My Fated Mate Can Have Her Chapter 145: Flight

Violet

I ran.

I didn’t know where I was going, but I still ran.

My feet barely touched the ground.

The world around fractured into disjointed fragnts. Shocked faces. Wolves pressing themselves against walls as I passed. The thunder of boots and paws as guard wolves racing past towards the chaos I had left behind.

My power still surged through my veins, and it felt like anyone would rather confront the ss in the castle than stop .

The outside air hit my face like a slap, cool and sharp and real. For a heartbeat, I faltered, disoriented, before continuing to run.

At so point, I realised just how fast I had been moving.

The world around stretched and warped, colours bleeding together as I raced through it.

Wolves scattered from my path. So backed away in terror while others ran in the opposite direction.

Buildings gave way to open land. Then trees. The forest swallowed whole, and still I ran, barely feeling whatever obstacles were in my path. My lungs burned, my body scread for rest, but I kept running.

I didn’t know how long I ran, but when I eventually stopped, darkness had fallen, and the forest around had changed.

The trees here were different.

Taller. Older. Their bark held a deep reddish hue that seed to glow faintly in the dying light.

The Red Woods.

My chest heaved as I tried to drag air into my burning lungs. My legs trembled beneath , threatening to give out. The Red Woods were far from the capital. Very far.

Despite the burning pain in my body, I felt a bit of relief in the fact that maybe no one would co for anyti soon.

I collapsed to my knees, my hands hitting the soft forest floor. The earth was cool beneath my palms, covered in a thick layer of fallen leaves and moss that cushioned my fall.

For a mont, I just knelt there, gasping for breath.

Then the exhaustion hit all at once.

It was like a weight had been dropped on my shoulders, pressing down with such force that I couldn’t hold myself upright anymore. My arms trembled, then buckled. I fell forward onto my side, curling in on myself as I hit the ground.

The irony wasn’t lost on .

Here I was again. Back in these woods where everything had changed completely.

Above , the dense canopy of red-leafed branches filtered out most of the fading sunlight, leaving in shadow. I should have been actively trying to draw energy from what little light remained.

But I didn’t care about recovering

I hoped I had killed Damon.

I hoped that slap had done more than just break his jaw.

I hoped his head had cracked against that stone floor hard enough to end him.

But I knew it probably hadn’t.

He was a strong wolf. He would survive. He would heal.

I closed my eyes, too tired to even cry anymore. My body felt like it had been wrung out, every ounce of strength squeezed from my muscles and bones. The power I had wielded so absolutely in that hall had left hollow.

The Supre Alphas had been struggling against my hold constantly and it had taken everything in to hold everyone in place while enforcing my will on Palisa the most.

But beneath the exhaustion and emotional turmoil I felt sothing else.

That sa faint pull I had felt during the eclipse.

This was it.

I had to leave the capital. I just couldn’t go back.

Especially not after what I had done.

I had brutally attacked an Alpha in front of everyone, attacked a Supre Alpha, and subdued the rest in front of their subjects.

The realization settled over with cold certainty.

A lot of the Supre Alphas in particular would not let that stand.

I needed to leave.

The thought should have hurt more than it did. Should have torn at with the weight of everything I was abandoning.

Who I was abandoning...

But it felt necessary.

My selfish reasons aside, I needed to know where this pull was taking to.

The decision made, I felt so of the tension leave my body. My eyes grew heavier and the exhaustion finally pulled down into darkness.

[ - ]

When I woke up, the first thing I noticed was that I wasn’t lying flat on the ground anymore. I was propped up against sothing solid and rough. The bark of a tree pressing into my back through my ruined dress.

The moonlight fell on like a direct beam having found a gap in the canopy above. I could feel the faint tingle as my body drew energy from it.

A mont later, I imdiately stiffened.

Kael crouched in front of , his face barely a foot from mine.

Those icy blue eyes caught the moonlight, making them seem like they were glowing in the darkness. Concern tightened his jaw and creased his forehead. His hands were clenched on his knees, and for a long mont, neither of us spoke.

My voice was hoarse and cracking as I finally whispered, "I am sorry for the trouble I’ve caused. I—"

"Stop."

The word was gentle but firm. He shifted slightly closer, and I could see his jaw working as he struggled with whatever emotions were churning inside him.

"Nothing that happened today was your fault, Violet. Nothing."

I averted my eyes. They had started to sting.

I didn’t want to cry again.

"You defended yourself against false accusations." His voice trembled with barely controlled anger. "You—"

My lips spread in a bitter smile. "I believe I terrified your wolves as I was leaving."

"I understand." He then drew in a slow breath and seed to be choosing his next words carefully. "The other Supre Alphas..." He paused, his expression darkening. "We are still trying to figure out what to do about Palisa. What she, especially in a trial to falsify testimony, is not sothing we or I can overlook—" His jaw clenched and I saw raw fear, determination, and sothing deeper in his eyes that made my chest tighten. "I want to keep you hidden while I sort this out—"

"No."

I knew it would co to this.