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Chapter 40: The Answer From the North
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Married To My Ex’s Step-Father Chapter 40: The Answer From the North
POV: MagnusNine days after Roxana's letter departed north, the same weathered trader returned to my gates, requesting audience with the Luna once more. I met him alongside her this time, unwilling to leave any correspondence involving Hestia entirely outside my own oversight, regardless of how much I trusted Roxana's judgment in the matter."She responded quickly," the trader said, producing a small, carefully sealed letter from within his cloak. "Though she seemed considerably more cautious this time, asking me twice whether I had been followed before agreeing to carry her reply."We thanked him, ensuring his payment and lodging were handled generously before retreating to the privacy of my study to read whatever Hestia had written. Roxana's hands trembled slightly as she broke the seal, her eyes scanning the contents before reading aloud for my benefit.*Roxana. Your request reached me, and I confess some surprise at how quickly you turned my warning into an opportunity. Very well.
Married To My Ex’s Step-Father Chapter 39: Word From the Mountains
POV: RoxanaA knock came at my door just after sunset, one of the younger guards standing nervously in the hallway when I answered. "Luna," he said, bowing quickly. "A trader arrived at the gates, claiming to carry a message meant for you specifically. He would not hand it to anyone else."My heart lurched, uncertain whether to hope or fear whatever news had traveled so far to reach me. I followed the guard down to the main hall, where a weathered older man stood waiting, dust from the road still clinging to his worn traveling cloak."Luna Roxana," he said, bowing with the practiced ease of someone accustomed to noble households. "I was asked to deliver this into your hands alone, by a woman I encountered several weeks past, traveling through the mountain passes north of here."My breath caught. "A woman," I repeated carefully. "Did she give a name?""She called herself Hestia," the trader said. "Though she seemed considerably wary of sharing much else about herself. She paid me well
Married To My Ex’s Step-Father Chapter 38: The Weight of Waiting
POV: RoxanaI counted the days again that morning, as I had taken to doing more frequently with each passing week, marking the slow, relentless progress toward a deadline that never seemed to grow any less terrifying despite how thoroughly my life had changed since the Seer's original decree. Fewer than sixty days remained now, out of the ninety I had originally been given, and still no sign of the pregnancy the entire pack expected of me.I dressed slowly that morning, studying my reflection in the tall mirror with a critical eye I rarely allowed myself. Nothing about my body had changed, nothing to suggest the heir everyone demanded was any closer to existing than it had been the day Morana first pronounced her judgment over my future.Magnus found me there, his expression softening the moment he noticed the worry etched across my features. "You are counting again," he said, not a question."Fifty-eight days," I said quietly. "Fifty-eight days, and still nothing to show for it."He
Married To My Ex’s Step-Father Chapter 37: A Trail North
POV: MagnusTormund returned alone eleven days after departing, dust and exhaustion clinging to him in equal measure as he strode into my study without waiting for formal announcement. I set aside my papers immediately, reading the urgency in his posture before he spoke a single word."You found something," I said."A trail, Alpha," Tormund said, lowering himself into the chair across from my desk. "Not the woman herself, not yet. But word of her, from a village three days north of our border.""Tell me everything," I said."An innkeeper there remembered a woman matching Marta's description, arriving alone some fifteen years past," Tormund said. "She kept to herself, worked in the inn's kitchens for several years before eventually moving on. He believed she traveled further north still, toward the mountain territories, though he could not say with certainty."My chest tightened at the mention of the mountains, the same dangerous passes where Hestia herself was rumored to be traveling.
Married To My Ex’s Step-Father Chapter 36: Victoria's Unease
POV: VictoriaI expected Corwin to move against Celeste within days of our conversation in the garden. Instead, a full week passed with no formal accusation, no summons before the council, nothing beyond the same patient, circling questions he directed at every member of this household equally.I found him near the stables one afternoon, his expression as carefully unreadable as always. "You have been thorough," I said, approaching with the same practiced ease I had used before. "I confess, I expected more decisive movement by now, given what I shared with you.""Thoroughness requires patience, Lady Victoria," Corwin said. "I do not act on suspicion alone, regardless of how compelling the source."Something in his tone unsettled me, a careful distance that had not existed during our first conversation. "Has something changed?" I asked."Only that I have learned to weigh every observation against its source's motivations," Corwin said. "Yours included."The implication landed like cold
Married To My Ex’s Step-Father Chapter 35: The Watcher's Doubt
POV: MagnusCorwin returned to the dungeon the following morning with two additional wolves carrying tools I did not recognize, thin metal rods designed, I assumed, for testing the give of ancient stonework. I met him at the entrance before he could descend, unwilling to let his investigation proceed entirely beyond my sight."Alpha," he said, bowing slightly. "I did not expect your company this morning.""I thought it wise to observe personally," I said. "Given how much attention this particular corridor has already received."Corwin nodded, gesturing for his men to proceed ahead of us as we descended together into the damp, familiar cold of the dungeon. "I spoke with several members of your kitchen staff yesterday evening," he said conversationally, though I recognized the careful testing beneath his casual tone. "An older woman named Ilsa mentioned an interesting piece of history regarding this passage.""The old escape route," I said, keeping my voice even. "Yes, I recall hearing
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