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The Road Home

Author: Leela Wrights
last update publish date: 2026-05-09 08:10:22

"You should eat something before you go."

"I am not hungry."

Gertha folded a grey dress and placed it in the satchel. "You said that yesterday."

"I am saying it again today."

She reached for another dress. "The carriage will be ready within the hour."

"I know."

"You will need your strength."

"I know that too, Gertha, thank you."

She spared me a glance, then went back to her folding.

"The white dress," I said. "Who sent it?"

"You asked already."

"And you did not answer."

"I will not answer now e
Leela Wrights

Tip: Listen to 'Saturn' by Sleeping at Last while reading this and you'll thank me 🌚 ~Author Leela

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  • Bound to the Alpha Twins   The Road Home

    "You should eat something before you go.""I am not hungry."Gertha folded a grey dress and placed it in the satchel. "You said that yesterday.""I am saying it again today."She reached for another dress. "The carriage will be ready within the hour.""I know.""You will need your strength.""I know that too, Gertha, thank you."She spared me a glance, then went back to her folding."The white dress," I said. "Who sent it?""You asked already.""And you did not answer.""I will not answer now either."I watched her hands, quick, the reflex of someone who was used to this. She had done this for others before me. She would do it for others after."You speak in circles," I said.She tied the satchel and set it by the door. "The carriage is waiting."I picked up the satchel. She did not follow me out.I had hoped the twins would come to see me out. Some foolish part of me had imagined them standing outside my room, waiting for me.They did not.Of course they did not. The King had said th

  • Bound to the Alpha Twins   The Verdict

    The words hung in the air like a blade waiting to fall."A series of trials," Darkholme said. His voice was flat. "The number is not fixed. You will continue until the Council is satisfied ...Or until you break."My mouth opened, then closed, "That is no trial. That is a punishment."Darkholme's eyes did not blink. "Call it what you wish. It is the only path forward.""The twins-""The twins are leaders of this pack," King Aldric's voice cut through the room. His face was neutral still. "They have a duty above all else. Above you. Above the bond. Above whatever weakness pulls them toward an Omega with no name and no bloodline."My throat tightened. "I am not asking them to abandon their duty, my Lord.""You are their mate." The King's eyes held mine. "That is already an abandonment of sense."A cold silence followed. Elder Zakira leaned forward, her voice softer than the king's but no less sharp. "The trials are not designed to kill you, they are designed to break you. There is a dif

  • Bound to the Alpha Twins   The Council

    The doors closed behind me. Seven pairs of eyes stared intensely.Behind the Council table, elevated on a dais, sat two thrones.King Aldric watched with a face so blank it might as well have been carved from stone. Beside him, Queen Selene's expression was unreadable, but her eyes were sharp and alive.The other five Council members flanked them on either side.No one spoke for a long moment as I moved to stand in the centre of the room. My hands smoothed the sides of my dress, and an adrenaline rush crept through spine.Chief Judge Darkholme broke the eerie silence first."Ophelia Tyme. You stand before the Council of Silver Fang.""So I have been told."Elder Zakira's lips twitched. The Queen's eyes flickered with something that might have been amusement."State your lineage," Darkholme said."My mother is Phaeytthe of Ashen Ridge. My father is dead. I never knew his name.""Convenient," someone muttered from the end of the table.I turned to look at him. Elder Obelix. Round-faced

  • Bound to the Alpha Twins   Luna White

    The knock came before sunrise. It was soft but loud enough to be heard."Come in."Gertha entered, and behind her two maids carried something between them. They laid it across the bed and proceeded to open the curtains.It was a cream white gown. The fabric caught the little light rays that slipped in from the windows and gave it back. Silver thread ran through the hem and bodice in patterns that seemed to move when I blinked.It was the most beautiful thing I had ever been this close to."Luna white," Gertha said. "For formal presentations before the Council."I looked at her. "Who sent it? The queen?"She met my eyes. "It was prepared for you, my lady.""That is not what I asked."There was a pause. Something moved across her face. "No," she said. "It is not."She said nothing further.I stared at her for a moment. She did not look away, but she did not speak either. Her silence was loud enough and I understood then that she would not tell me.I let it go. There were more important t

  • Bound to the Alpha Twins   The Second Brother's Kiss

    Gertha, she had told me in a whisper as we left the library, was her name. She walked ahead, holding a small candle, her steps light as a feather, the steps of someone who had learned long ago how to move without being noticed.I followed her in silence.The corridors up here were quieter than the ones below, the torches set further apart so that the light came in pools with stretches of shadow between them. The paintings on these walls were smaller, more private somehow.I was still reeling from the library.Not from his nearness or his scent or the moment when the air had gone still between us. But from his words and the way he had laughed at me.I pressed my lips together and kept my legs moving."First time in the palace?" Gertha asked, her voice barely above a murmur."Is it that obvious?""You have been looking at every single painting like it stole something of yours. Most guests stop doing that by the third corridor."I almost smiled despite myself.We turned a corner and the c

  • Bound to the Alpha Twins   I Did Not Look Back

    Lucian stood in the doorway for a moment longer than necessary, like a tree planted there. His eyes roamed over me in the unhurried way of someone who had already decided they had all the time in the world.Then he moved slowly, deliberately, giving me time to watch him.He did not come toward me. He simply moved to the side of the room, his hands clasped loosely behind his back, and looked at the shelves as though something there required his attention. We both knew he was stalling."You handled my sister well," he said.There was something in his voice. The faintest curl of amusement, so slight that if I had not been fixated on him I would have missed it entirely."It does not feel like I handled anything," I said. "She said what she wanted to say and then she left.""That is precisely what I mean." He glanced at me sideways. "Most people crumble within the first two minutes. You lasted the whole conversation."It could have been a compliment or an observation. With Lucian, I was beg

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