Lahat ng Kabanata ng Claimed by My Bestie's Alpha Daddy: Kabanata 221 - Kabanata 230

The slip of paper was thin enough that I almost missed it, folded and slid under my office door like a trick note in school. It was late, close to three in the morning, and the words scrawled across it made my blood thrum: The Hollow Council is convened.I stood there barefoot on the cold floor, sta

The crash of stone came first, then the shouts. I hurried down to the archive corridor, where workers had been clearing fire-damaged walls. A section of brick had collapsed inward, and dust clouded the hall. When it cleared, I saw what they had struck: a narrow tunnel sealed behind centuries of bric

AmeliaThe council chamber felt more like a battlefield than a hall of governance. Election sessions always drew the sharpest tempers, and today the atmosphere buzzed with expectation. The benches were filled to capacity, elders shoulder to shoulder in their heavy robes. The sharp smell of ink, the

The lockbox looked like it had been pulled from a grave. Its iron sides were eaten with rust, hinges stiff, a faint sour smell clinging to it. Nathan carried it into the strategy room and set it on the war table, his gloved hands deliberate. Richard and I leaned in while he worked the lid open with

The archives held the kind of quiet that makes your skin prickle. Shelves rose in long aisles, with dark wood and old bindings, and the smell of burned paper still clung to the air from the maps we had saved. I kept my lantern low, walking with careful steps that swallowed the sound of my boots.Nat