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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
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The silence after Alpha Kael spoke felt strange. “Unless you would rather sit where I sit.” No one in the council chamber moved. For a moment, it was as if the entire room had forgotten how to breathe. I suddenly became very aware of where I was sitting. Not across the chamber. Not standing among the advisors like before. But beside him. Close enough that the warmth from his body reached me through the small space between our chairs. My hands rested quietly in my lap, but my shoulders had stiffened without my permission. 'Why did he say that…?' Several elders exchanged brief glances. One of them shifted forward slightly, clearly debating whether to continue speaking. The tension in the chamber felt thick. Finally, one of the older council members cleared his throat. “My lord,” he said carefully, his tone respectful but strained. “The seat beside the Alpha is not a place casually occupied.” The meaning was obvious. That seat was meant for the Luna. Not for someone lik
Moon's Restraint: The Alpha's Dangerous Obsession CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
AERIN For a moment after Alpha Kael spoke, I did not move. “Come.” Your seat is here. The words settled in the chamber with a quiet weight that seemed to reach every corner of the stone hall. No one spoke. The council table remained perfectly still, yet the air had changed in a way I could feel even without looking up. I heard the shift of fabric as someone adjusted in their chair. A faint intake of breath somewhere along the far side of the table. The guards standing along the walls had gone straighter, their attention sharpened as if something unexpected had just entered the room. And all of it seemed to circle around one simple thing. The empty chair beside the Alpha. My heart began to beat harder. I knew he was watching me. I could feel it before I even lifted my head. When I finally did, his eyes were exactly where I had expected them to be. On me. Alpha Kael had not moved since speaking. He sat with the same relaxed posture he had held since the council began, one arm
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I did not sleep deeply.I knew it the moment I opened my eyes, because my body felt alert instead of rested, as though something inside me had remained awake long after the room fell silent.The chamber was still dark. Quiet. Unchanged.I wasn’t.I lay there, listening to my own breathing, to the faint rhythm of my pulse.My hand moved slowly to my wrist.The exact place where his lips had brushed my skin.There was nothing there now. No warmth. No mark.Still, my pulse quickened beneath my fingers.I pressed harder, as if I could force the reaction to stop.It didn’t.“Staying close to me.”His voice returned easily, steady and certain.“And let me do the rest.”I swallowed.What lingered was not the kiss.Not even the closeness.It was the fact that I had not stepped back.His hand at my waist had not pulled me. He had not trapped me. He had only stood there... occupying the space behind me in a way that made retreat feel unnecessary.He had not dragged me closer.He had simply not
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My hand was still in his.I did not pull it back.I think I forgot how.The place where his lips had touched my wrist felt warmer than the rest of my skin, a quiet heat that refused to fade no matter how still I held my breath. I could feel my pulse there, loud and uneven beneath his fingers, betraying every attempt I made to sit properly.His thumb moved once.Barely.Not a stroke.Just enough to remind me my hand was still trapped in his.My breath shortened.'Why does that feel worse than being held?'Beta Nial cleared his throat.I almost jumped.“The role,” he repeated, flat and patient, as if explaining something simple to a slow student. “Is necessary to stabilize perception.”My mind struggled to follow his words.“Perception…?” I asked.Nial nodded once. “The council believes the Alpha’s judgment is compromised.” His eyes flicked briefly to our joined hands, then back to my face. “We will not correct that belief.”My chest tightened.“You want them to think…” I hesitated.“Th
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“Almost… like you are asking me to force you to obey.”The words did not feel like a threat.They felt like… heat.It spread low and slow beneath my ribs, tightening something I did not know how to name. My breath caught halfway in my throat. My fingers curled in his shirt without permission.Force.Obey.My body reacted before my pride could.A sharp pulse flickered low in my stomach. My knees felt weaker instead of steadier. I should have pushed him away.I didn’t.And that frightened me more than his words did.The words had barely settled between us when the door opened.I startled so sharply that my entire body reacted before my mind did. I pushed against Alpha Kael’s chest without thinking and stepped away from him as if I had been burned. My back hit the sofa. I sat down too quickly, too stiffly, hands folded in my lap like I had done something wrong.Like I had been caught.My face felt hot. My pulse was still racing from his words. From his breath near my ear. From the way my
Moon's Restraint: The Alpha's Dangerous Obsession CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
I did not move.My back rested against the edge of the table. The wood pressed into my spine, solid and grounding, yet it barely registered. What I felt was him. The warmth radiating from his body, steady and close, changing the air between us until breathing felt different. Slower. Thinner.Alpha Kael leaned closer.Not enough to touch.Enough that my breath shortened anyway.I felt the warmth of his breathing near my temple. It brushed my skin in faint intervals, soft and steady, and each pass tightened something low in my chest before I could stop it. My shoulders drew in on their own. My fingers lifted without permission and rested lightly against his chest. I had not decided to touch him. My hands simply settled there as if they needed something solid to anchor to.Beneath my palm I felt the firmness of him. Warm. Unmoving. The quiet strength of a body that did not shift unless he wished it.His eyes lowered.Not to my hands.…to my mouth.My pulse jumped once. Then again, louder
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