The Rogue is a Female Alpha novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Nyroth

I couldn’t breathe.

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No. I must have been going insane to even think such a foolish thought.

I stood frozen for a while, replaying what I had just seen in my mind.

The hairpin. The half piece that matched the one I owned.

No. No…

Finished

I staggered back a step, then turned and rushed to my chamber. My hands trembled as I crossed the room to the corner and pulled out the old chest. I stared at the lid for what felt like an eternity before forcing it open.

Inside lay the other half of the hairpin.

A cold chill raced down my spine. Had Zeph stolen it? Where did she get it? Why did she have it?

I slammed the lid shut with a thud and headed out. My younger sister and mother were in the living room, their expressions tight with concern, but I didn’t stop to answer them.

I needed to confirm if what I’d seen was real or if I was losing my mind out of fear of losing my mate forever.

I burst from the house just in time to see Kai’s chamber door swing open. Tilting my head, I caught a glimpse of him crouched on the far end of his bed.

Ever since Apex had walked into my pack, into my council chamber, looked my Beta dead in the eyes, and told him his death was long overdue, Kai had never been the same.

I let out a shaky breath and mounted my horse, spurring it into a gallop toward Blackbridge Pack. There were questions burning in me, and only Kaela could answer them.

It wasn’t long before the pounding hooves slowed before the towering gates of the Blackbridge Pack’s main hall.

The air buzzed with tension. Pack members stood in knots, murmuring about the rogue woman who had stood her ground against Beta Yadev.

“She’s so brave. I didn’t know she had that in her.”

“Do you know her?”

“I’ve seen her in Hue Pack. She lived there until recently. I heard Apex Blood, the Lycan King, is her man.”

“Really? How lucky! I’m rooting for her in the duel.”

I ignored the whispers, though they grated against me. My reputation with Kaela was no secret here, only an unspoken truth people didn’t dare voice aloud.

Inside, I made my way through the hallways toward Kaela’s chambers, On the way, I crossed paths with rogues who had fled Hue Pack after Apex’s invasion.

They had gone pale at the mere sight of the Lycan King, frozen in place as he spoke. He had spoken with a strange blend of confidence and gentleness that unsettled me, like the politics of our world meant nothing to him, as if he carried far heavier demons than any of us could imagine.

Jaw tight, I entered Yadev’s living room to find them deep in discussion over the upcoming duel.

“It’s to the death, which means you’ll have your revenge,” Kaela told the rogue leader. “Make sure you humiliate her. It’s an official duel so the Lycan King won’t be able to interfere.”

She paused the moment she sensed me, turning with that same sweet, seductive smile that had always pulled me in.

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“It won’t take long.”

“Yes. What about it?”

She nodded, still watching me carefully.

“Yes. Why are you asking again?”

“This hairpin… it fell from your hair when you shifted into a wolf. It broke in two. I found this piece when I woke up to see you beside me. Don’t you remember?”

A small frown flickered across her face before she looked at the hairpin again. Then a dry, humorless smile touched her lips.

She was about to reply when her father entered, calling her urgently.

“It’s about the duel,” he said, and Kaela nodded.

She glanced back at me with a swift smile.

“Let’s discuss this later, Nyroth. After the duel.”

She left with her father, the rogues following in her wake.

I stood there, the truth slowly dawning on me.

She didn’t own this hairpin.

But she had been there that night at the festival.

Did that mean… she wasn’t my savior?

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