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CHAPTER NINETY-SIX: COUNCIL MEETING
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2026-09-21 21:40:26The council chamber had always been designed to remind people who held power.
Kaelan stood at the head of the long black stone table and felt the weight of every pair of eyes fixed on him. The room was colder than the rest of the packhouse. High windows let in only narrow strips of light. The rest of the space lived in shadow. Torches burned along the walls, but t
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Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER NINETY-SIX: COUNCIL MEETING
The council chamber had always been designed to remind people who held power.Kaelan stood at the head of the long black stone table and felt the weight of every pair of eyes fixed on him. The room was colder than the rest of the packhouse. High windows let in only narrow strips of light. The rest of the space lived in shadow. Torches burned along the walls, but their flames seemed smaller here, as if the mountain itself preferred the dark.Twelve elders sat along the sides of the table. Some were old enough to remember his grandfather. Some had served under Lucien for decades. All of them watched him with the same careful, measuring look. They had not called this meeting for idle discussion. He could feel it in the air.
Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE: QUIET HOURS
The day had left a weight on Celeste that she could not shake off.She sat on the edge of the bed in Kaelan’s chambers, her hands resting loosely in her lap. The late afternoon light came through the tall window in a soft, slanted line. It touched the dark stone floor and the edge of the heavy bed. Outside, she could hear the distant sounds of the packhouse.Her mother’s words still echoed in her mind. The warning about the past. The fear that had lived in Maera’s eyes. The way she had said you are my daughter first. Celeste understood the fear. She felt it too. But understanding it did not make the heaviness go away.She lifted one hand and
Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR: DISTANCE
Cassian finished the last patrol report and set the papers aside.The small room he used for work was quiet. A single lantern burned on the table. Outside, the night watch moved along the walls. He should have felt settled. The duties of the day were done. Instead his thoughts kept returning to the same place they always did now.Seraphine.He had seen her twice today. Both times he had done the same thing. He walked away before the conversation could turn into something real. Each time the look in her eyes had stayed with him longer than he wanted. It was not anger. It was not even disappointment. It was something quieter and harder to ignore. Something that
Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER NINETY-THREE: THE HEAT BENEATH THE SKIN
The heat started in the middle of the afternoon.Kaelan was in the war room reviewing patrol routes when he first felt it. A low, steady warmth spread across his shoulders and down the length of his spine. It was not the ordinary heat of a room or of hard training. It came from under the skin, from the dark markings that had been part of him since he was sixteen. The feeling was quiet at first, almost easy to ignore. Then it settled deeper.He set the report down and rolled one shoulder. The warmth did not fade. If anything, it grew a little stronger. He felt it move along the old lines on his back, slow and certain. The sensation was familiar in a way he did not like. It had happened before, but never with this pressure.Kaelan stood and dismissed the two officers who had been waiting for orders. Once the door closed, he pulled his shirt over his head and turned his back to the tall mirror on the wall.The tattoos looked the same at first glanc. A dark, intricate, spreading from his
Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER NINETY-TWO: THE NEW VISION
Celeste sat alone in the small garden near the east wing.She had come here to clear her mind after the talk with her mother and the moment with Kaelan. The bond in her chest felt steady, but her thoughts did not. They turned in slow circles, returning again and again to her mother’s warning and the long history that still lived under the mountain.She closed her eyes and tried to breathe the way Seraphine had taught her.In.Out.Slow.
Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER NINETY-ONE: SEEN
Ryke knew the moment they stepped into the main courtyard that they would no longer be invisible.Liera walked beside him with her usual calm posture. Her dress was simple for someone of her rank, but it still marked her as a guest of importance.A few warriors glanced their way. Then a few more. Conversations did not stop, but they changed. Eyes followed them longer than before. Some looked curious. Some were careful. A few carried quiet judgment. Ryke felt every one of them without turning his head.He kept his face unreadable. He had spent years being the shadow at Kaelan’s side. He knew how to move without drawing attention. Walking openly with the f
Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER TWO: The Gathering.
Celeste had barely stepped out into the cool corridor when the pack bell rang . The sound cut through the night like a blade.Not the frantic, uneven toll of danger. Not the urgent call that sent warriors running toward the gates. This one was slower and formal.Celeste stopped where she was, the e
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Celeste paused outside Thorne’s study, the tray in her hands trembling slightly. Steam curled gently from the teapot, carrying the calm scent of chamomile and honey but beneath it a scent slipped through the closed door, sweet, thick and unfamiliar.Not hers.Not anything from Silvermere.Another
Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER FIVE: Seraphine.
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Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha CHAPTER THREE: The Boy With Amber Eyes.
Moonfall was nothing like she expected.Celeste had imagined something small. A quiet gathering of wolves who didn’t belong anywhere, standing around scattered fires and pretending not to notice each other.Something easy to disappear into. She was wrong.The valley was enormous. Torches lined eve
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