Semua Bab I Forgot I Loved You, Alpha: Bab 271 - Bab 280

Nolan tightened his hold on me, as if he could feel the moment the realization struck.I leaned back into him, feeling his heartbeat against my back until the heaviness faded enough to speak again.“What if Kieran doesn’t stop?” I whispered. “What if this escalates?”His expression shifted then—some

“Nolan,” she whispered, panic bleeding into her voice. “That’s not nonsense.”“I know,” I said quietly.She shook her head, breath coming faster. “The shadows hunger—that’s old language. Pre-unification. It’s used in some of the earliest texts about corrupted bonds and obsession turned divine punish

I waited.Seconds stretched.Finally, he spoke—but not to the room. Not to an imaginary audience.His eyes fixed on me again that the intensity he only had when he was serious about something.“To be honest,” he said slowly, “I don’t think about thrones when I imagine the future.”I stayed still, af

Isla’s unease sharpened. “He thinks something is going to go wrong.”“Yes,” Lance said. “And when Nolan gets like that… it’s usually because his instincts are picking up on something.”She folded her arms loosely, a familiar defensive posture. “Crescent River feels strange too.”That caught his atte

“Who sent you?” I snarled.He laughed.It was wet and broken, blood bubbling at the corner of his mouth. “Too late,” he gasped.Rage exploded through me.I drove my fist into his jaw, feeling bone shift beneath my knuckles. He went limp, consciousness slipping.Strong hands were on me a second later