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24.06.2026 12:51:02The words were sugar and garbage. I kept my face smooth. My hands stayed wrapped around Damien’s arm. Ethan’s eyes flicked, unreadable. He looked like someone whose strings were being pulled. There was a blankness in him that made my gut drop.
“You shouldn’t have come,” I said softly. It was a warning, not a plea. “Oh, Ariel.” Lily’s voice was silk. “You think you can command me with warmth and pretty words?” She stepped closer, and where she
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THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA 47
The words were sugar and garbage. I kept my face smooth. My hands stayed wrapped around Damien’s arm. Ethan’s eyes flicked, unreadable. He looked like someone whose strings were being pulled. There was a blankness in him that made my gut drop. “You shouldn’t have come,” I said softly. It was a warning, not a plea. “Oh, Ariel.” Lily’s voice was silk. “You think you can command me with warmth and pretty words?” She stepped closer, and where she moved the air seemed to thin. The house felt smaller. The hairs rose on my arms. Damien tightened his hold on me. His jaw clenched until the muscles at his throat stood out. I felt his hunger and his temper coiling. He stepped forward like a shield. “Ethan,” he said, cold as winter. “Step aside.” Ethan’s shoulders twitched. For one breath he looked like my old Ethan — the boy I once knew who laughed at stupid jokes and be
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA 46
Ariel POV: The house felt alive. Every corner, every shadow seemed to whisper secrets. Even though Damien and I had returned from the wedding, the air was thick with tension. Lily’s presence lingered, her energy slithering through the edges of my awareness like smoke I couldn’t fully chase away. I leaned against Damien as we entered the living room. “I can feel her,” I murmured. My voice was calm, but inside, my chest pounded with both fear and anticipation. He tightened his hand around mine. “Good,” he said, voice low and dangerous. “Let her come. She won’t leave the same way.” I inhaled deeply, feeling the pulse of power beneath my skin. My mother’s presence brushed against me again — quiet, hidden, but undeniably there. It gave me strength, and I felt my abilities stirring. Stronger. Sharper. Ready. The moment Ethan stepped in with Lily behind him, my insti
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 44
Ariel POV: The air in Damien’s house felt heavy as we drove in silence. The wedding was over, but my heart was still racing. My dress brushed against my legs as I adjusted myself in the car. My fingers clenched the edge of my seat. I could still feel Damien’s hands on me, his lips, the warmth of his body pressing me close during the vows. “Relax, Ariel,” Damien said softly from the driver’s seat. His voice was calm, but I knew him well enough to know his mind was racing too. I didn’t reply. My thoughts were still spinning from the ceremony. I was officially his wife now. Married in front of everyone, yet for some reason, it felt more personal, more intimate, and more binding than any ceremony could ever be. As we reached the house, I noticed the subtle change in the air. The energy felt different here — stronger, more electric. My mother’s presence brushed against me, faint but unmist
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 43
Damian POV The church was full of gold and breathing bodies. I stood at the front and watched her walk. There are few things in the world that make me lose my center. She is one of them. People think they know me—cold, ruthless, a man who takes what he wants and leaves no loose ends. They don't see the part of me that has fought small wars to keep a person alive in my world. Ariel was the war that had taught me mercy and its opposite—desire. I had practiced how to stand there. I had practiced how to listen without lunging, how to speak vows and mean them. None of that practice would have done what watching her walk done. When she appeared at the entrance, my hand went cool with something like holy fear. She had this quiet that steadied all the noise my life had become. She looked at home and she looked like a storm; the contrast pushed something deep inside me into motion. She paused,
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 42
Ariel POV The morning came soft and slow, like a promise I wasn't sure I deserved. Anna woke me before the sun rose, humming off-key as she folded the last piece of fabric over my shoulders. Her hands are steady—always have been—and when she braided the last strand of my hair I felt like a little girl again, safe and known. She kept stealing glances at me, smiling like she had a secret. "You look like a woman born to this day," she said, buttoning the tiny pearls. Her voice shook a little; I realized how much the day meant to her, and that made it real enough to make me breathe faster. "Do I?" I whispered. My voice sounded too thin in my own ears. "Yes," she said, certain. "You do. And don't you dare cry on my hair." She tapped my nose and I laughed even though my chest felt heavy. The room smelled of white roses and coffee. The maids moved around us like care
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 45
Ariel POV The quiet in the house felt heavy, almost unnatural. I could still feel the lingering joy from the wedding, but beneath it was a tension I couldn’t ignore. Something was coming. I knew it, and my instincts screamed at me to stay alert. Damien was by my side, calm as ever, but I could feel the subtle shift in his aura. His hands rested lightly on mine, but every muscle in his body was coiled, ready. I leaned against him slightly, letting his presence ground me. “Relax, Ariel,” he whispered, brushing a lock of hair from my face. “Whatever it is, I’ll handle it.” I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to steady my racing heart. But then a ripple of energy brushed the house — sharp, deliberate, and unmistakable. Lily. She was here. My chest tightened. The powder she had applied earlier — I could sense its effect on Ethan, making him pliable, weak to her will. But Damien and I had each other, and that gave me courage. “I know she’s here,” I murmured. “I can feel her.” Damie
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 22
The next morning, the first thing I felt was peace. No dripping rain, no pounding thunder, only the faint hum of air conditioning and the softness of sheets far too smooth to belong to me. My lashes fluttered open, and for a moment I forgot. Forgot the rain, the humiliation at my landlord’s, plac
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 21
The rain came down harder, cold needles piercing my skin as I knelt on the pavement, clutching the last of my clothes in a bag. My books, shoes, even a framed photo of my mother. all scattered in the mud outside the estate gate. My landlord’s men had shoved them out like trash, and the laughter of
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 20
I slammed the door behind me, my fingers trembling as I leaned against it. My heart was still racing from the interview. I had done everything I could, had pushed myself harder than I ever thought possible, and now I just prayed, I pray that they contact me, I pray someone among them would see my w
THE ALPHA KING'S DESPISED OMEGA Chapter 19
The city was already alive. Cars honking, vendors shouting, the smell of roasted chestnuts mingling with exhaust fumes. I clutched my folder of printed resumes like it was a shield.Blackthorne Holdings Tower, rose ahead of me, an impossible spike of glass and steel scraping the sky. It gleamed lik
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