Lahat ng Kabanata ng Claimed By His Daddy (Stripper/Nerd): Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

Arielle. I did not even know why I agreed to follow Jax because a part of me still felt nervous whenever he was too close. But something in his voice today made me stop thinking and just walk with him. His eyes had been soft the whole afternoon and when he said he wanted to show me something important I just said alright. Maybe I was foolish but he had been kind to me for days now. He always brought food or sat beside me when I read at the library. He made jokes sometimes and when he smiled it made his face look less sharp. So now I was following him through the quiet hallway behind the training wing. The palace felt too big at night. The lanterns were dim and the shadows looked long.“Where are we going?” I asked because he did not even explain.“Just trust me. I am not taking you anywhere dangerous.” He looked back at me but kept walking. “You always say trust me. One day you will lead me into a trap.” I laughed a little because he always said that.He smiled at that. “If I want

Kael. I did not sleep well at all. My head felt heavy and my chest felt tight like something was about to go wrong again. I kept pacing around the house like I was waiting for a signal I could not understand. Arielle left for school early because she said she didn’t want to be late and I didn’t force her to stay even though I wanted to. I just needed her safe and close but I didn’t want her to feel trapped.I tried distracting myself by working with some of the warriors but my mind kept drifting back to her. I kept thinking of the way she looked last night when I told her I was tired of being scared to touch her. She had looked like she wanted to cry and it killed something inside me. I kept thinking of her runes and how they smelled different now. Something that didn’t belong in this modern world at all.Then the message came.“A delegation from another pack was on their way.”I almost ignored it because I didn’t have the energy for political nonsense that morning but duty was dut

Arielle. I don’t even know how I ended up standing so close to him again but the night felt gentle in a way I couldn’t explain. The bonfire was still burning but most wolves had gone off to dance or talk somewhere else. Kael stayed with me at the edge of everything like he always did when he was trying to give me space but also refusing to leave. Thr air smelled like warm smoke and pine and something sweet I couldn’t place and his eyes kept following every tiny movement I made like he was trying to memorize me.I held my dress lightly because it still felt unreal wearing something so soft. The fabric was thin and moved with every small breeze. Kael didn’t touch my skin and he didn’t even try. But his knuckles kept brushing against my arm through the sleeve of the dress whenever he moved a bit closer or reached to point at something in the sky. And every single time it happened the runes on my shoulder glowed the tiniest bit. Just soft silver like they were waking up slowly. I trie

KaelI hadn’t slept in two nights. Not the kind of sleep that actually rests you. Every time I closed my eyes, I got dragged somewhere else back into those damn silver lines running along Arielle’s skin glowing like they were alive whispering things I couldn’t understand. I’d jolt awake drenched in sweat my heart racing like someone shook me awake. Except no one touched me.Tonight was the worst. The whispering wasn’t just sound anymore but it was cold and bit ng crawling under my skin. I couldn’t take it anymore. I threw off the sheets and stormed out of my room my feet carrying me somewhere before I even realized where I was going.My father’s study which made no sense. He’d been dead for months.But when I pushed the door open, there he was sitting behind his old desk like he’d never left it flipping through dusty papers that didn’t exist anymore. The room even smelled the same of cedar, ink and that metallic scent that always clung to him.I froze but didn’t look up.And instead

Arielle I kept thinking about it all evening even after dinner when Kael was trying to act normal but I could feel how tense he was. His whole body felt tight whenever I came close and I knew it was because of what happened earlier with Jax. I hated that. I hated that he thought for one second that I would ever want someone else. So while we were in the room and he was sitting on the small couch by the window reading through some papers I sat on the bed and just watched him. I was trying to find the right time to talk because I didn’t want to sound like I was trying too hard but I also didn’t want him carrying all that nonsense in his head.After a few minutes he noticed I was staring and he turned his head a bit. He didn’t even say anything. He just looked at me with that tired face he always has when something is eating him. I sighed and shifted on the bed.“Kael can I tell you something?” I asked.He dropped the papers slowly and nodded. “Yeah. What is it”I swallowed because fo