settled fully over the estate.Outside my bedroom window, the wind moved softly through the ancient trees surrounding the mansion grounds, carrying with it the distant sounds of wolves on patrol. The moon hung low above the forest, silver light spilling across the gardens below. For most people, the sight would have been peaceful. But for me, it wasn't. Not tonight.Too much had happened.Too many questions remained unanswered.And somewhere beyond these walls, panther shifters were searching for me. I glanced across the room. Selin sat curled up on the sofa near the fireplace, wrapped in a blanket one of the housemaids had brought her earlier. The flames danced across her face, highlighting the exhaustion she was trying so hard to hide. She looked tired. Not physically but emotionally. The kind of tiredness that settled deep in a person's bones. Neither of us spoke for a while. The silence wasn't uncomfortable. It never had been between us.Eventually, Selin brok

Austin POV I tried so hard to fall into my temporary death routine, but sleep never came. I gave up trying somewhere around two in the morning.The cabin was silent except for the occasional crackle from the fireplace and the distant sound of wind brushing through the trees outside.Normally, silence didn't bother me. But tonight it did, because I felt how uneasy I became. Because every time I closed my eyes, I saw the same thing.Selin walking through those gates.The Star Crox Dynamite Pack gates. The rival pack. The pack my family had spent years pretending didn't exist.I sat on the edge of the sofa, staring into the darkness. My coffee had long gone cold because I didn't touch it.My wolf was restless. And when my wolf became restless for no reason, I had learned to pay attention.Something was wrong. I just didn't know what it was yet. I leaned forward and rubbed a hand across my face. The whole thing made no sense. Selin wasn't from pack society. At least, that was what I had

Louve POVThe moment the alarm sounded, I was already awake. Not because I heard it first. Because my wolf had already risen inside me, pressing against my skin like something old and furious demanding to be let out. I had been lying in bed staring at the ceiling for two hours, listening to the mansion settle around me, listening to the distant patrol movements, listening to the particular quality of the night that told me something was wrong even before the alarm confirmed it. When the horn sounded from the northern watch post, I was already out of bed and reaching for my jacket.The corridor was chaos by the time I stepped into it. Guards moving in both directions. Two of the pack warriors running toward the outer gates, one pulling on his armor. The house attendants had sealed the interior doors. I could hear voices from downstairs; organized, controlled, but quick with urgency. Elina appeared from the end of the corridor. She looked at me and immediately knew I was already ahead o