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IN THE HANDS OF THE CROWN
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2025-06-05 19:49:49
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FORBIDDEN BOND: The Alpha's Desire ACCEPTANCE
The world hushed around them.The only sound was the soft rustle of blossoms stirred by the breeze, the faint catch of their breaths as they held on to each other. Words had emptied out. There was nothing left to say that grief hadn’t already said for them.So they sat.Shoulder to shoulder. Heart to heart.Kael’s fingers clutched at Alaric’s tunic like a lifeline, and Alaric’s arm circled him, steady, anchoring. Their bodies trembled with the aftershocks of mourning, but slowly, slowly the sobs dulled into silence.The sun dipped.The sky blushed, then dimmed, then deepened into velvet black. They didn’t notice. They couldn’t feel time.Until the first glow sparked.And then another.And another.Fireflies. Dozens, then hundreds, rising out of the grass and hovering in a shifting veil of golden-green light over the mound where their son lay. The blossoms shimmered under their glow, the tiny lights flickering as if answering some unseen call.Alaric’s throat burned as he leaned closer
FORBIDDEN BOND: The Alpha's Desire BARGAINING
Silas rose slowly, his chair scraping softly against the stone. He pressed a trembling hand to Alaric’s shoulder, gave it a firm, lingering pat, and when Alaric looked up, Silas’s eyes were wet. The man’s throat bobbed with words he didn’t speak, then he turned and walked out, shutting the door behind him, leaving them alone.For a long moment, Alaric just stared at Kael, his mate, his anchor, and yet now a ghost of himself. Every breath Alaric tried to take felt like it splintered his ribs. Finally, he leaned forward, cupping Kael’s pale face between his hands. His thumbs brushed along cold, hollowed cheeks. His voice broke low, raw, but steady enough to reach Kael.“I missed you,” he whispered. Just three words, though a storm of others fought to claw out of him; ‘I thought I lost you.’ ‘I would’ve torn the world apart to find you.’ ‘What happened to you?’ ‘What happened to our child?’ ‘I can’t stand seeing you like this.’ But none of it found his tongue— only I missed you.Alaric s
FORBIDDEN BOND: The Alpha's Desire DENIAL
Trumpets split the air. Drums thundered from the palace towers, rolling across the hills and crashing like waves over the capital.“His Royal Highness, Prince Alaric, has returned!” voices roared from the walls.Alaric rode at the head of his men, the Veridian banner snapping high above him. Dust clung to his cloak, his body still sore from every wound, but he sat tall in the saddle. Behind him, warriors marched, their armor gleaming in the morning sun. The gates yawned open, and the flood of sound swallowed them whole.The palace spilled out in full ceremony. Courtiers in silks, guards in shining mail, priests raising their hands in blessing, an ocean of faces bowed and waited, the road to the palace lined with petals thrown from baskets. At the top, King Theron stood on the low platform of carved marble, elevated above them all, his silver crown catching the sun.Alaric dismounted. Each step across the courtyard was heavy, his muscles dragging with exhaustion, but his gaze stayed fi
FORBIDDEN BOND: The Alpha's Desire THE CROWN
The crown felt heavier than a huge portion of oak wood, even though it wasn’t on Aaron’s head yet.“All hail King Aaron.”The words still echoed in his skull as he stood in the great hall, his body rooted like stone while the world swirled around him. Advisors whispered. Servants bustled. Guards shifted. And still he stood, silent, sick with grief, as if his father’s death had carved a hole straight through him.He wanted to drink again. To drown. To run back to the battlefield and scream into the cliffs until his lungs burst. Anything but this. Anything but kingship.But he didn’t move. He couldn’t. Not when so many eyes watched him, weighing his every breath, his every silence.It was Alaric who stirred him. A hand — bruised, cut, unsteady — pressed briefly to his shoulder, grounding him. Aaron blinked and looked at him, the Veridian prince as battered as the war itself, but still standing. Still here.And then word reached them.“The king’s body rests in his chamber. The queen awai
FORBIDDEN BOND: The Alpha's Desire HIS MAJESTY
The courtyard reeked of steel, sweat, and horsehide, yet beneath it all lay the sharper scent of tension. Veridian soldiers stood in ranks, their cloaks battered, their blades still stained from Selvane’s blood. They should have been preparing to march home, and should have been returning in triumph with their prince.But their prince was gone.Aaron stood before them, bottle in hand, his red cloak slipping from one shoulder. His eyes were bloodshot, and the hollows beneath them looked carved out by sleepless nights. He swayed faintly, but his voice carried when he finally spoke.“You should have been home already.” He raised the bottle, took a sharp swallow, and lowered it again with a grimace. “But I can’t—won’t—send you back without him. Not like this. Not with empty hands, empty saddles.” His throat bobbed. “Not with Veridia’s crown waiting for a son who hasn’t returned.”A ripple passed through the soldiers. They had been hardened in battle, yet there was something desperate, unf
FORBIDDEN BOND: The Alpha's Desire GRIEF
The morning light had no warmth.It spilled across the chamber in thin, sharp lines, touching Kael where he sat curled on the edge of the bed. He hadn’t moved since the night before.The baby was still in his arms.Kael’s lips had gone pale, almost bloodless. His eyes, once bright, burned an unnatural red, the veins spiderwebbing through them from hours of tears that would no longer fall. His body had withered in the space of a single night. The softness of pregnancy, the fullness of his cheeks, the gentle swell that had made him glow… all of it had collapsed inward. He looked carved out, hollow, a ghost of the boy he had been just days ago.And the baby… the tiny bundle wrapped so carefully… had darkened. The skin no longer soft, but dusky purple, the stillness undeniable.No one in the room spoke.No one dared.Theron stood like a stone at the far wall, fists locked at his sides, jaw iron tight. Elara sat near the bed, her hands clasped so hard her knuckles had gone white, eyes swol
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