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12. The Cracks
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2026-06-06 16:33:39
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I lay perfectly still with my eyes closed, heart hammering in my chest as Thorne’s footsteps faded down the hall. Lucian moved quietly around the room, pulling on clothes, the soft rustle of fabric the only sound. Part of me wanted to sit up and ask him about what I had overheard. The curse and the seer. The truth Thorne thought Elara should know. Questions crowded my mind, but I pushed them away. The last two nights had been wonderful and I had no intentions of spoiling it. The moment he was gone, I opened my eyes and sat up. There was something I needed to do first. I dressed quickly and pulled on a dark cloak. Then I slipped out of the chambers before anyone could stop me. The lower levels of the fortress were colder than the upper floors. The stone walls trapped the damp morning air, and the further down I went, the quieter everything became. Eventually I found a guard standing near a stairwell. I recognized him vaguely from the village. He looked surprised
30 Days With The Ruthless Alpha King 14. Surrender
I kept walking down the moonlit corridor, my bare feet silent on the cold stone. My heart beat fast in my chest, a mix of fear and something warmer I couldn’t name. Part of me wanted to turn back, but I didn’t. I stopped in front of Lucian’s chambers, took a deep breath, and pushed the door open. He sat by the window, his back to me, writing something at the small desk there. The room still smelled faintly of broken wood and the sharp tang of spilled ink. Moonlight outlined his broad shoulders. He didn’t turn around, but his voice came low and rough. “I told you the next time you snuck into my room you might not survive it, didn’t I?” I didn’t say anything. My feet carried me straight to him. He was sitting in the chair, papers scattered in front of him. I climbed onto his lap, straddling him, and pressed my mouth to his before he could speak again. His lips were warm and firm. For a second he stayed still, surprised. Then I felt him harden under me, the thick press of him again
30 Days With The Ruthless Alpha King 13. After The Storm
~Cressida I cried myself to sleep the night I defied Lucian. The hours blurred into a mess of hot tears, jagged memories, and dreams that twisted like knives. Every time I closed my eyes, Lucian’s face haunted me. The flash of gold in his eyes, the raw fury twisting his features, the way his voice had dropped into that deadly growl when I dared to say no. By the time weak morning light crept through the window of my old room, my eyes felt swollen and gritty, my throat raw from sobbing. I lay curled under the thin blankets, staring at the familiar stone walls. Just yesterday I had woken in Lucian’s chambers, wrapped in his warmth and the scent of cedar and smoke. Now I was back here, alone. The thought sent a sharp ache through my chest. Two weeks ago, I would have begged the Moon Goddess for any escape from him. Now that I had walked away, the emptiness felt worse than anything. I rolled onto my back and traced the cracks in the ceiling with my eyes. Part of me was still terr
30 Days With The Ruthless Alpha King 12. The Cracks
~Lucian Cressida’s words struck me like a silver blade to the chest. For a long moment, neither of us said anything. My wolf surged forward inside me, snarling and snapping, demanding blood, demanding control, demanding I crush this defiance before it spread like poison through my pack. I was Alpha King Lucian Blackstone. Entire kingdoms trembled at my name. Warriors fell to their knees before me. I had ended lives for whispers for less. Yet this small, broken woman stood before me with tears streaming down her flushed cheeks and fire in her eyes, daring me to follow through. And I couldn’t. The realization twisted something ugly and unfamiliar deep in my gut. I could kill her right now. Moon Goddess knew she wouldn’t be the first of them that didn’t survive the thirty days. So why did my hands remain clenched at my sides? Why did my wolf’s rage suddenly feel hollow? My gaze dropped to her face. She looked exhausted, shattered in a way that I couldn’t quite explain. Tears
30 Days With The Ruthless Alpha King 11. No to the Alpha King
The square fell silent. It was the kind of silence that felt impossible after all the carnival noise. The distant fiddle music still floated in from somewhere behind us, but right here, everything stopped. My heart pounded hard against my ribs, so loud I could hear it in my ears. The guards stared at me. The villagers stared. Even Elara looked stunned, her hand frozen halfway to my arm. Jace stayed on his knees in the dirt, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His chest heaved as he lifted his head and looked straight at me. For a second, nobody moved. Then one guard frowned. “My lady,” he said carefully, “step aside.” “No.” The word flew out before I could think. The guard blinked like I’d slapped him. “I said step aside.” “And I said no.” Murmurs rippled through the crowd like wind through dry leaves. The second guard shifted uncomfortably. “This slave publicly insulted Alpha Lucian and refused a direct order from the fortress.” I glanced at Jace’s swoll
30 Days With The Ruthless Alpha King 10. A Costly Intervention
“He’s my mate,” Elara said quietly. I stared at her in disbelief, the words hitting me like a splash of cold water. “Your mate?” My voice came out softer than I meant, almost a whisper over the fading cheers from the wrestling ring. The bitter taste of the beer still lingered on my tongue, mixing with the dust in the air. Elara sighed and took another long drink from her tankard, wiping foam from her lip with the back of her hand. “Yeah. Seven years ago, during one of Blackstone’s attack. His pack was conquered. He was brought here as a slave, like so many others.” She shrugged, but her shoulders stayed tight. “He doesn’t even know. I’ve never told him.” I sat there, the wooden bench hard under me, trying to process it. Blackstone wasn’t some protector kingdom. They were conquerors. They swept into weaker territories, took what they wanted, and absorbed the rest. An uncomfortable knot twisted in my stomach. Lucian’s world had built itself on that kind of power. And here I was
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