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CHAPTER 7: THE BLIND PROPHET'S CUT
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Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 22: THE OLD WOLF'S PRICE
The Alpha of Ashen does not meet us in a throne room, because Ashen does not believe in thrones.He meets us in a clearing where his pack has laid out the bones of his sons on black cloth, two piles, white and clean, like offerings, and an old man kneeling between them with his head bowed and his hands empty. No guards, no priests, no crown, just a wolf who has outlived his children and is waiting to see if we are worth the last thing he has left to lose."You are the girl who split the chapel," he says without looking up, and his voice is rough from disuse."I am Nyx," I say.He finally looks at me, and his eyes are yellow and wet and old. "I am Brennor. These were Joren and Kell. Joren was taken for the Fifth Law when he was nineteen, same age you are now. They cut his throat in the arena and called it holy. Kell was ten when they bled him to see if his blood would make a Luna stronger."Mira presses her face into Rook's leg. He puts a hand on her head, awkward and gentle."I am sor
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 21: ASHEN
Ashen does not have walls, and that tells you everything you need to know about them.Stoneclaw has walls, thick and high and built to keep the world out. Red River has gates with guards who ask your name and your rank and whether you are worth letting in. Ashen has trees that get thinner and thinner until they are not forest anymore, but a village tucked into the trees, houses of dark wood with smoke coming out of chimneys that smells like pine and old stew, and wolves lying in the sun who lift their heads when they smell us and do not stop staring.Eighty wolves, Kain said. It looks like more when you count pups and elders, and it looks like less when you think about three hundred Stoneclaw wolves coming to burn it down."They have known we are here for an hour," Theo says softly from behind us, his horse stopped at the tree line without being told. "They are deciding if they let us in.""Deciding?" Rook repeats, already bristling, because Rook does not do waiting well when he is ti
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 20: NORTH
We ride until the horses start to stumble, because stopping feels too much like dying.They are not our horses, they are Harkon’s warhorses, big, scarred beasts that were bred to carry armored wolves into battle, and even they are blowing hard by the time we reach the tree line that marks the edge of Stoneclaw territory. Behind us, the city is just smoke now, a dark smudge against a darker sky, and the arena bell has finally stopped ringing, which is worse than when it was ringing, because silence means whoever is left alive has made a decision about what comes next.Mira is in the saddle in front of me, because Rook lifted her out of Harkon’s arms the second we cleared the north tunnel and put her in mine without asking, like he knew I would not be able to breathe until I felt her weight.She is asleep now, her head tucked under my chin and her small hands fisted in my bloody shirt, and the tether between us is finally quiet, not pulsing with fear anymore, just warm and steady and th
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 19: THE ARENA BURNS
The arena bell does not stop ringing, and that is how I know we are already too late.It has not rung in twenty years, not since the last war between packs, and every wolf in the city knows what it means when it does. It means the packs are gathering, it means blood is about to spill, and it means someone broke the truce we bled to get this morning."The courtyard," Rook says, and he is already pulling me toward the chapel doors, his claws out and his eyes black with the kind of rage that has kept him alive for centuries. "Harkon—"The doors burst open before he can finish, and Harkon staggers in with blood on his face and a wound down his arm that should be closing faster than it is."South gate," he gasps, pressing his hand to the gash. "Three banners, Stoneclaw, Red River, and Ashen. They came through before we could lock down, and they are not here to talk."Three packs, sixty wolves at least, maybe more, and they are here because Draevor is dead and the city is without an Alpha a
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 18: THE CHAPEL OF ASH
We don't use the gates.Rook takes us through the old cistern under the east quarter, a tunnel half-collapsed and slick with black water that hasn't seen light since the castle was built. The air smells like rot and iron, and Theo's hand is tight around my wrist because the stones are uneven and he can't see the drop-offs."Left here," he whispers when we reach a fork, and there's no hesitation in his voice. Prophet certainty, bone-deep and terrifying.Behind us, Kain and Silas split off toward the kitchen entrance without a word, their shadows swallowed by the dark. Harkon's wolves fan out above, silent as smoke, waiting for the signal.That leaves us. Me, Rook, and Theo, with twenty priests and forty guards ahead and two hours until the truce we asked for officially ends.Oathbreakers, indeed.The tunnel ends at a wooden hatch that opens into the Council's cellar. I push it, slow, and Rook's hand covers mine to help, his claws catching the light as the hatch gives with a wet groan.
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 16: THE PRICE OF A TRUCE
The Council doesn’t wait until midday.They arrive two hours after Mavera leaves, twelve priests in black robes and twenty guards in gold armor, and they don’t stop at the gates like she asked. They march straight through the courtyard like they own it, and in a way, they do. The Fifth Law says the High Council speaks for all packs, and until yesterday, no one had ever told them no.I meet them in the throne room. Not Draevor’s throne room with the wolf skulls and the iron chains bolted to the floor. The old one, the one the castle doesn’t use anymore because it has too many windows and not enough walls to hide behind. If I’m going to negotiate, I want light. I want witnesses.The Kings stand with me. Rook at my right shoulder, because he refuses to be anywhere else when there are threats in the room. Silas lounging against a pillar, twirling his staff and looking like this is all a game he hasn’t decided if he’s bored of yet. Theo silent at my left, his head tilted toward the sound o
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 14: THE CROWN I DIDN'T CHOOSE
The arena is full before the sun touches the horizon, and I can feel the weight of every pack that came to watch me either choose a consort or die trying.Packs from every territory line the stands, while priests in their black robes wait like crows and Draevor stands in his Alpha box with Mira bes
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 13: THE CELL DOOR TAX
The cells are under the arena.I know because I can smell them — blood and rust and old fear baked into stone. Two guards stand at the entrance. Both wear Draevor’s mark. Both lower their spears when they see me.“Luna,” one says, not respectful. Wary. “Alpha’s orders. No one goes in.”“Alpha’s ord
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 12: THE PRICE OF STUPID
Rook’s idea of “something really stupid” is breaking into Alpha Draevor’s private quarters at midday.“Are you insane?” I hiss at him as we slip through the servant corridors. The castle is mostly empty — everyone’s still at the arena, cleaning up after yesterday’s farce. “If he catches us—”“He wo
Sold To The Alpha Kings CHAPTER 11: THE WITCH'S LOAN
I don’t go back to my chambers after the arena.I can’t. Draevor will be waiting, or his guards will be, or one of the priestesses with another white dress for Mira. Three days isn’t safety. It’s just a longer fuse.So I go to the only place in this castle that Draevor can’t walk into uninvited: Si
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