บททั้งหมดของ ALPHA'S CURSED MATE : บทที่ 161 - บทที่ 170

I had never been good at waiting.Time, when it moved too slowly, felt like a thousand weights pressing down on my chest, suffocating me in its crawl. And yet, here I was, trapped in its endless stretch. The world felt like it was spinning just beyond my reach, a blur of chaos, pain, and regret. Everything had fallen apart so quickly. The aftermath of the ambush, Ronan’s death, Kieran’s injury—my choice had shattered the foundation beneath us all.And now Kieran lay in front of me, pale, still, and breathing only by the thinnest thread of life. He had slipped into a coma just hours after the healer had stabilized him, his body too broken to fight any longer. Despite the healer’s assurances, despite the frantic hours we’d spent trying to bring him back, no one knew if he would wake up. No one knew if he would survive the night.I didn’t know.I couldn’t stay away. I couldn’t leave his side, not when the silence in the room was as suffocating as the weight of ever

I could feel it in the air before I even touched him. The stillness. The weight of everything that had led to this moment. The room seemed to pulse around me as I looked down at Kieran—still, motionless, breathing but barely alive—and I knew. I knew the choice I was making was irreversible. There was no turning back. Ronan had already prepared the ritual. The steps. The incantations. The sacrifice. I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to lose him, but I had no choice. Not when Kieran’s life hung in the balance. I had chosen Kieran. And now Ronan was offering his life, his essence, to bring him back. I turned toward Ronan, who was standing at the edge of the room, his face pale but resolute. His eyes were steady, unflinching, and I saw something in him that I hadn’t seen before. A quiet acceptance. The willingness to give everything, knowing full well the price. “I can’t,” I whispered, my voice trembling. “I can’t let you do this.”

I woke with a gasp, my body thrumming with a mixture of exhaustion and raw power that I couldn’t comprehend. The room was still, too still. And yet, the silence screamed at me. My mind felt thick, clouded, like I was waking from a dream that I couldn’t remember clearly, but the sensations—the pain, the pressure, the overwhelming weight of what I had given—remained with me.I barely had time to register the sensation of Kieran’s hand brushing mine, the faint pulse of warmth, before I was surrounded by the voices.“Is she awake?”“Seraphina?”I turned my head, but my limbs felt like they belonged to someone else. I could feel their eyes on me, waiting for me to speak, for some sign that I was still here, still the leader they needed me to be. But I wasn’t sure I could give them that. Not anymore.Caspian was standing just inside the door, his face unreadable. Kieran, still weak, was sitting beside me, his face drawn, his eyes filled with more questions than I

I felt it before I understood it. A shift in the air, something delicate and ancient snapping into place. A pulse of energy that reverberated through my body, so sharp and sudden that it stole my breath away. For a moment, I couldn’t move. I couldn’t think. It was as if the world itself had tilted on its axis, throwing everything into chaos. It didn’t hurt, not at first. But then the pain came. It was like the world was folding in on me, twisting everything that had been whole, bending it until I felt like I was coming apart at the seams. My breath hitched, my chest tightening with the force of something unseen—something strong, powerful, and impossible to ignore. The bond. The bond between me and Kieran—the bond that had been incomplete, weakened by the ritual, torn by choices I had made—was finally, irrevocably, complete. I gasped for air, my hands shaking as I reached out to steady myself. My fingers brus

I couldn’t breathe.The air felt thick, heavy, as though the weight of everything was pushing in from all sides. The bond that had once tied us together now felt like it was unraveling—ripping, tugging, pulling at me in ways I couldn’t understand. It was as if the power had broken something inside of me, and now I couldn’t hold on to it. Not anymore.The pack was on edge, their confusion mixing with mine, and I could feel it—feel them—all of them, in a way I never had before. The bond between us was stretched too thin, too unstable. It was pulsing with energy, but it was no longer something I could control. It was a force, raw and wild, that seemed to be growing with every passing moment. And as I turned to face the pack, I could feel the change in the air. Feel Cian.His presence had always been commanding, but now, it was more than that. It was overwhelming. He was standing at the edge of the clearing, his body tense, his eyes burning with some