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The moment Rowan and Kael stopped fighting…It didn’t feel like peace.It felt like a pause before something worse.Both of them were still breathing hard, still staring at each other like the argument wasn’t finished,it was just interrupted.And honestly… I didn’t know which one of them scared me more when they got quiet.Kael wiped blood from the corner of his mouth, eyes still sharp even in pain.Rowan stood a few steps away, chest risingChapter 221~ IrisAfter I had escorted Kael to the healer’s room, the noise from the hall felt distant… like it belonged to another world entirely.Up here, everything was quiet. The scent of herbs filled the air, mixed with blood and something faintly metallic. Healers moved around us, efficient, calm..used to chaos in ways I would never fully understand.But my focus stayed on him.On Kael.He sat on the edge of the bed, shoulders tense, jaw tight, like he was trying to convince his own body that nothing had happened.Typical.Stubborn boy.“Sit properly,” one of the healers said, pushing him lightly.“I am sitting,” he muttered.“Not like you want to run away.”That almost made me smile.I stayed near the doorway at first… watching. Observing, Like I always did.Like I didn’t care.But I did.And that was the problem.They started cleaning the woun
~ IRIS The moment Rowan and Kael stopped fighting…It didn’t feel like peace.It felt like a pause before something worse.Both of them were still breathing hard, still staring at each other like the argument wasn’t finished,it was just interrupted.And honestly… I didn’t know which one of them scared me more when they got quiet.Kael wiped blood from the corner of his mouth, eyes still sharp even in pain.Rowan stood a few steps away, chest rising slowly, like he was forcing himself not to continue.I was surprised at Rowan's behavior, this wasn't my son. He wasn't the reckless one.The tension between them wasn’t gone, It was just buried under silence.I stayed beside Kael without thinking.That alone annoyed me.But I didn’t move.Because he was still standing, still stubbornly pretending he wasn’t hurt.“You’re enjoying this too much,” I muttered at him.He gave a weak smirk
Rowan The hall felt tense the moment I stepped into the center.The council stood around us, pretending this was still a discussion and not a decision waiting to happen. At the center was the prophecy table, old and stubborn, just like the traditions they kept hiding behind.And then there was Kael, leaning at the back like none of this concerned him.That alone irritated me.Because this did concern himIt concerned all of us.Varis started talking and all that, before he said “The next Alpha must be chosen.”Kael stepped forward immediately.“I am the first son. I should lead.”When they asked him why, his answer was predictable.“I’m older.”That was it.I didn’t bother waiting,when he turned the question to me, I answered without hesitation.“I’m responsible.”And just like that,he twisted it.“Responsible? You mean obedient.”Typical Kael.Always turning structu
~ KAEL The hall felt different this time, everywhere was so quiet, Like the walls themselves knew what kind of decision was about to be made.Council members lined the sides, Warriors stood behind them. Leaders, Alphas,Voices that used to argue separately are now forced into one room.And at the center of it all…The prophecy table.Old stone. Black markings. Words that never changed, no matter how many times people tried to reinterpret them.I hated it already.I leaned slightly against the pillar at the back, arms crossed, Watching.Not participating yet.Rowan stood closer to the center, of course he did.I rolled my eyes, Always the “responsible one.”Always the one trying to look like he carried the world on his shoulders without breaking.It annoyed me more than I expected.Someone at the front cleared his throat. “Given recent events,” Varis said carefully, “the prophecy alignment is
~KaelThe music was too loud,or maybe my head was just too full.Alice was laughing beside me, glass in her hand, already on her second or third. I’d lost count. Lights flashing, bodies moving, people shouting over nothing.Normal people stuff, I didn’t belong here.“You’re thinking again,” Alice said, nudging me with her shoulder.“I’m always thinking.”“That’s your problem brother.”I scoffed lightly and took another drink. It burned going down, but not enough. Never enough.Alice leaned against the bar, watching me instead of the crowd. “You know you don’t have to go tonight.”I knew what she meant, the meeting, the house, them.“I do,” I said simply.She sighed. “You always feel like you have to prove something.”I didn’t answer that, because she wasn’t wrong.I just didn’t want her saying it out loud.A few minutes passed in silence. Then she slid
~IrisOne month laterEverything had changed, The house wasn’t filled with tension anymore. No shouting, No doors slamming, No constant feeling that something, or someone, was about to snap.Everyone stayed in their own space.Even Kael and Duncan.They didn’t argue anymore, but they didn’t speak either. And somehow, I knew Duncan's talk didn't really go well .His pride must have come through, and he didn't even tell me how it went?So that's Why on the other side of me and Duncan life we weren't on speaking terms like that. It wasn't like before. And he didn’t try to reach me.Part of me was grateful for that,the other part… hated it more than I wanted to admit.Because I didn’t know how to reach him either.And for once, I let it be that way.My son had changed too, he cares so much for the title. And that bothered me, cause it was getting way into his brain.Strangely… Alice
~AliceI swallowed hard, the words sticking in my throat like glass shards.Iris stood there, arms crossed loosely, waiting for whatever I had to say.I stared at my plate, fork pushing noodles around in circles.“I don’t have a good excuse,” I said finally, voice barely above a whisper. “There isn
~AliceFor the umpteenth time, I called her name, but Iris just kept drinking from the glass she’d taken from the kitchen, eyes fixed on the window like I wasn’t even there.“Iris, please look at me,” I said, the words scraping out of my throat, raw and aching.She set the glass down with a soft cl
~IrisI didn’t even know what to do. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.I would have sworn on my life that Alice would never cheat on me.Well… I did. But it doesn’t matter.Sandra stayed on her knees for a second longer, intentionally licking Alice’s release from her fingers like my standing th
~DuncanWaiting until 8 p.m. felt like slow torture. Every minute dragged, the clock mocking me while I paced the study, whiskey untouched. At 7:55 I left the estate in the Mitsubishi, windows down, night air cutting sharp across my skin. Thorne followed in the SUV behind me.We pulled up to The O







