Masuk“Please…” Ariana whispered, her hands shaking as the marriage contract was pushed in front of her. “You can’t sell me to him.” “You should be grateful,” her stepmother snapped. “A man like Alpha Kael could’ve chosen anyone.” The room went silent when the door opened. Heavy footsteps crossed the floor slowly. Ariana looked up for the first time and wished she hadn’t. The man standing there didn’t look human. Tall, Cold, Dressed in black. His presence alone made the air feel thinner. Alpha Kael stopped in front of her. “So this is the girl,” he said. Ariana lowered her eyes quickly. “I didn’t kill anyone,” she whispered. Kael gave a short laugh. “That’s interesting,” he said. “Because I haven’t told you what crime you committed yet.” Her breath caught. “From today onward,” he continued, “you will live in my house, follow my rules, and pray I never discover the full truth about you.” Ariana swallowed hard. “And if you do?” Kael stared at her for a moment before answering. “Then your death will be the kindest thing I give you.”
Lihat lebih banyakChapter FiveSilver EyesAriana’s heartbeat stumbled.“Silver eyes?”The council woman kept staring at her without blinking.Ariana frowned slowly. “I don’t know.”The older man beside the woman immediately spoke. “Enough.”But Kael stepped forward before the conversation could end.“No,” he said calmly. “I think we’re continuing this discussion.”The atmosphere inside the hall turned dangerously tense.The female council member straightened slightly. “There are things better left buried, Alpha Kael.”“That stopped being true the moment assassins entered my estate.”Nobody answered immediately.Kael’s patience was visibly thinning now.“You recognized her,” he continued. “Why?”The woman hesitated.Then...“She resembles someone.”“Who?”Ronan moved subtly closer to Kael.Even the guards looked uneasy now.Finally the woman answered quietly.“Queen Selene.”The name hit the room heavily.Ariana frowned immediately. “Who?”Kael’s expression darkened slightly.“You’ve never heard that n
Chapter FourMoonborn“Moonborn.”The word settled heavily between them.Ariana stared at Kael in confusion. “What does that mean?”Kael remained silent for a moment, his eyes still fixed on her face as if searching for something hidden beneath it.“You tell me.”“I’ve never heard that word before.”“That assassin died trying to protect your secret.”“I don’t have secrets!”Kael stepped closer slowly. “Everyone has secrets.”The candlelight flickered softly across the room. Blood still stained the sleeve of his black shirt, dark and sharp against the fabric.Ariana looked away from it quickly.“You said someone tried to kill me.”“Yes.”“Why?”“That’s becoming an interesting question.”Ariana wrapped her arms around herself tightly.None of this felt real anymore.Yesterday she was a forgotten girl trapped inside her stepmother’s house.Now strangers were dying, ancient symbols appeared around her, and dangerous men whispered strange titles connected to her name.Moonborn.The word ma
Chapter ThreeThe Mark on the WallThe ballroom exploded into chaos.Voices rose from every direction at once.“Seal the gates!”“Protect the Alpha!”“Who got inside the estate?”Ariana stood frozen while fear spread through the room like wildfire.Kael’s face became dangerously still.“What symbol?” he asked quietly.The servant swallowed hard. “A silver crescent surrounded by wolves.”Ariana frowned immediately.For some reason, the description twisted painfully inside her chest.Like she had seen it before.Kael grabbed the servant’s arm sharply. “Who found it?”“The eastern patrol.”“Alive?”“Barely.”Kael released him instantly.“Ronan.”His beta appeared beside him almost immediately. “Already moving.”“Lock the estate down. Nobody leaves.”His eyes shifted briefly toward Ariana when he said the last part.She noticed.“So now I’m a suspect?”Kael’s expression revealed nothing.“A threat appeared using your family’s symbol on the night of our wedding. What exactly were you expec
Chapter TwoImpossibleAriana stared at Kael in confusion.“What’s impossible?”Kael didn’t answer immediately.His attention remained fixed on the place near her neck where the strange silver glow had appeared moments ago.Ariana stepped back again. “You’re starting to scare me.”That finally seemed to pull him back to reality.His expression hardened almost instantly.“You imagined it,” he said coldly.“I didn’t imagine your reaction.”“You should sleep.”Ariana let out a disbelieving laugh. “That’s it?”Kael moved toward the door.“You’ll need your strength tomorrow.”“For the wedding I never agreed to?”He paused briefly but didn’t turn around.“You should stop repeating that sentence. Nobody here cares.”Then he left.The door shut behind him quietly.Ariana stood frozen in the middle of the room.Something about that moment felt wrong.She slowly touched the side of her neck.Nothing was there now.No mark, no glowYet her skin still felt warm beneath her fingers.Ariana walked












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