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The Alpha was on the verge of killing Nyssa. Her eyes had already rolled back in her head and she was seconds from death.But it all stopped when Celeste rushed forward. Her arms wrapped around the Alpha from behind as her head leaned against his back.“Alpha, stop! Please, we need her! As much as I want to kill her too for what she has done to me, we need every bit of information we can get from her about Korak,” she whispered.But Syzar could only see red. “She hurt you… she almost killed you,” he growled, pressing his hands harder around Nyssa’s throat.And Celeste knew Syzar wasn’t bluffing. “Please… for me.”Syzar’s hands finally let go. Nyssa’s body fell to the floor as she heaves harshly, gasping for air.The room remained brittle with tense silence as Syzar’s wolf waged war inside him, trying to tear Nyssa apart after all she had done.Because of her, his mate and child might have died—and he was to blame too.The thought of his betrayal of his mate made him feel like a madman
Nyssa’s carriage rattled over the roads leading back to the Silver City. Nyssa sat on the right end of the carriage seat, her dark eye bags prominent.She could barely sleep. For the past few nights since she arrived at the Spring Estate, these days she could barely sleep at all. She depended on Anora’s supplements and drinks to knock her out like a nightlight because stress and rising anger kept her awake.She hated that she couldn’t get under Syzar’s skin. Months had passed, but the Alpha hadn’t even looked at her, hadn’t even touched her. It irked her to no end.So she had come up with this: bringing Lady Vamara back to the Silver City.Maybe then she could get back into the king’s good graces when his mother was around.Right now she felt on edge as she sat with Vamara in the carriage heading back to the Silver City.Anora sat by Vamara’s side, trying as much as possible to get familiar with the queen, but Vamara didn’t spare her a glance. She looked at both of them. “Betrayers.
The room grew silent as Celeste and Syzar were finally alone, and no matter how Syzar tried, he couldn’t get a read on her.He couldn’t even take a step forward when all the yearning had threatened to consume him whole.The tension that Celeste had tried to forget was back again in full force as they both faced it. Now she had realized that she was fully alone with the Alpha.She stood rigid. Her eyes facing the wall instead of him, she could barely stand to face him after his betrayal.She wasn't even sure what she was looking at, but she didn't want to move, didn't want to turn to look at him. She had caught a glimpse of his dark eye bags.A hollowness in his gaze and actions, but she would hold no pity for the man who let this happen to her, though her wolf was fighting otherwise.Her thoughts were broken when she felt goosebumps grow on her skin as his hand touched her arm.The deep scent of spice and cedar took over her senses as the room warmed with his aura. He was so close she
The Beta Twins were shocked by Celeste’s words as Cassian seethes in anger. “Even in your false death, you still try to bring more lies?” Cassian accused.But Callix pushed him back with a burning glare for his brother to be calm.“Yes, it’s true, and I assure you that your sister Maya is alive,” Xaden assured.Cassian immediately felt weak in the knees as his knees slammed to the floor, while Callix’s hands gripped the chair, almost breaking it.His breath was harsh. “What?” he said. “But we saw it all. We saw her bleed. We saw her die.”Callix argued, clearly remembering the last time they had seen their sister’s dead body on the floor, but Xaden shook his head before he spoke.“She wanted a way out for you guys. She wanted you both to leave because she knew you would come back for her, and that would have you surrounded in any minute, and your lives would have been lost by Nordraks’s orders,” he explained.“She knew you guys wouldn’t go, and all this while she had waited, she suff
•••They had reached the Silver Palace.Just weeks had passed, but the Silver Palace was just as Celeste remembered. She had tried not to react under her hood.Trying to hide her face while she followed Xaden, who never let go of her hand, although the guards looked suspiciously at them.Xaden’s stealth had helped them pass through the halls down to the throne room, where they waited.Celeste could feel her nerves climbing and her heart pounding as she wondered what their first reaction would be.Would she be killed on the spot? But a calm squeeze to her hand, looking up at Xaden, who whispered, “I’m here, okay? Nothing’s gonna happen to you!” He assured Celeste, who nodded, swallowing a thick lump to hold her anxiety just as the large silver doors of the throne room opened up.The silence tensed as the two betas walked in, their eyes followed by confusion just as they froze in their step when they saw Xaden.He had pulled his hood down, and his eyes locked with both betas, who recog
The ice-cold water felt like a burning flame against their skin as Celeste struggled to find light in the darkness of the raging water.Holding onto Xaden, whose right arm was in dire need of treatment.It was a miracle when they found themselves on the shore of the icy lands, both brittle and shivering with cold, their bodies trembling in search of a heat source.“Stay with me, Xaden, don’t die,” Celeste shivered, trying to keep warm and caress her belly, fighting the urge to lose consciousness. Just when she had given up all hope.But then the crunch of boots drew closer, and panic rose in her bones. Had they found them already? She thought as she peered through her hazy vision.She saw a curious male under a thick coat, eyes looking over her. “By the moons, are you both alright?” The man’s voice echoed, and Celeste’s eyes opened.She met a familiar gaze and the face of the boat’s owner, from whom she bought Anora’s tickets back in Silver City, the same man she had paid for a lead t
“Run away with me, Celeste… what do you say?” Syzar’s voice choked as Celeste eyes watered; she wanted nothing more than to touch him, to feel him free from the prison bars that separated them. “Yes, yes, I will. I will run away with you, Zar…” she assured, nodding, eyes beady with tears as sh
Silence ensued as Nyssa flinches from the beta’s presence as he holds Celeste, her body hot with fever, while she looks at a guilt-stricken Nyssa. “I told you the king’s slave is to be punished by the king’s command alone,” Callix warns a stuttering Nyssa. “It’s her fault; she wanted to harm
Celeste's POV The throbbing ache in my head is the first thing I feel as I stir awake, a groan escaping my lips as I try to move. Why the hell was I so sore? I wondered, my eyes still closed. But it didn't take long for my thoughts and memories to rush back to me—of the sex, of how Syzar had
Celeste stood almost dumbfounded by Syzar’s command, but she couldn’t refuse. Even though there was brutal pain with each step she took—her legs barely healed from Nyssa’s assault—Syzar’s command was not one she could refute. She steadied her legs, hiding the wounds with the train of her blac







