I Can't Be Mated to Him의 모든 챕터: 챕터 161 - 챕터 170

My stomach twists. I grip the arms of my chair. Anwen said—“Early this morning, a body was found,” Floyd says. “Looking to have been thrown from the highest tower in the castle.”“By the Goddess,” Mother murmurs.Castor just shakes his head.“That of a Dun’s Crossing soldier, one who had been missi

Estrella shivers like she’s been shocked, but she still doesn’t look at me.“And Kieran”—I swallow—“he’s the reason I changed. He figured out what Father was doing and exposed him first to the men following and suffering under his orders. To those who needed the information most. That man, the one w

“I’m sorry,” he mumbles.I glance at him. “Why?”“I may not understand it, but obviously that… place meant something to you.” He shrugs. “So I’m sorry their betrayal hurt you.”That comes the closest in the three-day journey to coaxing a smile onto my lips. Castor hates apologizing, mostly to me.“D

Well, I’m fucking tired of it.My nails sharpen into claws, and I tear the bar from the doors in a flurry of violence. One of them swings open, loose on its hinges. Father’s smell wafts out. And I stare at what lays inside.The office I spent my whole life jealous of is in tatters. His desk is half-

“Oh, my dove.” Mother cups my cheeks, and I watch hesitation flicker in her eyes. I’ve asked her a question she doesn’t quite know how to answer. “Didn’t you listen to me? You’re never truly alone in Sundrop Gem.”The bite on my neck itches. I scratch at it absently. In Dun’s Crossing, I thought tha