Alpha's STOLEN Mate (by Abigail Hayes) novel Chapter 134

Chapter 134

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The journey back to Kaius’s territory passed in a blur of rage. My wolf pushed harder than necessary, branches whipping past, the landscape blending into meaningless shapes as one thought consumed me:

How dare he hurt her?

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I didn’t know the specifics of what had happened. The timeline was a confusing mess-Elowen’s rescue mission, the execution, whatever transpired at the Sacred Grounds. But I knew one critical fact with absolute certainty:

Kaius was alive and whole. And Elowen was devastated.

That fucking Alpha King. After everything she risked for him. How could he?

I shifted back to human form as I reached the castle gates, barely acknowledging the guards who greeted me. Pack members called out welcomes, their faces bright with relief at my return, but I stormed past them all with singular purpose.

The office. He’ll be in the office.

I burst through the door without knocking. Empty.

His chambers then.

I took the stairs three at a time, my fist already clenched. But his private rooms were vacant as well, the bed neatly made, no sign of

recent occupation.

Where the fuck is he?

I was about to expand my search when I passed the castle library-a room Kaius rarely used, preferring to conduct his reading in private. Through the heavy oak doors, I heard it:

A woman’s laughter. Sultry, provocative, far too intimate for any professional interaction.

And beneath it, Kaius’s low voice, warm with amusement.

My blood turned to ice, then immediately boiled over.

I shoved the doors open hard enough to make them crack against the walls.

A woman was just leaving, brushing past me with a knowing smile. Even in my peripheral vision-because my eyes were locked straight ahead-I registered her appearance: enormous breasts barely contained by her low-cut top, shorts so short they might as well not exist,

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lips painted blood-red.

A fucking courtesan. Or close enough.

And there, standing in the middle of the library with a book in his hands, was Kaius. His expression shifted from surprise to see me, to recognition, to something that looked almost like… relief?

Then my fist connected with his face.

The punch carried every ounce of my fury. Kaius’s head snapped back, the book flying from his hands as he crashed to the floor. Blood burst from his split lip, spattering across the ancient carpet.

I was on him in an instant, grabbing his collar and hauling him up just enough to land another blow. Then another. My knuckles split against his cheekbone, our blood mingling.

“What the FUCK was that?!” I roared, punctuating each word with violence. “Who was that woman?! Do you have any idea what you’re

doing?!”

Kaius didn’t fight back. Didn’t block. Didn’t even try to defend himself.

Instead, he just… smiled. A small, sad smile as blood dripped from his mouth onto his expensive shirt.

“Hit me as much as you need to,” he said quietly. “I won’t explain until you’re calm.”

y to break his perfect nose-but something in his complete acceptance stopped me. He wasn’t resisting out of etting me do this. Offering himself as a target for my rage because he knew he deserved it.

ong with him?

dn’t dissipate, but it cooled enough that I released his collar and slumped backward onto the floor beside him. My hands were from adrenaline, from shock at what I’d just done.

I hit the Alpha King. I attacked my own Alpha. That’s execution-worthy in most packs.

Kaius remained sitting on the floor rather than standing to reassert his dominance. He wiped blood from his mouth with the back of his hand, his voice carefully neutral. “You saw Elowen? Is she alright?”

“None of your fucking business!” The words burst out of me. “From what I understand, she’s done with you. She’s not coming back to this pack. She wants nothing to do with you!”

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