All Chapters of Claimed By The Alpha Billionaire: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

The night after their vow, sleep was a stranger. Every sound outside the manor made Aria jolt upright, expecting an attack. Every shadow seemed to pulse with Damien’s name.Kieran was the same — pacing like a caged wolf by the window, his eyes glowing faint gold in the darkness. When dawn broke, neither had slept, and both carried the hollow look of soldiers preparing for war.By morning, the pack was in motion. Orders moved like wildfire through the ranks: scouts sent to the borders, warriors assembled into hunting parties, witches stationed to reinforce the outer wards.And in the middle of it all stood Aria, no longer an observer.She’d traded her silks for black combat gear — fitted, functional, marked with runes Miranda had carved by hand. Her hair was braided tight, her silver mark gleaming faintly on her collarbone. She looked every bit the Luna she had become: half witch, half wolf, entirely unyielding.As she strode

The forest was too quiet.Every step Aria took through the ruins of the battlefield seemed to echo louder than it should have. The ground was still scorched from her magic, the air heavy with the smell of ash and blood. But the silence was worse than all of it.Kieran had refused to let her out of his sight since dawn. His arm remained firmly around her waist as they made their way through the forest, leading what remained of their people back to the waiting convoy. Rafe and Thorne were ahead, speaking quietly into their comms, coordinating the wounded, while Miranda and Victoria followed behind—both pale and exhausted, their power clearly drained from the night’s battle.No one spoke. Not yet. Not while the shock of what had happened still pulsed in every heartbeat.When the convoy came into view—rows of black SUVs waiting in the clearing—Aria finally exhaled. The sight of home, even in its temporary form, nearly made her cry.Kieran stopped and turned to her, brushing soot from her

The storm had passed, but its echo still clung to the valley — a strange stillness threaded with the scent of ash and blood. The fires had been quenched, yet the air shimmered faintly with the residue of magic, the soft pulse of Aria’s moonlight still humming against the ruined earth. The Black Moon wolves were tending to the wounded, their growls subdued, their movements reverent, as though afraid to disturb the fragile calm that had descended.Aria stood at the heart of it all, her white hair tangled with soot and silver light. Her magic still hummed beneath her skin, refusing to fade even as exhaustion weighed upon her limbs. Around her, the remnants of her spell glowed faintly on the ground — sigils scorched into stone, shimmering with the last of her divine fire.But her eyes — they were only for him.Kieran.He stood a few paces away, bare-chested, his skin marred by blood and shadow, but alive — gloriously, defiantly alive. The bond between them pulsed like a living flame, stro

The night after the runes burned out, the fortress felt caught between heartbeats.The pack slept lightly, the air thick with the residue of fear and wonder. Outside, the forest whispered — not with wind, but with something older. Something watching.Aria sat by the long mirror in her chamber, the moonlight turning her reflection almost ghostlike. The silver mark on her collarbone shimmered faintly, the same sigil that had flared during the battle — the crest of the Luna Witch. She traced it absently, remembering how it had burned when she’d faced Damien.The bond pulsed softly through her — warm, steady, familiar.Kieran’s heartbeat brushed the edge of her mind, a steady rhythm in the dark.When the door opened, she didn’t turn. She felt him before she saw him — the quiet authority that filled the room, the heat of his presence threading through the air.“Couldn’t sleep?” His voice was low, still rough from the day’s exhaustion.“Neither could you,” she murmured.He came to stand beh

Dawn came softly, as if the world itself was afraid to wake too loudly.The first light slipped through the curtains of the Alpha’s chambers, touching the tangled sheets, the curve of Aria’s shoulder where she rested against Kieran’s chest. His arm was still around her, protective even in sleep. The rhythm of his heartbeat, deep and steady, had lulled her through the night — the sound of safety after too much silence.For a long moment, Aria didn’t move. She simply lay there, feeling the weight of the new life beneath her heart. The world seemed sharper now — every breath of air charged with quiet magic, every sound edged with clarity.Something had changed.The fortress walls that had once seemed cold and scarred by battle now pulsed faintly with life. She could feel it in the threads of the bond that tied her to the pack — thousands of hearts beating in sync, their energy brighter than before. Wolves slept peacefu