Semua Bab THE ALPHA’S RELUCTANT BRIDE: Bab 101 - Bab 110

There was nothing peaceful in the pack anymore, even peace had refused to take hold of the atmosphere around them. After the outburst of Tessa’s episode the other night, the halls became too quiet, as if everyone was scared to breathe. Ember was sitting in the court yard alone where the daylight spilled pale light across her face, it's was warm and cooling at same time. She could still hear Tessa’s screams echoing in her mind.Leave me alone!Those words hadn’t just sounded like fear..they sounded like war, like someone who was trying to escape from something but don't even know what it was, her chest felt tight as she feels those words coming back and forth to her.In the room where, Ezekiel was asked to watch over her, he sat by Tessa bedside. Her breath was light and fait..Tessa body was also weak from Exhaustion and weariness. She had gotten used to forgetting the realest kind of things and the different in people, but then she still remember her place as well, The nurses and h

The sun had barely risen, but the mansion was already awake. The tension in the air was thicker than morning fog … guards were moving in pairs, hushed voices filled the hallways, and even the birds that nested in the courtyard seemed quieter than usual.Ember could feel it…that restless energy around, like something was coming for them.She barely had enough rest. The image of Velise still haunted her dreams: her blood tears, those desperate hands clinging to her shoulders, whispering Find the beginning. Each time Ember tried to forget it, her voice would find its way back ahead, soft and persistent, like a memory she couldn’t outrun.Now she sat in the council room, her fingers wrapped around a mug of tea she hadn’t touched. Darius stood by the window side, His presence filled the space ..steady, commanding, but lately there was something else about him. Something softer… or maybe weaker.He looked at her more often now. Too often.When his gaze met hers that morning, Ember had to lo

The morning broke with the scent of rain. Soft drizzles trapped against the mansion windows, wrapping everything in a quiet calm that felt strange after so much chaos. Ember woke to the faint sound of footsteps in the corridor … Ezekiel’s voice speaking softly with someone outside.She rose, brushed her hair back, and stepped into the hallway.Ezekiel stood there, arms crossed, his usual calm shadowed by something heavier. When he turned and saw her, his expression softened instantly.“You’re up early,” he said quietly.“I couldn’t sleep,” Ember replied, pulling her shawl tighter. “Tessa’s been quiet all night. I just wanted to check if she’s awake.”“She’s doing better,” he said. “Still weak, but her mind seems clearer today.”There was a pause. The air between them felt warm and strange …a silence that wasn’t uncomfortable but wasn’t simple either. Ezekiel’s eyes lingered a little too long on her face before he looked away, as though catching himself.He cleared his throat. “Darius

Darius walked out of Madeline’s room feeling like he had stepped out of a dream he didn’t ask for. Her last words…be careful… Velise wouldn’t be showing herself for no reason…clung to him like dust he couldn’t shake off.The hallway felt strange. Too still. Too quiet.Like the walls were holding their breath.He dragged a hand over his face, trying to steady the tight pull in his chest. Something was wrong in this house…he had felt it for days. but now, after hearing Madeline speak with that fragile certainty, it hit him harder.He had failed to protect Velise.He would not fail Ember.Not again.He moved faster down the hall.He didn’t know where he was going exactly..just that he needed to see Ember. Needed to look at her and make sure she was fine, breathing, safe…That last word scared him more than he wanted to admit.His boots hit the stairs with hard, rushed steps.Midway down, he stopped.A cold rush moved along his spine like someone had placed a hand on his back.Velise.Her

Tell Ember to be careful..Madeline’s voice wasn’t loud, but something in the way she said it made the air tighten. Her fingers were cold in his palm, and her eyes..those soft, tired eyes…were suddenly too alert, too focused, as if she was seeing something he wasn’t.“Be careful… of what?” Darius asked quietly.Madeline swallowed hard. “I—I don’t know. It’s like… every time I think of Ember, something inside me pulls back. Like someone is dragging my thoughts away.” She blinked fast. “Darius… it’s not me.”Darius’s jaw tightened. He didn’t want to hear this—not from her, not now, when he was barely keeping the pack from collapsing under fear. “Madeline, your illness…”“No.” Her voice cut him. “This isn’t the illness. Something else is trying to use me. Something old.”Silence settled between them like dust.Madeline leaned back against her pillows, exhausted from even speaking. “Darius… I don’t feel safe inside myself. And Ember… she shouldn’t come near me.” or will she? Even when I mi