The Cursed Alpha and His Wolfless Mate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

“I want you to seduce the Alpha.” I froze. The way he said it made it look like “seduce” sounded casual. “What?” I asked, not sure I heard him right. Surely, he wasn't serious. Drake leaned against the stone pillar like he hadn’t just dropped a live grenade at my feet. His eyes had that smug glint I hated. “You heard me, Tabitha.” “No, I didn’t. Because if I did, that would mean you’re suggesting I sleep with Kaidon against his will.” He shrugged, then gave me that twisted smile of his… the one he always wore when he knew he was stirring chaos. “Not sleep. Seduce. There’s a difference. Sleep comes later. First, you make him crave you. Besides, no man craves a woman’s body against his will. Your job is to make him want to screw you” I blinked, stunned. “Why would I do that?” Drake chuckled, slow and low. “Because it’s the only way you’ll get him. You want him, don’t you?” I folded my arms, suddenly aware of how tight my dress was. “That’s not your business. Just answer my qu

I didn't like maids. Never had. Too nosy. Too clingy. Too eager to impress the wrong people for the wrong reasons. But I needed one now. “You need to make everything look real, like you really care,” Drake had said to me that morning. “Of course, I care,” I said to him. “If I didn't, I wouldn't try to stop you from darkening your soul even more,” I added. “Just keep to the plan, and we won't need to prove anything to each other,” he said and walked away, leaving me feeling out of my depth. I walked straight to the back where I knew Sara liked to hold court. She stood like a peacock in the middle of the maids, yelling at someone as if her voice would buy her respect. From where I stood, I could already guess who her victim was…Lila. Of course, it had to be her. She's getting on everyone's bad book. “Because of you, he won’t eat! The Alpha rejected his food. Do you know what that means?!” Sara’s voice screeched through the room like nails on glass. “I didn’t do anything, Sara.

It was already past the time Tabitha said I should go pick up the Alpha’s empty dishes, but I didn't feel like going. I'd been stalling, sitting on my cot and pretending to sew the hem of my skirt, even though I was just passing the needle through the same spot over and over. I didn’t want to go; I really didn’t.“Are you alright?” Loraine asked from the corner of the room. She was folding the laundry, her eyes darting from the linen to me. “You’ve been fidgety all evening. What’s wrong with you, Lila?”“Nothing,” I said quickly, looking down at my hands, pretending to be really busy.“You’ve been saying ‘nothing’ since you came back this afternoon. You’ve barely eaten. You didn’t even flinch when Sara screamed at the red haired maid. That’s not normal for you.” She dropped the sheet she was folding. “You’re lying. I can see it in your eyes.”I let out a breath. She wasn’t wrong.“Fine,” I said, checking around the room to make sure none of the other maids were close enough to overhea

I was shaking. My hands trembled at my sides, my feet were glued to the cold tiled floor of Alpha Kaidon’s chamber, and my breath came in short, shallow gasps. The room was too quiet for comfort, filled with tension so thick it could suffocate me. My knees were weak. My voice was gone. I could barely stand.And they were all staring at me.Alpha Kaidon stood with folded arms, his chest half bare, his face cold, hard, unreadable. His eyes burned into me with something worse than rage… betrayal. He looked at me like I was filth, like I was poison. The councilmen stood on either side of him, robes brushing the floor, their heads high, eyes judging. Disgusted.I didn’t understand how we got here.I stood alone at the center of the chamber, silent tears forming behind my eyes. Then the door creaked open, and I turned, my heart thudding loudly. The maids walked in, one by one, their eyes flicking from me to the alpha. I saw confusion on their faces. Shock. Fear. They knew something was wron

I couldn’t sleep. No matter how many times I turned, no matter how many pillows I threw on the floor or how long I stared at the ceiling, my eyes just wouldn’t shut. And not because of the damn cold wind whistling through the cracks in my window. It was something else. Someone else.Lila.Her name had become a shadow that followed me everywhere, a whisper that refused to leave. Even now, after what she did… or what I thought she did… I couldn't get her out of my head.I sat up from the bed, bare-chested and exhausted, running a hand through my hair. My fingers paused halfway when I thought about the look on her face. That expression she had when the guards dragged her away—hurt… but not the kind that screamed guilt. It was the kind that begged to be believed. The kind that said, “you should’ve known better, alpha.”But I didn’t.I stood and paced across the room, bare feet pressing against the cold marble floor. My heart pounded like war drums. Damn it, why was I feeling like this? Wh