Chapter: Chapter 27AVA’S POVThe tone wiped the smile right off my face. “What’s wrong?”“Where. Are. You?”“The museum. I just picked the boys up from school—”“Get out of there.”“What? Why?”“Take the kids and go home. No—actually, don’t go home. Just—” He cursed under his breath. “Don’t go anywhere crowded.”“What?”He exhaled sharply, the sound full of nerves. “Okay, listen to me. I need you to stay calm, alright?”That only made my pulse quicken. “You’re scaring me.”“I know,” he said, voice soft but firm. “And I’m sorry, baby sis, but you need to leave there. Right now.”“What? Why?”“Something’s happened — Just, take the boys and leave. I don’t want the boys or you anywhere near a crowd.”I froze, my heart thudding. “What do you mean? What’s happening? Talk to me.”He hesitated, then sighed. “Just… don’t turn on the news, Ava. Please.”“Ethan—”“Please,” he said again, quietly this time, like he was begging.My curiosity and stubbornness got the best of me. He knew better than to tell me not to
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Chapter: Chapter 26AVA’S POVThe phone call came barely two hours after I dropped the boys off at school.At first, I thought it was one of those little things — maybe Aaron had forgotten his lunch again, or Aiden had drawn on the classroom walls like he sometimes did when his imagination got the better of him.But when the headmistress’s voice came through the line — calm but clipped, too measured to be casual — my stomach dropped.“Mrs. Sinclair,” she said, “I’m afraid there’s been… an incident involving your sons.”“An incident?” My grip on the phone tightened. “Are they hurt?”“No,” she replied quickly. “They’re fine. But I’d appreciate it if you could come in as soon as possible.”I was out the door before she even ended the call.****When I arrived, both boys were sitting side by side outside the headmistress’s office — legs swinging, uniforms rumpled, faces defiant. There were faint traces of dirt on their sleeves. A dark bruise was blooming on Aaron’s knuckle, and there was a faint scratch unde
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Chapter: Chapter 25ADRIAN’S POVThe non-stop buzzing sound of my phone woke me up. It kept buzzing, stopping, then starting again — a relentless vibration against the nightstand.I groaned, dragging a hand across my face. My head throbbed — the kind of ache from a night of drinks and bad thoughts.The penthouse curtains were drawn, but faint daylight bled through, throwing long stripes of white across the room. I squinted at the clock. 7:04 a.m.Who the hell was calling this early?I reached for the phone, but before I could swipe, there was a sharp, frantic knock on the door before it flew open.“Mr. Voss?” Claire’s voice flowed through the silence — breathless. “Sir, you need to wake up!”I sat up slowly. “Claire? What the hell are you doing here?”She didn’t wait for permission and barged into my room.What the hell?Her face was pale, hair a mess, tablet clutched tight in both hands like a weapon.“Sir—” she gasped, “We-we’ve got a situation. You need to see this right now.”My patience was a whispe
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Chapter: Chapter 24ADRIAN’S POVFrom the driver’s seat, I watched as Warren descended the marble steps, unhurried, talking to someone just inside the doorway. The corners of his mouth curved — that arrogant half-smile of his that made boardrooms feel smaller.And then she appeared.Not fully — just a silhouette behind frosted glass. The way she stood, the quiet poise in her outline — deliberate, graceful. Familiarity tugged at me. I couldn’t see her face, but there was something about the way she lifted her chin, the stillness that radiated authority without needing to speak.Miss A.Even the name irritated me.I wasn’t sure what angered me more — that she’d made me wait over an hour to see a representative, or that the mere sound of her title had started to follow me everywhere like a ghost I couldn’t shake.My jaw tightened as I watched him descend the steps, adjusting his cufflinks as if he’d just secured a victory. His car — a sleek black Jaguar, because of course it was — waited at the curb.He cau
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2025-10-16
Chapter: Chapter 23AVA’S POVI hadn’t expected Adrian to come himself. That was… surprising. And a little unsettling.Through the slit between the curtains, I’d seen him from the upstairs landing — stiff shoulders, impatience radiating from every motion.He hadn’t changed. At least, not on the outside.But when he’d looked toward the hallway, something in me stilled. For a moment, I saw the man I’d fallen in love with. The one who had relentlessly pursued me, who used to make coffee in my tiny apartment kitchen and talk about building an empire.Then I remembered how that same man once let me bleed on his marble floor and called me an embarrassment.I turned from the window before memory could dull my resolve.“Miss Sinclair?”I looked up. Daniel, my assistant, hovered by the door. “Mr. Warren has arrived. He’s waiting in the study.”Of course he was.I hesitated for a heartbeat, then nodded. “Send him in.”A moment later, Mark strolled into the room with the easy confidence of a man who’d never been t
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2025-10-16
Chapter: Chapter 22ADRIAN’S POVThe estate rose out of the hills like something lifted from an oil painting—white stone, iron-worked balconies, hedges cut into the shapes of lions. Even the air smelled cultivated.I stepped from the car, smoothing my tie, telling myself I belonged anywhere I decided to stand. Still, a small, unwelcome voice whispered that my shoes were scuffing marble worth more than my entire office floor.A guard met me at the door. “Mr. Voss. This way, please.”The entrance hall was as quiet as a Cathedral. Sunlight spilled through arched windows onto black-and-white floors so glossy they caught my reflection in shards. Above, a chandelier glittered, casting a soft but wealthy ambience to the room.They seated me in a reception lounge that could have been mistaken for a museum—portraits of old money glowering from gilded frames, the faint tick of a grandfather clock marking each second I was kept waiting.Ten minutes passed.Then twenty.I checked my watch for the fourth time. She in
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The Curse of Alpha Danearo
Betrayed. Murdered. Reborn.
For many years, Alpha Danearo of the Shadowfangs ruled happily, until the night his own Luna and Beta turned against him and plunged a dagger into his heart. But death was not the end. The Moon Goddess brought him back, gifting him with life but condemning him to an eternity without an heir. No matter how many she-wolves he claims, his bloodline is doomed to wither.
Long ago, Brynwick, one of his soldiers promised him his daughter, only to betray him by giving her to another. Danearo does not forgive.
When he learns of Brynwick’s only daughter, he takes what was promised, kidnapping her to claim his due.
But Elysia is not who he thinks she is.
She is not Brynwick’s cherished heir, but his discarded, unwanted daughter… cursed, barren, and deemed unworthy of love. Yet, fate has marked her for something far greater. Bound by a prophecy as old as time, she carries a secret even she does not yet understand, one that could either break Danearo’s curse… or doom him forever.
“The king who rises from death shall not walk this earth forever.” The woman with cursed blood shall bind him.
And when her heart is truly given, his reign will end. She is the key to his fate.
But is she his salvation… or his ruin?
อ่าน
Chapter: Chapter 13ELYSIA’S POVDanearo didn’t claim the boy.And yet, he hadn’t denied it either.He’d let Naia and the child into the Keep, given them rooms in the west wing, close enough to be watched, far enough that no one could call them family.Three days, and not a word. Three days of silence thick enough to choke on.“Who are you?” He’d asked.“I am Naia,” she said, her voice carrying clear as a bell. “Blood of the goddess, truth-seeker, and bearer of judgment on this cursed Keep.”But, I already knew that. How? I didn’t know.She shoved the boy forward, her voice ringing like a blade. “You speak of heirs. Of blessings. Of curses. But look here! Look at the blood the goddess has already sent. His eyes mark him. His blood claims him.”Kayla broke then, her composure shattering. “Lies! He’s no son of yours! She brings a demon child to steal my place!” She clutched her stomach tighter, tears streaking her painted face. “I carry the heir. Me! The goddess chose me! Me!”Hazel touched her arm, quieti
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Chapter: Chapter 12ELYSIA’S POVThe Keep buzzed with movement that morning.Servants hurried through the halls with baskets of flowers, bolts of white cloth, and trays of polished silver. Wolves barked orders in clipped tones, and even the air seemed to hum with expectancy.Yet no one told me why.When I asked, heads bowed, answers dodged. “Preparations, my lady.” “The Alpha commands it.” “You’ll see.”See what?I watched from the window as warriors carried torches to the courtyard below, driving them into the ground in a perfect circle. My stomach tightened. Whatever was coming, it was not for me.Hours later, the door to my chamber creaked open. A young maid entered, clutching folded linen. Her hands shook as she set it down.“What is this?” I asked.She wouldn’t meet my eyes. “Your gown, my lady. For the blessing.”The word hit me like a blade. “Blessing?”The maid swallowed. “The Alpha’s heir must be honored before the goddess.”The room tilted. Heir. Blessing. My barren body burned beneath the weig
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Chapter: Chapter 11ELYSIA’S POVDanearo did not let me out of his sight.Not after the chandelier. Not after the whispers of curses and heirs.“You will not leave my chamber,” he said at last, voice low, final. “Not until I decide whether to kill you or keep you.” He ordered, pacing like a caged wolf.“I will see every breath you take.”It wasn’t protection. It was imprisonment. And yet, part of me wondered if Hazel’s shadows could have reached me anywhere else.The hall buzzed with whispers of the feast, of omens and curses. But louder still was Kayla’s voice.She swept into the chamber without waiting to be summoned, Hazel a shadow at her side. Kayla bowed low to Danearo, her hand pressed against her stomach like a trophy.“Alpha,” she said brightly, “the healers insist my condition is stable. Your heir is safe.”I stiffened where I sat, clutching the edge of the furs.Danearo’s gaze flicked to her hand. “Is that so.”“Yes.” Kayla’s smile was sweet poison. “Though the fall of that chandelier… if the g
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Chapter: Chapter 10ELYSIA’S POVThe Great Hall glittered like a jeweled snare. Torches flared in their iron sconces, banners hung heavy from the rafters, and the long tables groaned beneath platters of venison, pheasant, and steaming bread. But beneath the surface splendor, the air pulsed with hunger of a different kind.Kayla shone at the center of it, basking in every stolen glance, every whisper. She let her hand rest conspicuously against her stomach, her smile sweet enough to sour milk. Around her, wolves muttered about heirs, about alliances, about curses undone.Hazel sat beside her, too quiet, her smile too sharp. Every so often her fingers brushed the rim of her goblet, tracing invisible patterns that made my skin crawl. No one else saw. No one else felt it. But I did. Each curve of her fingertip stitched a thread of shadow into the hall.Danearo sat at the head of the table, black and gold like a storm given flesh. He said nothing as the wine flowed, as Kayla laughed, as Killian prowled among
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Chapter: Chapter 9ELYSIA’S POVThe morning smelled of pine smoke and simmering soup. Someone had set fresh linen by the bed; the cloth felt too clean against the sour-film of my skin. The healers fussed around me like anxious birds, pulling at blankets, tucking in knees, smoothing hair. I moved like a puppet whose strings had been yanked.When Danearo entered, he wore armor beneath his cloak though he had not been summoned to battle. The heaviness of it made him look even more like a thing carved from night: unyielding, inevitable.“Would you rather a repeat of last time?.” He said after spotting the untouched food. His voice was not a suggestion.I did as I was told, forced porridge down my throat until my stomach burned. He watched the slow mechanics of me swallowing like a man who was learning the map of a new land.He did not leave when the healers retreated. Killian arrived half an hour later, all silk and smiles that never reached his eyes. He kept his distance at first, bowing with the practiced
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Chapter: Chapter 8ELYSIA’S POVThe days blurred together, dripping past like blood from an unhealed wound.I woke. I slept. I bled. I healed.Or at least, that was what the healers whispered — that my body had “mended better than expected.” I wanted to laugh in their faces. What good was a body that healed if the soul inside it begged to end?I lost count after three. Or maybe it was four.Time had no meaning inside Danearo’s chamber. My world was reduced to firelight, heavy furs that pressed down like chains, and the sharp ache that pulsed in my stomach with every breath.The healers called it a miracle. “You were lucky,” they whispered, their hands smelling of herbs and smoke as they pressed bandages against me.Lucky.If I had been lucky, I would have died.Instead, I woke each morning — if it was morning at all — and stared at the stone ceiling while the whispers outside the door leaked in through the cracks. “Cursed thing.”“She tried to cut herself open before the pack.”“He should’ve let her bl
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