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Chapter 98

Author: Henry Smith
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-12 15:49:30

ROSE’S POV

Jake led us down the corridor at a brisk pace. Lucas stayed close beside me, one hand steady on my back, as if afraid that letting go for even a moment would allow something to snatch me out of the air.

My heart pounded so hard I could feel the pressure behind my ribs. My sisters. After all these years. After everything I had done. Everything they had done to me. Everything the curse was doing to us now.

We reached the main entrance hall.

Two rogues stood guard at the doors. Both looked wary, tense, and confused about the visitors who waited outside. When they spotted Lucas approaching, they moved aside immediately.

“Open it,” Lucas commanded.

The heavy wooden doors creaked outward.

Cold air swept in, brushing past my skin like a hand that didn’t belong to this world.

And then I saw them.

Mara stood slightly ahead, thin and pale, wrapped in a faded cloak that looked too big for her. Her hair was tangled at the ends, and dark circles bruised the skin beneath her eyes. She lo
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  • The Alpha's Rogue Mate    Chapter 104

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    “Rose.”Lucas’s voice was low, careful, the way it always was now when he didn’t want to startle me or the child. I turned from the window, already knowing what he was about to say by the tightness in his jaw.“The wards shifted again,” he continued. “Not broken. Not tested. Just… acknowledged.”I let out a slow breath. “He’s mapping us.”“Yes.”I moved back to the table and sat, easing myself down as another faint roll stirred beneath my ribs. The child had grown more active in the past days, as if aware that stillness was no longer an option.“How long?” I asked.Lucas leaned against the edge of the desk, arms folded. “Hours. Maybe days. Drake doesn’t rush when he believes he’s winning.”“He doesn’t believe he’s winning,” I corrected. “He believes we’re about to make a mistake.”Jake entered without knocking, expression hard. “Scouts returned from the western ridge. Nothing crossed the border, but something watched it.”Clara followed him in, braid thrown over one shoulder, eyes sha

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