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CHAPTER 48
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2026-03-23 15:04:38
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Chapter 163MAYA Gabriel smiled as they dragged him into the throne room.Not the desperate smile of a man facing death. A genuine expression of amusement, as if this trial was the most entertaining thing he had seen in weeks.Blood still stained his clothes from the battle. His wounds had been treated just enough to keep him alive for trial. Bruises mottled his face where soldiers had not been gentle during his capture.He looked like he had been through hell.And he was still smiling."Gabriel Blackwood," Asher's voice cut through the murmurs filling the throne room. "You stand accused of treason, conspiracy to commit regicide, the massacre of Blue Moon pack, war crimes, and crimes against the crown. How do you plead?"Gabriel threw back his head and laughed.The sound echoed off the scorched walls, making several wolves flinch. It was not the laugh of a madman. It was genuine mirth."How do I plead?" He grinned at Asher. "Guilty, Your Majesty. Guilty of every glorious charge."Gas
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MAYAThe throne room had been hastily repaired for the trial. Workers had cleared the debris from Gabriel's assault, but scorch marks still blackened the walls. A reminder of how close we had come to losing everything.Every seat was filled. Lycans and wolves packed together, united in their desire to see justice served. The air hummed with tension as guards led Kael in.He walked with his head high despite the chains binding his wrists and ankles. No fear showed on his weathered face. If anything, he looked annoyed by the inconvenience.They forced him to his knees before the throne where Asher sat, Maya standing beside him."Kael Whitmore," Asher's voice rang through the chamber. "You stand accused of treason, murder, conspiracy, and crimes against the crown. How do you answer these charges?"Kael lifted his chin. "Guilty of everything except treason. One cannot betray a kingdom one was trying to save."Murmurs rippled through the crowd."You murdered my mother," Asher said, his voi
AUCTIONED TO THE LYCAN KING CHAPTER 161
MAYAI woke to urgent knocking on the chamber door.Asher was already moving, reaching for his sword before his eyes were fully open. Years of training made him react before thinking."Your Majesty," Rhea's voice came through the door. "We found her. We found Isabella."I sat up, pulling the sheet around myself. "Where?""Storage room beneath the old kitchens. She has been hiding there since the battle ended."Asher and I dressed quickly, not speaking but moving in synchronized efficiency born of our bond. Within minutes we were following Rhea through the palace corridors.The sun was just beginning to rise, painting the damaged walls in shades of gold and pink. Beautiful, despite everything.We descended into the lower levels of the palace, areas I had never explored. The air grew colder, damper. These storage rooms predated the current structure, carved from the bedrock the palace was built upon.Guards stood outside a heavy wooden door. Inside, I could hear whimpering."She was try
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MAYAThe secret passages wound through the palace like veins through a body, hidden and invasive.I stood in the command chamber Asher's team had discovered, staring at the maps that documented our every movement. Detailed schedules of when I trained, when I visited the medical wing, when I was alone.Someone had been watching me for weeks. Maybe months."We found four more access points," Rhea reported, entering the chamber with Ethan. "One leads directly to the council room. Another to the armory. And two more to residential quarters.""How many people knew about these passages?" I asked."According to the architectural records Hendrick found, they were built during the palace's original construction three centuries ago. Emergency escape routes in case of siege." Rhea's expression was grim. "But the knowledge was supposed to die with the bu
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ASHERTwenty-four hours until Mordain's ultimatum expired.I stood on the ruined southern wall, watching wolves and Lycans work side by side to rebuild what Gabriel's assault had destroyed. The irony was not lost on me. We were repairing defenses to protect ourselves from an enemy that vastly outnumbered us, using workers who had been killing each other just days ago."Your Majesty," Master Builder Hendrick approached, his weathered face grim. "We have a problem."Of course we did."The coffers are nearly empty. The war drained what your father saved, and the reconstruction costs are astronomical." He gestured to the damaged walls. "I can repair the defenses or I can ensure the refugees are housed and fed through winter. Not both."I looked down at the courtyard where wolf families who had lost everything huddled in makeshift shelters. Children played among the rubble, their laughter a strange counterpoint to the destruction surrounding them."We do both," I said."Your Majesty, the m
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MAYAI was reviewing defensive positions with Asher when the commotion reached us from the training yard.Shouting. The ring of steel. Rhea's voice calling for order.We ran.The yard was chaos. Two fighters circled each other with weapons drawn while others formed a ring around them, some cheering, others trying to intervene. The fragile unity Rhea had worked all morning to build was shattering before my eyes."Stand down!" Asher's command cut through the noise.No one listened. The Lycan and wolf were too focused on each other, years of hatred burning in their eyes.I did not think. Just acted.Silver light exploded from my body as I stepped between them, creating a barrier that forced both fighters back."Enough," I said quietly.The light pulsed brighter, and suddenly every weapon in the yard grew too hot to hold. Swords clattered to the ground as fighters yelped and released them.In the sudden silence, I let the light fade to a shimmer around my hands."You want to kill each oth
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ASHERTwenty years ago.The palace was too big for a boy my size.Every hallway stretched on forever. Every ceiling reached up so high I could not see where it ended. Every room echoed with emptiness no matter how many candles were lit or how many servants walked through.I was eight years old and
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ETHANI did not trust the wolf girl.Not when she climbed into the King's car and refused to leave. Not when she proposed marriage to a man she had known for less than an hour. Not when she signed the contract and moved into the palace like she belonged there.I had served Asher since we were boys.
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DAMIENThe merchant arrived at midnight.He was not really a merchant. His name was Silas and he had been one of my best scouts long before I became Alpha. He was small and forgettable. The kind of man your eyes passed over without registering. That was what made him perfect for this job.I receive
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MAYAThe arena was bigger than I expected.It sat at the heart of the kingdom. A massive circular pit carved from dark stone with tiered seating rising up on all sides like the jaws of a beast waiting to swallow me whole. Hundreds of Lycans filled the seats. Nobles. Soldiers. Servants. All of them
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