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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ABD SIXTY EIGHT

Penulis: Abby Gale
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-11-14 20:55:48

Celeste's pov

A final blast happened.

I felt it in my bones.

As the shockwave ripple through the air, I knew with absolute certainty that Garrick was gone.

Ronan knew it too. He stumbled, nearly falling, a sound torn from his throat that was half-sob, half-scream. The Shard still clutched in his corrupting hand pulsed with happy satisfaction, as if feeding on his grief.

"Keep moving," I gasped, wrapping my arm more firmly around his waist, bearing more of his weight. "Garrick bought us time. We can't waste it."

"He was my friend," Ronan choked out, each word seeming to cause him more pain. "My brother. I can't—"

"You have to." My own tears were streaming now, but I forced my legs to keep moving, I forced us both forward through the nightmare landscape. "He did this so you could live. So we could get the Shard back don't make his sacrifice meaningless."

The corruption in Ronan's arm had spread past his ears now, creeping up his head in dark, pulsing veins. His skin had taken on a gray
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  • The alpha king's slave mate   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ABD SIXTY EIGHT

    Celeste's povA final blast happened.I felt it in my bones.As the shockwave ripple through the air, I knew with absolute certainty that Garrick was gone.Ronan knew it too. He stumbled, nearly falling, a sound torn from his throat that was half-sob, half-scream. The Shard still clutched in his corrupting hand pulsed with happy satisfaction, as if feeding on his grief."Keep moving," I gasped, wrapping my arm more firmly around his waist, bearing more of his weight. "Garrick bought us time. We can't waste it.""He was my friend," Ronan choked out, each word seeming to cause him more pain. "My brother. I can't—""You have to." My own tears were streaming now, but I forced my legs to keep moving, I forced us both forward through the nightmare landscape. "He did this so you could live. So we could get the Shard back don't make his sacrifice meaningless."The corruption in Ronan's arm had spread past his ears now, creeping up his head in dark, pulsing veins. His skin had taken on a gray

  • The alpha king's slave mate   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN

    Celeste's povThe beast suddenly changed direction towards the where the battle was happening, this made us let out collective sigh of relief but it didn't change the fact that we needed to be cautious Incase it came back.I guess the gods were in our side.Finn and Sera moved ahead, scouting the path to Kael's camp. They were Shadowfang's best—silent as ghosts, deadly as vipers. I'd seen them train, watched them move through obstacle courses that would break normal soldiers. If anyone could pull off the distraction we needed, it was them.Ronan moved beside me, his hand on his sword hilt, his eyes constantly scanning. Garrick brought up the rear, protecting our backs. The three of us were the retrieval team. Finn and Sera were the sacrifice.I tried not to think about it that way."Okay," I whispered, pointing through the twisted trees. "The beast is gone… for now. We need to act fast and get in that tent before it comes back from whatever Kael must have sent it to do.”I chose not t

  • The alpha king's slave mate   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX

    Celeste’s povThe corrupted forest was worse the second time.Maybe because I knew what to expect because the corruption had spread further, digging deeper into reality itself. Or maybe because this time, I wasn't running away—I was running toward the heart of darkness with four people whose lives depended on me not making a mistake.No pressure."Stay close," Ronan whispered, his voice barely audible even though I was right behind him. "And whatever you do, don't touch anything. Not the trees, not the ground, nothing."Not the ground? The ground that felt like it was eating away at the sole of my boots.The two warriors—Finn and Sera—moved like shadows themselves, trained and deadly. Finn was tall and broad-shouldered, his face scarred from years of battle. Sera was smaller but moved with a predator's grace, twin blades strapped to her back.Both looked at me with undisguised skepticism.I didn't blame them. I was the weak link. The civilian who'd barely survived her first infiltrati

  • The alpha king's slave mate   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE

    Celeste's povThe view from the balcony stole the breath from my lungs.Kael's army stretched across the horizon like a living shadow, but this time there was order to it. He'd learned from the first battle, adapted his tactics, and what approached now was something far more terrifying than a mindless horde."He's divided his forces," Ronan observed grimly beside me, scanning the field with a commander's eye. "Shadow creatures at the front as shock troops. Human soldiers behind with siege equipment. And there—" he pointed to the flanks, "—corrupted thralls positioned to cut off retreat routes.""He's trying to bottle us in," Garrick said, joining us. "Force us to fight or face siege."Below, Shadowfang's defenders rushed to positions. But I could see the fear in their movements, hear it in the shouted orders. We'd barely recovered from the first battle. We had too many wounded, too many dead and now this."Celeste." Lyra appeared at my side, already glowing with gathering power. "Yo

  • The alpha king's slave mate   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR

    Celeste's povI sat on the bench beside him, close enough to talk quietly but far enough to maintain respectful distance. For a long moment, neither of us spoke. We just sat there in the moonlight, two people carrying the weight of loving someone who'd become a monster."Tell me about him," Ronan said finally. "Before all this. What was he like when you first knew him?"I drew in a breath, reaching back through memories that felt like they belonged to someone else entirely."I was fifteen when I first really noticed him," I began. "He came to visit our estate with his father—some political matter I didn't understand. I was just the spoiled daughter that no boys liked. But Kael..." I smiled despite myself. "He saw me reading in the library and instead of ignoring me like everyone else, he sat down and asked what I was reading.""That sounds like him," Ronan murmured. "Kael was always curious about people others overlooked.""We talked for hours that day. About books, about the things w

  • The alpha king's slave mate   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE

    Lyra's eyes flashed with anger, but before she could respond, Aldric raised his hand."Enough. We're not sending Celeste back as bait." He looked around the table. "But she's right that we need more than a frontal assault. We need a coordinated attack. A small strike team that can move quickly and quietly while Kael's forces are distracted by a larger battle.""A two-pronged assault," Ronan said slowly. "We engage his army at the forest edge again. Draw out as many forces as possible. Meanwhile, a strike team infiltrates the camp and retrieves the Shard.""Who would be on this team?" Garrick asked."Myself," Ronan said immediately. "Garrick and two of our best warriors." He paused, then looked at me. "And Celeste. She knows the camp layout better than anyone.""Ronan—" Lyra started."She's right that we need her knowledge but we're not sending her in alone. She stays with the team, under guard, at all times. Her only job is guidance and intelligence. No heroics." His gaze locked with

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