All Chapters of The Alpha's Fated Desire: Chapter 191 - Chapter 197

{Dominic}“I don’t like any of these plans,” Dahlia grumbled, tossing a crumpled piece of paper onto the command table. “And don’t give me that look, Felix. You don’t like them either.”Felix, halfway through drawing a map on an old file folder, sighed and scratched his head. “I mean… if we tunnel in through the northern ridge—”“—they’ll catch our scent before we’ve crawled past the first rock,” Dahlia cut in, sharp and exasperated.Juno cleared his throat. “Well, we could try distracting their eastern flank, then—”“—and what? Hope the distraction doesn’t cost us half our fighters?” Dahlia growled. “This is getting us nowhere. Face it. We’re trying to tiptoe around a damn fortress. What we need is not a plan. What we need… is an all-out attack.”The room went still. Even Mace stopped scribbling long enough to raise a brow.I leaned back in my chair and studied Dahlia with a dry smile. “You want us to storm Varen’s base with what? A couple dozen overworked wolves, a half-trained omeg

{Dominic}The battlefield smelled like blood, iron, and ash—an oddly comforting mix if you were raised for this kind of chaos. My claws sliced through the ribcage of another corrupted creature, its body crumpling to the dirt with a wet thud. I didn’t stop to look. That was a luxury I couldn't afford, especially not when a dozen more were snapping at my heels.A low growl vibrated in my chest as I lunged again, tearing through sinew and shadow. I’d lost track of how many corrupted creatures I’d taken down. My claws were slick with grime, my knuckles bruised from slamming into bone, and every breath burned like fire in my lungs.Lyra’s divine radius pulsed around us, humming with Kael’tharis’s blessing like a heartbeat in my ears. Every time a corrupted creature stumbled into her field, their limbs shook like wet noodles, giving us the edge we desperately needed. But even with the blessing, there were so many of them.Another one lunged. I turned mid-swing and buried my claw into its g

{Lyra}Something was wrong, and the hairs on my neck that were standing on end only confirmed it.One second, I was blasting corrupted wolves into ash with Kael’tharis’ blessing pulsing through my veins, and the next, my chest caved in like someone had punched through my ribs from the inside.I felt the mate bond shiver inside of me, then flare up almost immediately like it was on fire.“Dominic.” I gasped.My head snapped toward the mansion before I even realized I’d started moving. Something had definitely happened. The battlefield roared around me, but all I could hear was the rapid thudding of my own heart.Dahlia called after me, but her voice faded into the wind.Through smoke and blood and the stench of sulfur, I sprinted straight for the mansion. Past scorched soil and fallen enemies, through shattered doors and building rubble. I followed the trail of destruction—smashed columns, bodies of fallen rogues, blood-splattered marble like someone had painted with violence.Each ha

{Dominic}Walking into the war council tent felt like stepping into the center of a storm. The air was thick with anticipation, and the sharp rustle of cloaks and armor filled the silence. Everyone was already seated—Alpha Grimhold with his arms crossed like a stone statue, Dahlia flipping a dagger between her fingers, Allen murmuring softly. Eliza sat in calm confidence, sipping what I presumed was tea. Mace, Juno, and Felix perched nearby, eyes alert and tense.And then there was Lyra, she sat beside me at the head of the table. Her hand brushed mine under the table, and it grounded me enough to breathe.“Let’s begin,” I said, voice low but steady.All eyes turned to me. Even with the ache in my chest, and the sting of betrayal still raw and bitter on my tongue, I forced myself upright.I cleared my throat, “We’re calling this meeting for one reason,” I started, and already my throat burned, but not from poison this time. “Because I was betrayed by the one person I never thought wou