Alpha's STOLEN Mate (by Abigail Hayes) novel Chapter 149

Chapter 149

The scalpet’s alger bean to frox-Anst red, then purple, has a viewing the ha res mentenint a

to the brought it com to my does something impossible happened & line appered in the ar done my beat tardiven

stimming beatinakngy beautiful the mats fond, mate volle trong ng

Zam

I stand at it, sanotused the bond pulsed with life, with memes-tants stagh when I was weak, his preston when I was wukaraba, tous ce moments of gemine commestry terve exepting went to hell Despite evening he i fone, despire Bowen and

the betaal and the pai

He’s still pan of me

And I didn’t want to lose then the like the fut at the tauts of this muse

Tho, I winstesed. The house O

1 chasted agates the restants with ging in the lete or in my viss and ankles, drawing but the site dans butted dager, leaving bisseling wounds. But I don’t stop, coildn’t stop-

Such spider Morges laughes, pressing the growing scalpel doser to the sile bond Baltimate jule This will only but fir a moment, and then will be fee, Free of tum Free to become what you wese always meant to be mine

The Dade descate, its fde de nee ices from seeing the simmering TEST-

The door burst f

One of Morgatti’s servants stambled in, his expression panicked Vistess Margatal We have intrades Simeone’s treated the

Comments

61

Write Comments

<SHARE

2/2

19:42 Wed, Jan 14

Alpha’s STOLEN Mate

Chapter 149

Rowan

79

Morgath’s lair was a maze designed to disorient and confuse-sterile white walls pulsing with magical energy, doorways leading to

impossible spaces, corridors bending geometry in ways that shouldn’t exist. The air itself vibrated with raw power, making my skin crawl as 1 navigated deeper.

This isn’t just a hideout. It’s a fortress.

I’d tracked Morgath here through desperation and old location-tracking spells she’d taught me. Finding her was simple. Getting her to

negotiate? That would be the challenge.

I had to try. Not because of Kaius’s threat-I’ll slaughter every single Elder-though he’d certainly meant it. No, it was something else.

A pulse of magic guided me toward the center. The walls shimmered, and suddenly I stood in an opulent receiving room-dark woods and plush furniture, utterly at odds with the clinical whiteness outside.

Morgath sat waiting, still wearing that ridiculous golden mask. As if I didn’t know what lay beneath.

“Morgath!” I stormed forward, my fury overriding caution. “Have you lost your fucking mind?! Capturing Elowen NOW? Without consulting me? I specifically said I’d give you the signal when the time was right!”

Morgath rose gracefully, her movements fluid despite her age. She reached up and removed the mask, revealing the face beneath-a landscape of scar tissue and burns, the remnants of beauty buried under decades of hatred and pain.

“Elder Rowan,” she said with mocking courtesy. “Perhaps you’re the one who’s confused. I’ve been waiting for your signal for weeks. Weeks.” Her scarred lips twisted into something approximating a smile. “And I’ve watched you become more and more distracted by that strapping young Alpha King. Tell me, how much longer should I wait while you play house with your toy?”

Heat flooded my face. “My relationship with Kaius is purely strategic! I need time to-*

“Time?” Morgath laughed, the sound bitter and sharp. “My plans don’t run on your convenience, Rowan. I don’t have the luxury of waiting while you fuck your way through some midlife crisis!”

“You don’t understand!” I advanced on her, my hands clenched into fists. “Your actions will destroy everything I’ve worked for! When Elowen becomes your pet, Kaius will turn on me completely. He’ll know I was involved. Our alliance will shatter, and I’ll lose the legitimacy I’ve built with the other Alphas!” My voice rose. “We’ll be enemies again-openly at war. Everything I’ve sacrificed, all my planning-wasted!”

Morgath’s expression shifted to something almost pitying. “God, Rowan. You’re what, five hundred years old? Don’t tell me you’ve actually fallen in love with the boy.”

*FUCK NO!” The denial exploded from me too quickly, too vehemently. “I’m using him! Soon he’ll be my puppet-completely under my

1/2

19:42 Wed, Jan 14

Chapter 149

:

70

control. And through him, the Elders will truly rule all the packs!” I forced myself to calm down, to sound rational. “When that happens,

you can have all the test subjects you want. I’ll deliver them to you on a silver platter. But now? It’s too soon. He’s not ready. I’m not

ready-”

“Is that really why?” Morgath cut me off, studying my face with those sharp, knowing eyes. “Or is it because you haven’t been able to

break him? Despite all your tricks, all your seductions, he still thinks of her. Dreams of her. Reaches for her through that pathetic mate

bond.” She tilted her head. “How frustrating that must be for you.”

The words struck too close to truth. Images flashed through my mind-Kaius’s eyes going distant when he thought I wasn’t looking, the way he’d pull away after sex, how he’d never, not once, called me by name in the throes of passion.

Because he’s thinking of her. Always her.

“Just give me more time!” I hated the desperation creeping into my voice. “I can make him submit!”

Morgath replaced her mask with slow deliberation. “I’ve already begun Elowen’s transformation. The process is irreversible.” Her voice dropped to something cold and final. “As for your precious Kaius-if he can’t be brought to heel properly, I’ll transform him too. Imagine it, Rowan. Your perfect pet Alpha King, completely obedient, eternally devoted. Isn’t that what you really want?”

all “NO!” The word tore from my throat. “God, that’s not- You can’t- That’s not real power! It’s a pathetic illusion!” I was shouting now, pretense of control abandoned. “False submission, false love, false loyalty-it’s all meaningless! Don’t you understand how tragic that is?!”

Morgath began pacing, her movements eerily graceful. “False? False?” She laughed. “What in this world is real, Rowan? Tell me. Love? Ha! Loyalty? Even more laughable. Everything is illusion. Everything is manipulation.” She stopped, turning to face me fully. “At least I’m

honest about it.”

She wasn’t always like this.

Comments

1

Write Comments

<SHARE

2/2

19:42 Wed, Jan 14

Alpha’s STOLEN Mate