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Author: Stephany Throne
last update publish date: 2025-10-31 22:51:48
Celeste

That night, sleep refused to come.

The castle felt heavier than usual, as though every wall was listening. Even the wind outside had gone still. It was the kind of silence that made you feel as if something was about to happen, something you couldn’t name yet but could feel in your bones.

Lyra had fallen asleep hours ago, her breathing uneven. She was pale, drained from what happened in the interrogation room. When I touched her forehead earlier, her skin was cold, and she’d murmur
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  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    210

    CelesteNo one moved.No one breathed.The shadow grew larger with every heartbeat.It swallowed the sunlight pouring through the hole the first dragon had burned into the clouds.The valley darkened.A cold wind swept across the battlefield.It carried no scent of smoke.Only decay.The Imperial dragon lowered its body.Its golden scales bristled.A low growl vibrated through the earth beneath our feet.The woman never looked away from the approaching shadow."Cassian.""Yes, Your Majesty.""Evacuate everyone."His jaw tightened."The armies first?""Everyone."He didn't hesitate."Imperial Vanguard!"Thousands of soldiers answered as one.Their disciplined lines broke apart with astonishing speed.Not into chaos.Into purpose."Horn signals!""Retreat south!""No formations!""Leave the wounded to no one!"The sharp cry of bronze horns echoed through the valley.Even the enemy army understood.For the first time since this war had begun, neither side reached for their weapons.They

  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    chapter 210

    Celeste"Run!"The command ripped through the stunned silence.For a heartbeat, no one obeyed.Everyone stared at the dragon.The glow inside its throat brightened from gold to white.Heat rolled across the valley.The stones beneath my boots grew warm.Cassian didn't flinch.Neither did the woman.She stood with one hand resting lightly against the dragon's neck."Your Majesty," Cassian said calmly."Only enough," she replied.The dragon inhaled.Then exhaled.A pillar of white fire erupted into the sky.It didn't strike the retreating armies.It climbed higher.Higher.Straight into the clouds.The heavens split apart.The blast punched a circular hole through the gray sky.Clouds vanished.Blue sunlight poured through the opening.The roar echoed across the mountains for what felt like forever.Every person on the battlefield stood frozen.I had never seen power like it.No spell.No siege engine.No weapon forged by man.Only raw destruction.The dragon closed its jaws.The valley

  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    chapter 309

    CelesteThe silence lasted only a heartbeat.Then the Imperial Vanguard stopped.Thousands of soldiers froze as one.Their lines stretched from one end of the valley to the other. Shield walls stood six ranks deep. Long spears pointed toward the sky like a forest of steel.No one spoke.No one moved.A rider emerged from the center of their formation.His horse was black from mane to hoof.Its armor gleamed like polished obsidian.The rider wore no crest.No colors marked his allegiance beyond the black cloak flowing behind him.A silver wolf had been engraved across his breastplate.He rode forward alone.Neither army challenged him.Even the wounded seemed afraid to breathe.The horse halted halfway between the three forces.The rider removed his helmet.Dark hair.Sharp features.Cold gray eyes.He couldn't have been older than thirty.Yet the confidence in his posture belonged to someone who had never known defeat.The commander's face hardened."I know him.""Who is he?""Marshal

  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    208

    Celeste "No!" The command tore from both our throats at the same time. Neither army listened. The first soldiers reached the ridge. Steel crashed against steel. The silence shattered. The commander shoved me away. I stumbled back as one of his men lunged between us, shield raised. His sword came down toward my head. I sidestepped. My dagger slipped beneath his arm. He gasped. His weapon clattered onto the rocks as he collapsed. "Protect the commander!" The cry echoed across the ridge. Half a dozen enemy soldiers surged forward. Before they reached me, my own men crashed into them. Captain Rowan slammed his shield into the first attacker, sending him sprawling over the edge of the slope. Sergeant Elric buried his axe in another man's shoulder. The ridge dissolved into chaos. Blood sprayed across the stones. The commander looked as furious as I felt. "I gave the order!" he roared. "Stand down!" No one obeyed. Battle fever had taken them. Reason had vanished.

  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    207

    Celeste"No!"The command tore from both our throats at the same time.Neither army listened.The first soldiers reached the ridge.Steel crashed against steel.The silence shattered.The commander shoved me away.I stumbled back as one of his men lunged between us, shield raised.His sword came down toward my head.I sidestepped.My dagger slipped beneath his arm.He gasped.His weapon clattered onto the rocks as he collapsed."Protect the commander!"The cry echoed across the ridge.Half a dozen enemy soldiers surged forward.Before they reached me, my own men crashed into them.Captain Rowan slammed his shield into the first attacker, sending him sprawling over the edge of the slope.Sergeant Elric buried his axe in another man's shoulder.The ridge dissolved into chaos.Blood sprayed across the stones.The commander looked as furious as I felt."I gave the order!" he roared."Stand down!"No one obeyed.Battle fever had taken them.Reason had vanished.He cut down one of my soldie

  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    chapter 207

    CelesteHis sword dipped.Only by an inch.It was enough.I rolled toward my fallen weapon, fingers scraping across the hilt.Steel kissed my palm.I came up swinging.He barely managed to intercept the strike.The impact drove him back two steps.His injured shoulder sagged.The arrow protruded through the joint, the shaft trembling with every movement.Whoever had fired it knew exactly where to aim.Not to kill.To break his rhythm.Rage flashed across his face.He snapped the shaft with one hand and let the broken wood fall.The arrowhead remained buried beneath the armor.Ignoring the pain, he raised his sword again."You've got loyal soldiers.""So do you."Below us, someone shouted."Archers! Hold your fire!"Another voice answered from the enemy ranks."No one interferes!"Neither army moved.Hundreds watched from the blood-soaked hillside.No one dared dishonor the duel.The commander attacked again.His speed hadn't vanished.But it had changed.His left arm no longer moved f

  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    chapter 179

    EdgarThe night was quiet in a way that made the city seem alive, not asleep. Every creak of timber, every whisper of wind against stone, every distant footstep echoed louder than it should have. I stood on the western wall, cloak wrapped tight around me, and let the cold wind slice along my neck.

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-04-04

  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    chapter 183

    CelesteThe southern ridge was silent when I arrived, save for the occasional crunch of snow beneath boots and the faint whistle of wind threading through the pines. Moonlight filtered down in narrow slivers, pale and sharp, outlining every edge, every shadow, every dip in the terrain. The enemy ha

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  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    chapter 184

    Celeste The morning mist clung stubbornly to the forest floor, curling around roots and boughs, turning everything it touched into shapes that seemed almost alive. I moved slowly, deliberately, letting the soldiers behind me fall into rhythm. Each step was careful, measured; each breath drawn deep

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  • Game of hearts: The Ruthless Alpha and his warrior bride    çhapter 178

    Celeste The wind had changed.It no longer whispered along the ridges or rattled the torches in soft menace. It roared, a raw and ragged thing that tore across the mountainside, whipping snow into horizontal sheets, stinging exposed skin and settling in every seam of clothing. My cloak clung to m

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