MasukAlpha Kael’s POVThe grand hall still smelled of tension when I gave the order.“Lock them here,” I said coldly, nodding toward the Council members.A ripple of protest immediately rose behind me.“You are making a grave mistake, Alpha Kael" Magnus said.“You will regret interfering with Council authority" Selena added. “You are being manipulated—”“Enough,” I snapped.The word cut through the air like a blade and silence fell instantly.I didn’t look back at them as I continued issuing orders.“Double the guards at every exit. No one leaves this hall until I return.”“Yes, Alpha,” several guards responded immediately.Rio leaned slightly toward me as we stepped away from the center of the hall.“You’re actually going after her,” he said, voice half amused, half curious.I didn’t slow my steps.“I’m retrieving stolen property" I replied. Rio smirked faintly.“That’s what you’re calling it.”I stopped walking abruptly.The air around me dropped several degrees and Rio raised his hand
Liora’s POVThe first thing I felt was pain. A deep, throbbing ache at the back of my head that pulsed painfully with every movement.A soft groan escaped my lips before I could stop it.My eyes snapped open instantly then fear hit me immediately. I jerked upright too quickly and regretted it instantly as dizziness slammed into me again.“Easy,” one of the guards muttered from the front seat.My breathing quickened.The inside of the vehicle was dark despite the sunlight outside, the windows tinted heavily enough that the city beyond looked blurred and distorted.We were in the city?My stomach dropped as panic exploded inside me.“No—”I immediately grabbed the door handle beside me and pulled hard but it was locked.“Let me out!” I snapped, pulling it again.The guard beside me grabbed my wrist roughly.“Sit down.”“Don’t touch me!”I jerked away from him violently, pressing myself against the opposite side of the seat.My heart hammered painfully against my ribs.I could barely bre
Alpha Kael’s POVThe moment I heard Liora scream my name, something inside me snapped.Pure rage tore through my chest as I stormed away from the window and down the hallway with enough force to make the guards and servants scatter from my path immediately.My boots struck the marble floors violently.I hated i had called her minw because it sounded too close to attachment or weakness and I refused to let some cursed girl become my weakness.But that did not change the fact that those bastards had touched what belonged to me inside my estate without permission.That alone was enough to make my wolf murderous.By the time I reached the grand hall again, the air around me felt scorching.The High Council members stood in the center of the room exactly where I had left them earlier, their long dark robes making them look more like shadows than people.I wanted to rip that composure apart.“You took her" I said, my voice low.Magnus folded his hands behind his back.“She is being relocate
Liora’s POVSomething felt wrong the moment the guards grabbed me. Not the usual kind of wrong I had grown used to inside this estate.This felt different.My heart pounded hard against my ribs as the guards dragged me down the hallway, their grips painfully tight around my arms.“Wait—!” I protested, struggling slightly. “Where are you taking me?”Neither of them answered. Their silence only made the fear growing inside me worse.The corridor blurred slightly around me as they forced me forward. My slippers scraped against the polished floor, my breathing uneven as I tried to keep up with their aggressive pace.“This isn’t the way to Alpha Kael’s study,” I said sharply.The direction they were taking me wasn’t toward the main halls.“What’s going on? “Where are you taking me?" I demanded louder now, trying harder to pull free.One of the guards tightened his grip painfully.“Quiet.”“I said let go of me!”The second guard suddenly shoved me forward harder.“Move.”Anger flashed throu
Rio’s POVA grin pulled at my lips as I adjusted the cuffs of my black shirt and strolled lazily through the western corridor, completely ignoring the nervous guards bowing as I passed them.My footsteps slowed slightly as three familiar scents drifted toward me.I looked up just in time to see Elena, Ruby, and Vesha walking down the hallway together with their maids trailing several feet behind them.They were coming from the direction of Liora’s room.My smile widened immediately.“Well, If it isn’t the terrifying three” I drawled loudly, spreading my arms dramatically.None of them smiled.Elena looked especially irritated today. Her dark hair was perfectly arranged, her dress elegant as always, but the tightness around her mouth ruined the illusion of composure.Ruby looked equally sour while Vesha at least looked merely exhausted.I placed a hand over my chest dramatically.“What’s with the funeral faces?” I asked. “You all look like somebody died.”Ruby rolled her eyes immediate
Liora’s POVI had thought today would finally become bearable but I guess I was wrong. For the first time in days, I had managed to sit quietly without feeling like the walls of this room were trying to crush me alive. The sunlight spilling through the tall windows painted soft golden lines across the floor, warming the edge of the bed where I sat with a book resting lazily against my thighs.I wasn’t even truly reading anymore. My eyes moved across the words, but my thoughts were elsewhere.Then the door burst open and my entire day was ruined.Elena, Ruby and Vesha stood in front of me like they expected some kind of submission but that was the last thing I was going to do.“I was comfortable before you walked in” I replied calmly. Ruby scoffed loudly.“Oh, she has confidence now.”Vesha tilted her head slightly, studying me carefully.“Or stupidity,” she murmured.I kept my gaze on them, refusing to look intimidated even though the tension already thickened the room unbearably.
Liora’s POVI was going to lose my mind in this room. The silence wasn’t peaceful, it was suffocating.Every second that passed felt stretched, heavy, pressing against my chest like an invisible weight I couldn’t shake off. The walls were too perfect, too clean, too quiet, like they were hiding som
Liora’s POVThe air rushed past me in a violent blur. My breath tore from my throat, a scream caught somewhere between panic and disbelief as the ground surged closer.The wind clawed at my skin, tore through my hair, wrapped around my body like invisible hands trying to drag me down faster.My hea
Liora’s POVThe moment we stepped into the room, the door slammed shut behind us then a second later, I heard the heavy click of the lock.My chest tightened slightly as I turned, staring at the door like it might open again if I just looked hard enough but it painfully didn’t.“Unbelievable.”Fay’
Liora’s POVI woke with a sharp breath and for a moment, I didn’t know where I was.The ceiling above me was unfamiliar with high, smooth, carved with intricate patterns that caught the soft morning light spilling through tall windows. The air felt different too. There was a faint scent of rose an







