All Chapters of FATE’S RECKLESS GAMES : ENTANGLED with the Alpha king. : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Celine’s pov. One of the women paused to collect a tray near the entryway, and I instinctively stepped back, half-hiding behind one of the stone columns that lined the corridor. She glanced in my direction briefly, her face carefully neutral, but I saw the flicker in her eyes.Recognition. My heart sank.I took a shaky breath and finally forced myself to keep moving. I needed answers. Or at the very least, I needed to find Kaine and yell at him for not warning me about the twenty people apparently living inside this house.The kitchen was empty, save for the smell of fresh coffee and something baking. Kaine was nowhere in sight. Neither was Matthias or anyone else familiar.Where the hell did he go? And why didn’t he tell me this place wasn’t as private as he made it seem?I leaned against the counter, chewing my lip, trying to ignore the echo of last night still rippling through my bones. The way he held me. The way his voice broke when I called his name. The way he kissed me after

Celine’s pov.The next morning, sunlight streamed through the sheer curtains, bathing the room in a soft golden glow.I stirred beneath the covers, momentarily disoriented. For a split second, I reached out instinctively to the other side of the bed, searching for warmth. But it was empty. Kaine was already gone.I sat up slowly, running a hand through my tangled hair. My body ached deliciously from the night before; sex had become an everyday thing for us. but a deeper ache pulsed in my chest—an ache that had nothing to do with touch and everything to do with the way he had clung to me, spoken to me, stayed with me through the night.I pulled on a simple white robe and padded barefoot downstairs. The house was still quiet, but this time, the scent of fresh coffee and bread lingered in the air. Somewhere beyond the kitchen, I heard movement—maids, maybe, bustling quietly, cleaning and resetting the world Kaine and I had unraveled in the night before.I paused by the window, watching t

Kaine’s pov.The thought was still lingering in my mind—her smile, the way she’d looked at me earlier that morning, when the office door burst open with a loud, jarring bang.“Oscar?” I snapped, rising to my feet instantly.He looked pale. Rattled. And that alone made the blood in my veins go cold. Oscar didn’t rattle. Not easily, not unless something was very wrong.His chest was heaving like he’d sprinted the entire way from the villa. “She’s gone.”The world tilted.“What?” My voice was low, dangerous. Already vibrating with the growl clawing up my throat.“Celine—she’s not at the villa. I went there to deliver the herbal compress you requested for her shoulder. The door was wide open.”I was already rounding the desk, my claws half-shifted, the fury rising in my chest like a tidal wave. “Did you see anything? Anyone?”Oscar shook his head quickly, following me out of the office. “No guards at the perimeter. No sign of forced entry. It looked like she just… left. But something felt

Kaine’s pov. “She did this,” I muttered, the words slipping from my lips like venom. “She fucking did this.”Oscar paled, his eyes widening in disbelief. “Tess? Are you sure?”“She’s the only one who could’ve gotten close without question. The only one who knows Celine’s schedule and the villa’s blind spots,” I snapped, my tone dripping with conviction.“She wouldn’t—“ “She would,” I growled, each word laced with bitterness. “I rejected her. She’s wanted to hurt Celine since the moment she saw her in my room. I saw it in her eyes. That wasn’t heartbreak, that was hatred.”I turned to the map spread across the villa table, the inked lines crisscrossing like veins. If she used a cloaking spell, she couldn’t have gone far, not without using the Old Tunnels. The ones we sealed off two years ago for a reason.Unless she unsealed them.“She took her underground,” I said, my voice heavy with dread and determination, the pieces clicking into place like a death knell. “To the crypt beneath t

Kaine’s pov. My eyes drifted back toward the broken stone entrance behind us. Part of me wanted to go back in, rip through the remaining shadows, and leave no trace of Tess’s madness behind. But I couldn’t. Not yet. Celine needed safety first. And if there was one thing in this world I wouldn’t fail at again, it was her.I moved in front of her, wrapping an arm around her waist, steadying her when her knees buckled. “Can you shift?” I asked, already knowing the answer.She shook her head slowly. “I…I don’t think I can. My wolf… she’s quiet. Tired.”“I’ll carry you.”“No—”But I was already lifting her, one arm under her legs, the other supporting her back. She weighed nothing to me, but the moment she sagged against my chest, I felt the tension start to bleed from her body. Her head fell against my shoulder. Her breath, warm and shallow, brushed my neck.I moved fast through the trees, faster than I’d dared earlier. This time I wasn’t hunting. I was protecting.By the time we reached