All Chapters of The alpha king's slave mate: Chapter 201

Celeste's povTen years.I stood on the balcony of Shadowfang castle, watching the celebration below, and marveled at how quickly time had passed. Ten years since that terrifying night when Zara came.The test that never came.Oh, there had been challenges, certainly. Small crises, political tensions, the occasional cult remnant crawling out of hiding. But nothing apocalyptic. Nothing world-ending. The great test the prophecy had promised simply... didn't happen.Theron had theorized endlessly about it. Perhaps the test had been the waiting itself—the years of preparation, of choosing love and trust over fear. Perhaps by telling the children the truth and letting them choose their own path, we had somehow bypassed the need for a cosmic trial.Or perhaps, as Zara suggested with a knowing smile before she returned to her homeland five years ago, the universe had simply looked at two children who loved each other unconditionally and decided no further testing was required.Whatever the r