Alpha's STOLEN Mate (by Abigail Hayes) novel Chapter 186

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Chapter 186

Something in me snapped.

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I slapped the dagger from his hand so hard it went flying, embedding itself in a nearby tree.

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“Fuck the dagger!” I snarled. “That’s too quick. Too easy. Too merciful.” White flames began flickering along my arms-not healing light, but something else. Something that burned. “I’m going to roast him alive. Slowly. And before he dies, I’ll use that blade to wake him up- make him fully conscious and aware of what he’s done. Let him feel every ounce of guilt and horror. And then I’ll let the flames finish

him.”

Frost stirred, his eyes cracking open. Despite his wounds being healed, he still looked utterly exhausted-pale and weak, like his life force had been drained. He reached out, fingers catching the edge of my jacket.

“Elowen, he gasped. “That golden wolf-it wasn’t-”

A massive crash from the forest cut him off. Trees splintering. The unmistakable sound of something enormous moving through the

undergrowth.

Kaius’s entire body went rigid. “I can smell him. My father-he’s still here.”

Frost pulled harder on my jacket, desperation in his eyes. “Elowen, listen-that wolf-”

But I was already pulling away, my mind focused on one thing only. “Frost, you’re exhausted. Don’t worry.” I pressed him gently back into Scarlett’s arms. “Kaius and I will handle this. We’ll get justice for everyone he hurt.”

I turned to Scarlett. “Protect him. Protect everyone inside. We’ll be back soon.”

“With his head,” I added coldly.

Then Kaius and I were moving, racing toward the sounds in the forest.

We burst through the treeline and stopped dead.

There, bathed in moonlight, was the golden wolf.

It was massive-easily twice the size of any normal wolf, its fur gleaming like molten gold. Every movement radiated power. This was an apex predator, something that had evolved beyond the normal limits of our kind.

But something was wrong.

The wolf wasn’t attacking. Wasn’t stalking. It was running-erratically, frantically-circling through the trees like it was searching for something. Or trying to escape something. Its movements had no purpose, no direction. Just pure, mindless panic.

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And I felt… nothing from it. No aggression. No bloodlust. No predatory intent.

Just confusion. And fear.

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“Pathetic,” I spat. “You slaughter my pack and now you’re too much of a coward to face us? Running in circles looking for an exit, Aldric?”

I let my white wolf form explode outward, power crackling through the air like lightning. “There is no exit. Only judgment. And I promise

you-your death will be a thousand times more agonizing than anything you inflicted on my people!*

I leaped forward, positioning myself to cut off his path.

The golden wolf’s head whipped toward me, and for just an instant, I saw something flicker in those eyes-recognition? Shock?

Confusion?

He started to turn, to flee in the opposite direction-

Kaius was already there, dagger back in hand, blocking the escape route.

“Father,” Kaius said quietly. His voice was cold but carrying an undercurrent of something that might have been grief. “It’s been a long

time.”

The golden wolf’s head swung toward Kaius, and the sound that came from its throat-

It was a howl. Anguished. Heartbroken. Like the cry of a creature in unimaginable pain.

For a split second, I saw something human in those eyes. Something that recognized the son standing before it with a raised blade.

But then Kaius’s expression hardened into something merciless. “I understand, Father. You’re not yourself anymore. You’re nothing but a tool-Morgath’s weapon. But you wouldn’t want to stay trapped in that witch’s control forever, would you?” His grip tightened on the dagger. “Today, you must answer for your sins.”

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