Semua Bab The Alpha King's Hated Mate : Bab 111 - Bab 120

VeliaThe forest lay silent, bathed in the soft glow of moonlight filtering through the canopy. I stood still, my paws sinking slightly into the damp earth, ears perked, heart pounding. Dario had vanished. One moment, he was beside me, his presence a comforting weight; the next, he was gone, leaving only the rustle of leaves in his wake. Confusion and a pang of hurt coursed through me. Dario had always been steadfast, his possessiveness a constant, his affection unwavering. This sudden absence was uncharacteristic, unsettling. ‘What's wrong with him?’ I reached out to Raven, our shared consciousness stirring.‘I…I don't know,’ she replied, her voice tinged with uncertainty. He's never acted this way before. ‘Dario's always been protective, sweet. He wouldn't just leave us.’I let her words wash over me as I looked toward the trees. Something had clearly unsettled him. And while I didn’t like it, I understood the weight he carried. Still, it didn’t make the ache in my chest any ea

We stepped out of the bathroom, and I felt all giddy like a girl whose crush finally noticed her. My skin still tingled from where his hands had been, where his lips had claimed, and where his body had worshiped mine.Xander didn’t say a word, but his fingers laced with mine tightly, like he had no intention of letting go anytime soon. And I... I didn’t want him to. Not yet. Not when he was being like this.We walked to the closet, the plush carpet muffling our steps. I reached out with my free hand, trying to pick out one of his oversized shirts. But he tugged my hand back before I could grab it.“I can wear a shirt myself,” I said softly, amused.He didn’t respond. Instead, he pulled one of his black shirts from a hanger, turned to face me, and carefully slid it over my head. His fingers brushed my skin as he adjusted it, and I bit my lip to keep from moaning again. Why did something as simple as putting on a shirt suddenly feel like foreplay?I didn’t complain though. I liked this

It felt like my head was being repeatedly hit by a hammer. I have never experienced anything like this in all my twenty seven years of living.It was fucking terrible.A groan tore through my mouth as I gripped my hair tighter like that would somehow stop the pain. My head felt like my brain was melting—like every vein in my brain was folding. But then I heard a voice that felt like an anchor in the pain.“Xander! Xander!" I blinked, my eyes coming back to focus as my eyes met Raven's panicked ones.I was breathing hard as I looked at her and for a moment everything was blank before I remembered where we were and what we were doing.“You're okay, I'm here with you," she whispered, like speaking too loudly might affect me.“Are you okay? You scared me," she said and without warning her arms wrapped around me in a tight hug.For a moment I didn't hug her back. My hands were just resting lazily as the water continued to rain down on us but then, my hands slowly wrapped around her huggin

I wasn’t supposed to be here.Technically.But since when had I ever followed the rules when it came to people I cared about?The palace walls were quiet, the evening shadows stretching long and low across the hallway. Golden sconces cast a warm glow across the stone, but nothing about this place felt warm anymore. Not after what Xander had done.Throwing Dante into the dungeon.Why?I didn’t believe Dante was capable of betrayal. He was reckless, sure, but not like this. Not enough to be thrown in a damn dungeon by his own brother. And if Xander refused to give me answers... then I’d find my own.The hallways grew narrower as I walked deeper into the east wing. Fewer guards here. Fewer eyes.I kept my pace slow and even, trying not to draw attention. I was just another figure in the background now— the unwanted one, the sore thumb in the crown. No one cared what I did anymore.Good.I paused at an intersection, glancing quickly around. Still no guards. But that’s when I heard it — hu

For a moment I just stared at him totally and utterly confused. Was he trying to say that he was in here because of me?“What are you talking about Dante? I'm…I'm confused,” I shock my head looking at him in disbelief.“I'm so confused right now. What do you mean by you were trying to protect me?" "I knew that accepting it was me in that footage meant telling him the reason I was in the security room in the first place so I just denied instead.”"But why were you there? What did you go in there to do?”He didn't answer immediately, he just kept staring at me before shrugging.“I went to wipe the footage of you shifting to your wolf." “What?!” The word burst out louder than I meant it to, echoing down the stone corridor.Dante didn’t flinch. He just watched me with that same calm, steady look. “I knew the cameras were watching everywhere. I knew they’d catch everything,” he said. “And I couldn’t let anyone see it. Not him. Not anyone.”“How... how did you even know about my wolf?” I