Alpha's STOLEN Mate (by Abigail Hayes) novel Chapter 220

Chapter 220

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“Kains?! Morgath’s voice exploded with rage and disbeliet.

“How dare you?!”

But Kaius only laughed-cold, mocking, and utterly in control.

“Well, well. Did you really think I’d be stupid enough to just stand here and watch you sever my bond?” His grip tightened around her

throat. “Did you honestly believe I was that much of a fool?”

Morgath’s eyes went wide for a moment-genuine shock flickering across her scarred features-before fury blazed to life,

And I just stared. Frozen. Stunned.

Fuck, Kaius? He’s… conscious? He has his mind back?

But then the memories crashed over me-everything he’d done to me these past days. The cruelty. The humiliation. The pain.

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I didn’t have time to process any of it.

Morgath began chanting, her voice rising in a crescendo of ancient words that made the air itself vibrate. The sound was visceral, wrong, like nails scraping against the inside of my skull,

Kaius’s face immediately contorted in agony. A scream tore from his throat-raw and animalistic. His head whipped back and forth violently, as if trying to shake off invisible chains. His entire body convulsed.

“Kaius!” I couldn’t stop myself from shouting. “Hold on! Stay with me! Don’t let her win!”

Then suddenly-impossibly-Kaius’s expression shifted. That grimace of pain melted into something else entirely. A sly, cunning smile.

He kept up the act for another few seconds, groaning and thrashing dramatically, before he cut it off with a sharp laugh.

“Ha! You absolute fool, Morgath!” His voice dripped with contempt. “You think your pathetic magic still works on me? My father resisted your control-never let you fully own him! And you thought I’d have less magical resistance than him?” He laughed again, darker this

time. “Your spells are nothing but a mild itch now. Barely even annoying.”

Morgath’s rage transformed instantly into something closer to panic. Her mask-already loosened from the struggle-fell away completely,

revealing that horrific burn-scarred face in full.

I couldn’t help my sharp intake of breath. The damage was extensive, nightmarish.

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But Morgath’s expression twisted into something even more grotesque as she fought to regain composure. She forced a smile-terrible and

strained-while her voice came out in a rush.

“Fine! You got me! Congratulations, Kaius-you win this round!” She tried to sound calm, reasonable, but desperation leaked through every word. “You can leave now. Both of you can walk out of here! Just… just let me go! But don’t you dare think you can actually kill me

Something in her tone made it clear she wasn’t bluffing. Some escape plan, some backup contingency. The gemstone was still hidden, still protecting her.

But Kaius just smiled wider and pointed up at the ceiling.

“Your gemstone is your best insurance policy, isn’t it? Your ultimate failsafe?”

The effect was immediate and devastating.

For the first time since I’d met her, Morgath showed genuine, bone-deep terror. Her eyes went wide, her mouth falling open in horror.

She began thrashing with renewed desperation, her hands forming complex gestures-mudras and sigils burning with magical energy.

Within seconds, the violet light that had been illuminating the room began moving. Slowly at first, then with gathering speed, the beams

redirected themselves toward Morgath’s body.

Little by little, the purple energy converged on her. Where it touched her skin, color returned to her face. Her magical aura intensified,

growing stronger with every passing second.

And Kaius began to falter.

Real pain crossed his features now-no performance, no trick. His jaw clenched as he fought against the building pressure. His grip on her

throat started to loosen, fingers trembling with effort.

Morgath’s smile began to bloom-victorious and vicious.

“Almost there,” she whispered, her voice gaining strength. “Just a little more, Kaius! Just a little more power and you’re mine again!”

The light was nearly complete-just seconds away from fully restoring her.

“KAIUS!” I screamed, every fiber of my being screaming danger.

“FUCK!” Kaius roared, his voice breaking. “Evelyn-don’t fail me now!”

He thrust his arm upward, and suddenly the runes on his wrist blazed to life. They peeled away from his skin, materializing into solid

form-a bracelet, delicate and glowing with competing magic.

The moment it manifested, everything changed.

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The bracelet acted like a vacuum, sucking in every single beam of violet light. The energy that had been flowing into Morgath reversed direction, streaming into the small artifact instead. Even the wisps already clinging to her skin were torn away, absorbed into the

bracelet’s hungry glow.

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