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The Alpha King's Shadow Chapter 119
The grand finale never arrived.That's the kicker, isn't it? No earth-shattering boom from above, no godlike hush falling over everything. The sun crept over the horizon just like it always had—a slow, uncaring spill of pale gold across the wrecked stone and the scarred land. The world just... settled down.I was on my hands and knees when I came back to myself. I could feel the warmth of the stones under my palms, a faint hum traveling through them, like they remembered the chaos they'd just been through. My breath came slow, one careful inhale at a time. I was borrowing it back from somewhere.The emptiness inside me? It was gone.Replaced with structure.Walls. Shape. A reason to be.A door that knew when to stay closed.I lifted my head.Aurek was still standing, though barely.He was keeping his shoulders squared through sheer willpower, his posture a monument to stubbornness. Light crossed his skin—thin lines, like branching golden veins, fading as the magic finished settling in
The Alpha King's Shadow Chapter 118
He didn't chase us. That fact bugged me. It felt like a setup, like Act One of a play where everything goes wrong.We scrambled out of that cave, sunlight hitting skin that hadn't seen it in days. Freedom wasn't a sprint; it was a climb. The steps had probably been amazing once, but now they were just jagged teeth in the mouth of the mountain, wrecked by something nasty. I could almost see the monster's claws scraping against the stone.Dawn arrived, but it wasn't the kind that makes you sing. It was gray, like a faded photograph. The world woke up like it was hungover. I should have felt good, but I didn't. That weight in my chest hadn't gone anywhere. It was like something was out there, ready to pounce.Aurek stopped at the cave's mouth. The wind whipped at him. His cloak flapped, and the busted-up armor looked even worse in the daylight. He was a mess of opposites, calm but ready to explode. He spoke. "We can't go any further."I already knew why. Walking into the open would be li
The Alpha King's Shadow Chapter 117
The world didn't just end. Not really.That's what stings the most. It just keeps on, you know, breathing and carrying on even after your entire world has been smashed to bits. I woke up sprawled on top of a stone, and the weirdest thing was that it wasn’t even cold. There was this warm pulsing going right up my back, this lingering magic that was leaking out of the cracks in the stone and ground. It felt like the faint heat coming off a body that was fading away, you know? The air itself smelled burnt, almost like metal, with this scent of old, used-up power.Swallowing felt like trying to swallow glass. So, the first impulse was to reach out.A bolt of pain went down my arm. It was sharp. It sucked the air right out of the lungs, but my fingers gripped something, some fabric. Solid. Real.Aurek.He was sitting, slumped against this busted-up pillar, legs stretched out all awkward, one knee bent. His head was tilted back, eyes shut tight, and jaw clenched. He looked like he was tryin
The Alpha King's Shadow Chapter 116
Selene is realizing that silence has a lot to say. It isn't just an empty space. It grows, filling up all the little gaps, like the space between one breath and the next, the times when her gut used to scream warnings. When she wakes up, she can feel it pressing on her back, and it sits behind her eyes if she goes too long without speaking. It doesn't feel mean, but it's not friendly either. It's just... there.That night, she makes camp under some dead trees. They're all twisted up from some old magic that happened there. Her fire is small and careful. She's just doing it because that's what she always does, not because she needs it. She eats her food slowly and listens to the wind moving through the broken branches.There aren't any voices whispering in her ear, and she doesn't feel any strange pull.That *should* make her feel better, but instead, she feels like she's standing on a branch that's about to break.She takes off the cloth wrapped around her hands. The scars are pretty
The Alpha King's Shadow Chapter 115
Selene's lesson in holding back wasn't some gentle unfolding; it was a face-plant into reality. No peaceful meditation, no slow-burn patience, and definitely no sudden enlightenment—just pure, unadulterated failure.It all went down on day four of training. She pushed too far, was a tiny bit greedy, and held on to a sliver of a breath too long despite every warning. The price? Instant and brutal. A furnace ignited behind her eyeballs, her sight cracked like bad glass, and she hit the dirt, hacking for air that seemed to have vanished."Get up," the woman said. No sugar coating, but no cruelty either. Just... final.Selene gave it her all.Her body revolted.The world tipped sideways, and she threw up, a nasty, bitter mess splattering the ground between her trembling hands. Her arms shook so badly they barely kept her upright.The woman squatted in front of her. "That wasn't bravery," she said, her eyes locked with Selene's. That was just old habits kicking in.Selene wiped her mouth w
The Alpha King's Shadow Chapter 114
The first light of day struggled to appear, as if the world wasn't sure it deserved another morning. Seated on a crate, Selene watched from her usual spot on the camp’s edge, her worn cloak pulled tight around her shoulders. Her breath made faint clouds in the chilly air. The ache she carried was a dull throb today, and that made her even more uneasy. Silent pain was often the most deceptive.The decision was firm in her mind. Only acting on it remained.A short time later, Aurek found her near the slope leading down the old overgrown roadway. He held nothing in his hands suggesting threat. Only the weight of his authority was visible, and even that seemed worn down by recent events.“They’re gathering again,” he stated, worry etching lines on his face. “Most believe today will bring a resolution they can all agree on.”“It will,” Selene said flatly, “but not the compromise they are expecting.”Aurek peered intently at her face, as if trying to read her thoughts, searching for any sig
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