Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 290

I sit at the breakfast table, my mind completely lost in thought.

The dream-no, the memory-I just had doesn't make any sense to me.

There's so much to unpack. So many unanswered questions.

Ever since I started getting Nyx's memories, I always assumed their mother was a Luna. I thought maybe their father had been an Alpha who died, leaving their mom to lead the pack. But now... I'm not so sure about that theory anymore.

A Queen.

A Kingdom.

None of that rings a bell. There's no record in werewolf history of monarchs, ever. So where do Nyx and Xena really come from?

They mentioned mates, but that's the only link I can connect them to the werewolf species. Crowns, thrones-none of it makes any sense.

The only monarchy I know of is in the human world. And we can all agree that Nyx is anything but human.

I chew absently, barely tasting the food as I try to work things out. To put all the pieces of the puzzle together.

Even if Nyx came from some ancient, pre-civilization era, there has never been a time in our history where a monarchy ruled over werewolves. From what we were taught in school, it's always been Alphas and the Council. Never a single ruler. Never a Queen.

So again, I ask: Where is Nyx from?

It's all so confusing. There is mention of mates, yet no mention of wolves or shifting. There is mention of a queen, yet we have never been ruled by a monarch.

"What are you thinking so hard about?"

The sudden question startles me, and I drop my fork with a clatter.

I look up to find Raven watching me curiously.

got another memory," I say with a sigh. "And

I already was."

next to me, and it's only then I notice she's carrying

what it was about," she

leave out a single detail. When I'm done, I slump back in

from? Because I've never

most werewolves, especially

them orders, let alone one ruling over them. Most Alphas, not all though, still believe a mate's job is to look pretty and give them

I've never heard of anything like that either.

much mystery surrounding Nyx; it feels like it's going to drive

you talked to

her. She's probably blocked me and

out the moment I woke up. But

So, I was left alone to drown

then we'll understand her better Maybe we'll understand the source of her powers. Like... was it a kingdom that existed long ago? Did something happen-some kind of war or massacre-and they were wiped out, leaving just Nyx, Xena, and their mom? Did everyone in the kingdom

questions. And not a

is everything ever going

I tell her grumpily, "but there is one

toward me.

to be the next Queen, right? But

rule instead. So... what went sour between

gaze distant as

"Apart from Kaden, we thought all of this was

from what I

about that kind of power. She just wanted peace. A quiet life with her mate and future kids. She never wanted to

on," Raven urges when I

on Nyx because they both wanted the

were rivals, it would make sense. But they weren't. Nyx gave

So,

love for her twin. It was real. Strong.