CHAPTER 20: A REVELATION OF LIFE

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• Alpha's Regret, Queen's Revenge   CHAPTER 251: CONFRONTATION

  LEVIATHAN The moment Valour entered the sea palace, I knew.I felt it in the current, the manner of the depths that pulsed around me. The water foamed not with return but with treachery.He entered my chamber with a wet cloak, an unreadable face, and the acrid scent of smoke on his skin."You lost," I scoffed, my voice thunderous as against the coral pillars.Valour threw back his hood. "Not precisely."I stood up. "Don't play with me. Did you kill her?"He stumbled. One breath. Two."No."The whole place is enveloped with silence that could drown cities. I took a step forward. The water that churned around us spat."You didn't even try to defeat her, did you?"He looked at me. Brave. Foolish. "I struggled against her. She defeated me."I laughed. Low and poisonous. "You expect me to believe the first son of Leviathan was defeated like some surface-dwelling puppy?""No. I want you to believe I lived. That should be enough to tell you what we're dealing with.""You're making excuses."

• Alpha's Regret, Queen's Revenge   CHAPTER 250: UNEXPECTED TRUCE

  VALOUR The smoke still lingered everywhere when I arrived on the scene.Flames licked at the rim of the old great palace walls, and the acrid smell of charred flesh curled in my nostrils. Ash fell like snow from a dying heaven. My boots clicked through wreckage as I made my way through shattered doors, the last sparks of my brother Bastien's ill-fated dream burning beneath my feet.He was a fool.A good one. But a fool nonetheless.I am Valour, Leviathan's elder. I do not declare. I do not bellow. I move forward.And I was there before she was—standing amidst the destruction like a storm channelled into shape. Queen Hailey.The woman who killed my brother. The woman who has just ended Thalindra is like an ant, fierce, feared and revered by all.She wasn't panting. She wasn't bleeding. Simply standing. Alive. Tall. Wrapped in strength like a second layer.I moved forward."So this is what remains of the meeting room," I said.She regarded me slowly, her expression blank. "Another son

• Alpha's Regret, Queen's Revenge   CHAPTER 249: CAUGHT IN COUP ATTEMPT

  THALINDRA"What exactly are you all even afraid of? , make a declaration that Hailey is henceforth no longer the Queen of all and I, Thalindra of the Fae realm, am now Queen of all species."An unusual silence falls in the meeting chamber as all the Elders and kingdom representatives sit in calmness while deliberating; Destroyer; Audacus and Aretha Rod had called in a lot of favours and Rod and Facilities and promised a lote to get me here this day, and I must act fast before the Queen becomes fully aware of this coup. Another wizard stands and addresses me; they simply refuse to learn their place. "Thalindra, you shouldn't drag us into your foolishness; this is considered treason if we get caught, and it's straight to the slaughters. My clan and I have no interest in the gifts you offer, and we'd rather be exempted from this arrangement." He stands and walks towards the exit, but before he could step out, "Desmidrum, accuche abolisia"..... He screams in agony as he is burnt to a cris

• Alpha's Regret, Queen's Revenge   CHAPTER 248: UNWANTED GUEST

  LOGANYou can't hear a bird make a sound after she finishes stinging because we're all equally in shock... Is there anything at this point that she isn't capable of doing?I finally close my mouth after she exits the place of burial before facing Ryan. "Like...did you know she could sing this well?"He shakes his head negatively. "I had absolutely no idea, but let's get real; I haven't exactly been mate of the year, you know, so every time she does things like this, I am reminded that I don't really know the mother of my kids at all."Jaden scoffs, "At least I understand better why every powerful male species wants her badly... Let's be real: if she weren't my mother, I'd want her too, yet you keep messing up on all fronts."I find Hailey in the war room, staring at the map while holding chess pieces without her veil; even with her bare face and the level of power she embodies, she looks effortlessly young and innocent. Turtela laughs, "Enough, Jaden; we're adults now. Forgive the ol

• Alpha's Regret, Queen's Revenge   CHAPTER 247: LAST RITES

  AARON Smack! We are stare in shock as we watch the Queen hit an elder; what she's done I have no idea but we all curiously stare as we watch her being escorted out of the ceremony by guards. The whole time we've all been on edge, grief has taken its complete roots in us all and presently I am so exhausted. The day of Isaiah's burial arrived with a sky weighed down by clouds, heavy and unmoving, as if the heavens themselves mourned with us. I stood at the edge of the courtyard, arms crossed tightly over my chest, trying to keep from trembling. The wind carried no song or brightness today. Only the silence of grief. Everyone was dressed in shades of black and grey. The Queen, Hailey, wore a flowing black gown that whispered across the stone like smoke, a veil hiding her expression, though I could still see the pain in the set of her shoulders. She hadn’t said much since my father fell. Not to me, her mate, her friend or even her kids. I could only imagine what she was feeling—he w

• Alpha's Regret, Queen's Revenge   CHAPTER 246: THE SUMMONING

  HAILEYThe silence of the council chamber was stretched on like a lowly gravesite. Every breath I took echoed in the vaulted walls, bouncing off the stone like whispers of the dead. My fingers, hidden beneath layers of silk and lace, clenched tightly around the black veil that shrouded my face. Mourning has continuously taken its toll on me, and truly I didn't have it in me to fake pleasantries or keep up unnecessary pretentious appearances since I'd rather be locked up alone in my room with no one around me, but alas, being a queen has no room for private mournings. But this? This summoning? This was mockery wrapped in diplomacy in the hands of manipulative individuals itching to have their own selfish way.The Council of Elders sat before me like immovable statues, ancient and trembling in their self-importance. Their eyes flickered between my veil, my silence, and the towering figures behind me.Ryan stood at my right, his arms folded across his chest. Fury rolled off him in silent