All Chapters of ALPHA KAEL'S BREEDER : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Chapter 42Aria POVI sat cross-legged on the floor of my chamber, staring at the lone candle burning low on the nightstand. The flame sputtered every time the draft from the broken window sighed through, bending dangerously close to dying out, yet clinging stubbornly to its wick. My fingers toyed with the hem of my sleeve, pulling at the threads until they came loose, considering that’s all I ever did here was ruin things just by existing.I told myself I hated him, Kael, he is an Alpha and also a Tyrant. I said the words so often they should have been a shield by now, but somehow they weren’t. They bounced back at me, slicing instead of protecting. Because somewhere beneath the anger, beneath the bruises his choices had carved into me, there was something worse,something I couldn’t kill.I wanted to hate myself for that. I did. But the longing wouldn’t die. It curled around my ribs like barbed wire, digging in every time I remembered his eyes on me—those wild, burning eyes that saw

Chapter 44Aria POVThe air shifted before I even lifted my head. He filled the doorway like a storm swallowing the horizon, shoulders squared, dark eyes burning with something I couldn’t name.The sob caught in my throat, sharp and jagged. My face was still wet, raw, my hands trembling as they clutched the blanket. I wanted to wipe the evidence away, to erase the weakness Vanessa had dragged out of me, but there was no time. He saw me,broken, crumbling,and there was no undoing it.For one fragile heartbeat, silence stretched. His gaze cut across the room, tracing the trail Vanessa’s presence had left behind,the faint scent of her perfume still clinging to the air, the way my shoulders hunched, the red swelling around my eyes. His jaw ticked, muscle jumping tight, and the temperature in the room seemed to drop.“Who was here?” His voice was low, dangerous.I didn’t answer. My throat locked up.Kael moved forward, slow, deliberate, like a predator stalking prey. He didn’t have to raise

Chapter 46Vanessa POVHe shoved me into the room like I was little more than an afterthought, and for a second my breath caught,not from fear, though there was a flicker of that, but from the sheer weight of him. Kael in his rage was intoxicating. Dangerous. Beautiful in the way a fire is, devouring and merciless.I stumbled back against the bedpost, silk tangling at my legs, but I refused to look anything less than composed. He wanted fear? I would give him defiance. Always defiance.“You think shoving me makes your point?” I hissed, lifting my chin. “You think I don’t see it? You came here, Kael. To me. You always come back to me.”His jaw tightened, shadows cutting harsher lines across his face. He looked like he wanted to snap my neck. But beneath that fury, I saw something else flicker. Something darker. Something I could work with.“You’ve lost your mind if you think this is me coming back to you,” he growled.I laughed, a sharp sound that scraped the air between us. “Really? T

Chapter 48Elena POVThe corridors still thrummed with the echo of Kael’s boots. He’d stormed past so fast the torches along the wall rattled in their brackets, the guards shrinking against the stone as though afraid his fury might burn them alive.I’d seen him like that before, a storm wearing the skin of a man. But this time? This time his eyes hadn’t been fixed ahead. They’d been searching Desperately Chasing Aria. The little mouse had run from him again, and he had followed like she held the reins to a beast that no one else in this damned kingdom could tame.I let out a sharp laugh into the empty hallway, but it didn’t quiet the bitterness simmering in my chest. No matter how much I clawed, no matter how much I fought, she always seemed to pull him back. My smile curled, I had been waiting for this.I slipped down the corridor, following the trail he’d left in his wake, until I found the door he’d just stormed out of. I didn’t even hesitate. I pushed it open and stepped inside

Chapter 50Aria POVThe door clicked shut behind me, and with it, the last bit of strength I’d been pretending to have.My back hit the wood, hard enough that the air left me in a shaky gasp. My hands flew up to cover my face, but they couldn’t catch the flood breaking loose. The sobs ripped out anyway, violent, humiliating, raw..My legs wobbled beneath me, and I sank to the floor, knees pressed to my chest. The stone was cold against me, but it was nothing compared to the cold inside. The kind that settled deep, heavy, whispering lies I almost believed.I pressed my forehead against my knees, curling tighter. If I could just fold myself small enough, maybe I’d disappear altogether.The knock came too soon.“Aria.”His voice. Rough, low, threaded with something I couldn’t name.I flinched, shaking my head even though he couldn’t see me. “Go away.”The latch rattled. “Open the door.”“No.” My voice cracked on the single syllable.Silence stretched. For a moment, I thought maybe—maybe