Semua Bab Claimed By The Alpha Billionaire: Bab 91 - Bab 99

Aria paced the bedroom like a caged animal, bare feet silent against the polished floorboards. Her hands twisted in the towel wrapped around her, one she assumed Kieran had recently used as his scent clung to the fabric, heady, inescapable. She hated how it calmed her even as it burned, reminding her of the claim on her skin.She couldn’t stay here. Not after what he’d done. But who could she turn too. Not Lena or Nyah, they would be on Kieran’s side with this, so would Mira, the whole pack would be. She was completely alone. And then, a thought struck her. There was one person who had tried to warn her.The girl everyone dismissed as unstable. The girl who had slipped into her room, all whispers and wild eyes. Selene.Maybe she wasn’t crazy. Or maybe she was, but at least she might choose Aria’s side. Lena had told Aria that Selene wanted Kieran for herself, that she was obsessed with him. Maybe she just wanted to get Aria out of the pack and away from Kieran. That was enough.Aria p

When Aria woke, it was to the feel of silk sheets beneath her skin and the heavy weight of a velvet blanket draped over her. For one disoriented moment, she thought she was back in Kieran’s bed, that she had only dreamed the betrayal, the pain, the capture, the mark.But then her eyes adjusted. The room was all wrong.It was massive, yes, just as opulent as the Alpha’s chambers, but where Kieran’s space carried warmth, rich wood, and hints of comfort, this was something else entirely. Gothic, cold, black carved furniture loomed like sentinels. Deep crimson drapes bled across the windows. The canopy above her head was wrought with iron and shadow. Even the air smelled different, thick, metallic, cloying.She exhaled shakily and pressed her face into the hoodie she was still wearing. Kieran’s hoodie. His scent clung faintly to the fabric, grounding her even as it did little to soothe the searing ache tearing through her chest at their separation. It was worse now, sharper, like her body

Before Aria could even gather the words tangled in her throat, the heavy doors to the dining room groaned open.That voice, the same voice that had slithered through the trees before she’d been struck down, filled the cavernous space. Smooth, amused, poison wrapped in silk.“Apologies, ladies. I’m late. I was… delayed.”The sound of him made her stomach twist violently.A tall man swept into the room, his presence filling every dark corner. He moved with the grace of a predator, every step deliberate. His features were unnervingly perfect, angular cheekbones, sculpted jaw, eyes the deepest shade of crimson that seemed to glow even in the candlelight. His black hair was tied back, his lips pale but curved into a smile that made her skin crawl.He rounded the table with the elegance of someone who knew every eye was his. His hand dropped to her shoulder, cold even through the thick fabric of Kieran’s hoodie. The icy touch shot a shiver straight down her spine.His gaze slid over her slo

Lucien’s patience was fraying like a thread pulled too tight. Aria could see it in the way his practiced charm cracked at the edges, the smiles that no longer reached his eyes, the velvet words that now carried steel. For days he had circled her, a predator pretending to play tame, but the mask was slipping.“You may as well start playing nice,” he drawled one evening, though his voice was colder than ice. His pale eyes glittered, cruel and hungry, and his lips curled into something between a grin and a snarl. “I’m finished waiting. If you won’t give yourself to me, I’ll take you. Once I turn you, you’ll be mine, truly mine. And when your wolf comes storming in here like the savage animal he is, it will be far too late. The pathetic little bond will be broken, snapped like it never existed.”Aria’s chest burned with that endless pull toward Kieran, her body aching as if every nerve inside her was being dragged out of place. Still, she forced her chin up, her voice trembling but steady