All Chapters of Worthless to Priceless: The Alpha's Rejected Mate : Chapter 271 - Chapter 278

~Amelia~By the time Lily finally stopped fighting her own little body and drifted into sleep, the whole nursery had gone from panic mode to that shaky, exhausted quiet that always comes after a scare. Eli had already checked her twice, Clara had gone back to her room after saying the fever had dropped enough to breathe easier, and Blake had finally left the nursery with the last of the calming brew instructions written down on a scrap of paper that I folded and shoved into my pocket like it was a life raft.Kaden stayed throug

~Amelia~I was barely halfway through catching my breath when I noticed Blake hanging back near the side yard like he had something serious on his chest and did not feel like waiting for the whole pack to wander off before saying it.Training had been tough all morning, and the field was still buzzing with the aftershock of sparring feet, shouted counts, and guards laughing too hard while pretending they were not tired. Caleb had taken the younger fighters back to the main line to run drills again, Kaden was over by the east ri

~Amelia~Kaden went into training with the sort of energy that said his nerves had turned into a fist, and the whole field felt it before anybody even called the first sparring round. By the time he stepped into the ring, the war had clearly moved into his bones and started rattling around for an exit, and the only thing that came out was force. He blocked too hard, struck too fast, and pushed one of the warriors back so sharply that the poor guy almost lost his footing in the mud.

~Amelia~Waiting around for gossip to turn into a full-blown problem would have been stupid, so I called the meeting before the story could stretch its legs any farther.The council room filled up fast, and I chose the people who could actually behave mature instead of stirring more trouble. A few elders showed up too, the ones who still had enough backbone to stand in front of the truth without hiding behind age and title.