Alpha's STOLEN Mate (by Abigail Hayes) novel Chapter 213

Chapter 213

Scarlett clapped a hand over her mouth, grinning. “Alright, alright, genius! Save the bragging for after we win. Now go!”

Evelyn and I moved through the crystalline landscape like ghosts.

Evelyn’s potions and enchantments worked flawlessly-we passed patrol after patrol without a single guard noticing our presence. The wolves here were wrong, corrupted, their eyes glowing with that same unnatural red. Each one made my skin crawl.

Before long, we found ourselves standing before an enormous structure-a house, if you could call it that, made entirely of crystal. Light refracted through its walls in dizzying patterns. The tracking spell’s beam pointed directly inside.

Elowen was in there.

But so were the guards.

Six witches stood at the entrance, each one flanked by a red-eyed wolf creature. The wolves were bigger than they should be, their proportions all wrong, muscles bulging unnaturally beneath their fur.

*Fuck,” I muttered, dropping into a crouch behind a crystalline outcropping. “We can’t force our way through. Those guards alone are

formidable. Who knows what’s waiting inside?”

I could feel frustration building. We were so close. Elowen was right there, just beyond that door, and we were stuck out here trying to figure out how to-

“Well,” Evelyn said softly, a sly smile crossing her face. “How about I show them a little magic trick?”

She reached into one of her pouches and pulled out a deck of cards. Tarot cards, from the look of them-ornate and shimmering with

enchantment.

I stared at her. “Really? Evelyn! This isn’t the time for fortune-telling!”

She gave me an exasperated look. “Frost, can you throw a dart?”

The question was so random I blinked. “What?”

“Can you throw a dart accurately?” she repeated, her tone patient but urgent. “Yes or no?”

“I… yes? I can throw things accurately. Why-”

She thrust the deck of cards into my hands. “Hit all six witches at once. Can you do that?”

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I opened my mouth to protest, to say this was insane, but something in her expression stopped me. This wasn’t random chaos. She had a

plan.

“Evelyn, I don’t understand what you’re-”

Just do what I’m telling you!” she hissed. “Trust me! Don’t hesitate!”

Fine. If she wanted me to throw cards at guards, I’d throw cards at guards.

I took a deep breath, centering myself. Selected six cards from the deck-they felt warm in my hands, thrumming with contained power.

Drew my arm back.

And threw.

The cards flew through the air in perfect formation, each one spinning toward its target. The moment they made contact-hitting all six witches simultaneously-they exploded.

Except it wasn’t a normal explosion. There was no sound, no fire, no shockwave. Just a brief flash of light.

And then the witches went mad.

All six of them suddenly turned on their own wolf companions, screaming accusations I couldn’t quite hear. Within seconds, they were locked in combat-not with us, but with each other. Completely lost in whatever illusion Evelyn’s spell had created.

I stood there, jaw hanging open.

“Evelyn…” I turned to look at her, awe and disbelief warring in my chest. “You know how much you were bragging earlier? About being a

genius?”

She raised an eyebrow.

“I just want you to know,” I continued, shaking my head slowly, “that I’m in complete agreement. You really are a genius.”

Her smile was radiant. “Well! I certainly hope Morgath doesn’t try to run away this time. Because I’m going to make her pay for what she

did to me in our last encounter!”

We strode toward the entrance, passing right by the battling guards who were too consumed by their hallucinations to even notice us. The crystal doors loomed ahead, growing larger with each step.

This was it. We were going to find Elowen. We were going to-

A massive shadow fell across our path.

I looked up, and my blood turned to ice.

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A Lycan. Not a wolf, not some corrupted beast, but a true Lycan-standing upright, easily eight feet tall, muscles rippling beneath black

fur. The creature’s eyes glowed with intelligence and malice.

No.

Not just any Lycan.

“Kaius,” I breathed, and rage exploded through my veins like wildfire.

Every memory came flooding back-Kaius attacking Elowen, betraying everything we’d built, serving that twisted witch. My hands

clenched into fists, my wolf surging forward, demanding blood.

*KAIUS!” I roared, my voice echoing off the crystal walls. “It’s you!”

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