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Chapter 90

Author: N. C. Harriet
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-07 15:53:07

IRIS

“Again.”

I don’t even get a second to breathe before Grandfather lunges.

I swing.

He ducks.

I spin.

He sidesteps, hands behind his back like this is a walk in the freaking park.

“Faster, Iris!” he barks, circling me like a wolf sizing up prey. “Your enemy won’t wait for your legs to recover. Move!”

I grit my teeth and rush him again, fists flying. One jab, two jabs and a sweep of my leg.

He jumps it effortlessly and barely a grunt leaves him.

“What the helly?” I mutter, already panting.

He’s seventy. Seventy-something. I’ve seen trees older than this man, how is he moving like this?

“You’re thinking too much,” he calls out, spinning behind me before I even register that he moved. “Less brain, more instinct.”

I whirl and swipe at him again. He catches my wrist mid-air. “Telegraphing your hits again,” he says, voice annoyingly calm.

I yank free, take three steps back, sweat rolling down my spine. My hair is sticking to the sides of my face, my hoodie clinging like second skin. We’v
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  • Marked by the Lycan Prince   Chapter 90

    IRIS“Again.”I don’t even get a second to breathe before Grandfather lunges.I swing.He ducks.I spin.He sidesteps, hands behind his back like this is a walk in the freaking park.“Faster, Iris!” he barks, circling me like a wolf sizing up prey. “Your enemy won’t wait for your legs to recover. Move!”I grit my teeth and rush him again, fists flying. One jab, two jabs and a sweep of my leg.He jumps it effortlessly and barely a grunt leaves him.“What the helly?” I mutter, already panting.He’s seventy. Seventy-something. I’ve seen trees older than this man, how is he moving like this?“You’re thinking too much,” he calls out, spinning behind me before I even register that he moved. “Less brain, more instinct.”I whirl and swipe at him again. He catches my wrist mid-air. “Telegraphing your hits again,” he says, voice annoyingly calm.I yank free, take three steps back, sweat rolling down my spine. My hair is sticking to the sides of my face, my hoodie clinging like second skin. We’v

  • Marked by the Lycan Prince   Chapter 89

    ZEUSFather doesn’t scream. He doesn’t throw things. He doesn’t need to, his silence is even more dangerous.He just stands there, at the head of the long war table, hands resting flat on the polished surface like he could crush the entire palace beneath his palms if he wanted to. His eyes burn into me, sharp and wild with fury, and I think for a second that he might actually strike me. I almost wish he would. It would be easier than this.“This was your post,” he says quietly, and somehow the quiet is worse than shouting. “Your charge. Your blood.”I don’t answer yet. I know better. Let him talk. Let him empty the barrel before he reloads.He pushes off the table, pacing. “I trusted you. I gave you authority over the estate’s security. I handed you your brother in chains. And you,” He turns suddenly, pointing a finger at me like a sword. “You let him walk out.”“He didn’t walk,” I say before I can stop myself. “He was broken out.”“By your other two brothers!” Father slams his fist o

  • Marked by the Lycan Prince   Chapter 88

    ADRIANThe plan is insane. We both know it.But we’re doing it anyway, abd tonight is the night. The hallway outside Darian’s room is too quiet. The kind of quiet that makes your skin crawl. Like the palace itself is holding its breath.Kelvin’s beside me, hood pulled low, shoulders tense as he stares at the glyph-etched hinges of Darian’s door. His satchel rests against the wall. Inside are tools he swore he hadn’t touched since we were thirteen and sneaking into the treasury to steal sugared figs.He didn’t laugh when he said it this time.I glance down the corridor. The bell tower stunt worked, most of the guards ran off in a panic after it started tolling out of rhythm. Emergency drills kicked in. Everyone thinks it’s sabotage. They’re not wrong.Timing is everything now.Kelvin crouches low, pulling out a soft-bristled brush and a tiny vial of dispel ink. “Two glyphs,” he whispers. “One alarm, one lock. I’ll handle the alarm first. If I screw this up, ”“Don’t,” I say, cutting o

  • Marked by the Lycan Prince   Chapter 87

    ADRIANI don’t say a word until we’re three corridors away from Darian’s room.Kelvin’s trailing behind me, chewing on the inside of his cheek, trying to keep up. I take a turn down a quiet hallway and slip into one of the unused storage rooms near the east wing. It smells like old wood polish and dust and secrets. I shut the door behind us and finally let myself breathe.“That went well,” I mutter, leaning against a pile of crates.Kelvin drops the bag of supplies he brought for Darian onto the floor. “You think Zeus will actually keep us out?”“Oh, he’ll keep us out,” I say. “He’s probably gloating to Father right now. Can’t wait to watch us squirm.”Kelvin sinks down onto a crate and scrubs a hand through his curls. “We don’t have time for this.”“No,” I agree. “We don’t.”The silence between us hangs thick. Outside the storage room door, life goes on, footsteps echo, voices murmur, servants pass without knowing anything is wrong. “I can’t stop thinking about what Darian said,” I

  • Marked by the Lycan Prince   Chapter 86

    ADRIAN The next morning starts the way most of them do these days, quietly, tensely, and with Kelvin eating something he probably isn’t supposed to be eating on palace grounds.“You know those are supposed to be for the infirmary, right?” I ask as he bites into a honeyed fig like it is his last meal.He shrugs, unapologetic. “Then they should’ve hidden them better.”I roll my eyes and push open the side gate toward the guest wing , which, for Darian, has started to feel more like a cell block than anything remotely hospitable. The guards barely look up anymore when we pass, just nod like they know we were too stubborn to stay away.Kelvin adjusts the strap of the canvas bag slung over his shoulder. “How do you think he’s doing?”“Worse than he’ll admit,” I mutter. “He’s been down there for days. Chained, beaten, cut off from Iris… and all we can do is bring him snacks and sarcasm.”Kelvin offers a half-smile. “He likes sarcasm.”“Yeah, well. It’s the only thing I’m fluent in.”We rea

  • Marked by the Lycan Prince   Chapter 85

    IRISI don’t expect anything to feel different.But it does.Maybe it’s the sleep. Maybe it’s the food. Maybe it’s just the fact that I asked for this, that I chose this time around. Whatever the reason is, something in me clicks into place as I lace up my boots and step outside the next morning.The air is crisp, the kind that bites a little when you inhale too deep. Mist still curls along the treetops, low and silver, and the clearing looks the same as always, worn grass, flattened earth, the old wooden post where my grandfather keeps the training weapons. Nothing’s changed.Except me.My grandfather’s already there. Of course he is. He doesn’t speak when I arrive, just gives a single nod. That’s all I need. Not a lecture, not sarcasm, not judgment.We begin.It starts with stances.“Weight on the balls of your feet,” he says, same as always.But this time, I’m already adjusting before he finishes the sentence. I feel the tension in my calves, the alignment of my knees. I don’t ju

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