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88 Handling the weight
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Claimed By The Wolf Kings 91 It’s been ages
KAZIMIRThe council chamber was cold and suffocating, filled with the weight of their judgment.I stood at the center of the room, my hands clasped behind my back, my face carefully neutral. Five elders sat before me, Elara at the head, Gregor to her right, three others whose names I couldn’t care about enough to remember. They looked at me with scowls on their faces. I knew then that Katherine must have talked to them. It was the only plausible explanation for the impromptu meeting. "Alpha Rossi." Elara's voice was crisp, formal, cutting through the silence. "We've summoned you to discuss a matter of grave concern.""I assumed as much.""Katherine has decided to withdraw from being considered as your Luna."I felt a wave of relieve but I kept my face still. "I see.""She has blatantly refused to be your Luna. She's abandoned all hopes and ambitions of marriage to you." Elara paused. "She also told us that Ariel Blondeau is the woman you’re after. And that the woman is is hiding thi
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 90 Life as we know it
ARIEL The morning was quiet, almost peaceful. After Kazimir left I felt a little bit more at ease, and Damian didn’t call me again. I was sitting in the kitchen, a cup of tea cooling in my hands, watching the sunlight filter through the windows. Evie was with the staff preparing for the day. Kazimir was out dealing with Damian. The house was still, calm, the kind of calm that felt almost foreign after everything that had happened.Nikolai found me there.He appeared in the doorway, his usual grin firmly in place, his keys jangling in his hand. He was dressed like he was on his way out of the house. "Ariel. You look like you need to get out of this house.""I'm fine.""You're sitting alone in a dark kitchen, staring at a cold cup of tea. That's not fine. That's the beginning of a very sad montage."I almost smiled. Almost. "What do you want, Nik?""I want to take you to the salon." He crossed the room, pulling out a chair and sitting across from me. "Get you dolled up. Hair, nails, t
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 89 A summons
KAZIMIR The warehouse was dark, damp, reeked of rust and decay.I'd chosen the location deliberately, neutral ground, far from the estate, far from town or any other prying eyes. If Damian wanted to meet, he'd meet on my terms. In my territory. Under my rules.He was already waiting when I arrived.Damian looked worse than I'd imagined. Thin, pale, his eyes hollow and darting. He was wearing a coat that was too expensive for someone in his condition, probably bought with the money Ariel had given him. His hands were shaking as he lit a cigarette. He looked like he was an addict. "You're the infamous Alpha King Kazimir Rossi," he said. His voice was rough, trying for casual, failing miserably."I am.""I've heard a lot about you.""Then you know I don't like wasting my time." I stepped closer. "You wanted to talk. Talk."Damian laughed loudly. "Straight to business. I like that." He took a drag of his cigarette. "Ariel owes me money. A lot of money. And she's been avoiding me.""She
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 88 Handling the weight
ARIEL I woke up feeling lighter, sure my problems still remained, the storm wasn’t completely over yet, but at least there was some relief. The relief that came with the fact that I didn’t have to hide yet another part of me, or something different. Today, something was different. I lay in bed for a moment, staring at the ceiling, trying to identify the feeling. Then I remembered. I'd told Kazimir. About Damian. About the drugs. About all of it. And he hadn't judged me. He hadn't looked at me like I was broken or dirty or unworthy. He'd just listened. Held my hand. Told me he didn’t care. All he wanted me to do was trust him. The lightness in my chest was trust. Fragile, terrifying, but real. Of course, the worry was still there. It was always there. Evie. The medication. Malhorn. The new child he was creating with my DNA. The weight of all of it pressed against the edges of my mind, waiting to rush back in. But for now, just for this one morning, I let myself breathe.
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 87 Just trust me
KAZIMIR The estate was quiet when I returned. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that meant something had happened while I was gone. I could feel it in the air, the tension and the unease. I walked through the foyer, my footsteps echoing on the stone. The lights were dim, the fire in the great hall burning low. I was halfway to the stairs when I heard her voice. "Kazimir." I turned. Katherine was standing in the doorway of the sitting room, her white dress immaculate, her smile fixed and perfect. She looked like she'd been waiting for me. "I need to speak with you." "I'm tired, Katherine." "This won't take long." I walked past her into the sitting room. She followed, closing the door behind us. "What are you even doing here?" She stepped closer, her hand reaching for my arm. I pulled away. "I want to understand what's happening between us," she said. "You told the council we were courting. You told them we'd be settling down in a matter of months. But you won't se
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 86 A mistake
ARIEL Tessa stepped forward, a tablet in her hand. "The new formula isn't the same as what you were giving her before. It's weaker. Significantly weaker. I don’t even know how Lev missed it.” "Weaker?" "By about forty percent." She turned the tablet toward me, showing me graphs and data I didn't understand. "Whoever made this diluted the active ingredients. The medication is still working, but it's not working as effectively as it would have been working before. We had it compared with her former bloodwork and we could see the difference.” "But why would he do that?" "That's the question." Lev crossed his arms. "There's also an additional compound. Something we've never seen before." "What kind of compound?" "We don't know yet. It's not toxic, at least, not from our perspective. We’re still conducting further tests. But who knows what kind of effect it’ll have on her system. Or how we can stop or change that. I’m still monitoring everything and rerunning tests to be co
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 3- Meeting the Rossis
ARIEL The car door slammed shut behind me, the sound final as a coffin closing. Kazimir hadn't spoken a word since we left the club, his silence more unnerving than any threat. Through the tinted windows, I watched the city lights blur into nothing as we climbed higher into the mountains, putting
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 2 - Ghost from the past.
KAZIMIR I didn’t come through the front door because I knew Maddox would run if he ever heard I was in his shitty club. He would use the chance to sneak away like the slimy frog he was and hide for the next couple of months before my men found him again. No. I took the back exit, the one reekin
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 1 - Ariel Blondeau
ARIEL I stood at the edge of the underground club, clutching the envelope in my hand so tightly it crinkled. I hated this place. The smell of sweat, alcohol, and something darker coated the air like oil. I could feel it sticking to my skin, making my breath shallow. The money inside wasn’t enough.
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 5- Mine
KAZIMIR The scent of wolfsbane and gun oil clung to the air as I strode through the weapons room. My brothers moved like extensions of my own will, Lev filling syringes with lethal precision, Nikolai loading silver rounds with that fucking grin of his, Dimitri already melting into the shadows wit
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