All Chapters of Craved By The Alpha Beast : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Nyra returned to her room a few minutes later.She strode to where she had kept the old box of letters that bore Lord Renek’s words and opened it.Anger bloomed in her chest just staring at it.Lord Renek had been involved in her mother's death when she was just a child.Her mind flashed back to the night her mother had been killed in cold blood–a night that had ruined everything for her.FlashbackFrom what she remembered, her mother had been the gamma of a pack. When the pack was suddenly ambushed by unknown wolves, her mother had escaped with her. But on the way, a man had stabbed her.“Mummy!” Little Nyra screamed as she watched her mother fall to the ground, clutching her stomach where the blade had gone in.Nyra barely caught a glimpse of the man before he vanished into the dark.“Mummy!” she cried again, rushing to her side. “Mummy, please don’t leave me!”The woman smiled weakly, blood oozing from her mouth as she lifted a trembling hand to smooth Nyra’s hair.“Princess...” sh

“Nyra,” Alaric called again. He was just getting prepared for the party outside when he heard noises from Nyra's room and had came in. “Nyra,” he whispered. “Can you hear me?”Nyra nodded lightly, and let out a low groan. She pressed the switch again and again. Alaric paced. “The healer. I'm going to get the healer.”Just when he took a step to leave, the door opened and Kael came into view. He got the signal.“What?” he asked, glancing at the unconscious man in the room and to bleeding Nyra.“Alpha…” Alaric trailed off. “What the hell happened here?” Kael asked in a thundering voice as he moved toward Nyra who was struggling to steady her breath.The wolfsbane was poisonous.He crouched down to Nyra. “Hey,” Blood flowed more out of her, but her remained on Kael's. He stared at her, horrified and confused at what exactly happened.Then his eyes snapped to Alaric. “Get the dam healer! Call of the party and fix another date for it! And the man, get him into the dungeon. Don't let h

“An enemy? Really?” Nyra asked, her lips curving into a small grin.Rheya paused, brows lifted and eyes narrowed. “I always knew you were something else. What did you expect we’d take you as?”Surprisingly, Nyra stepped closer—close enough to lean forward—and whispered, “Let’s see how hard you try to see through me, Rheya.That angered her.“Don’t dare me,” Rheya sneered as her claws slid out. “That’s the last thing you want to wish for,” she added, eyes flashing.Nyra pulled back slightly but locked her gaze on Rheya’s. For the first time, she didn’t feel an inch of fear.“Keep trying,” Nyra muttered, arms crossed. “I don’t care if I’m an enemy, Rheya. But I know I’m not leaving here without doing what I came for.”That snapped something in Rheya. She straightened, as if realization had hit her–only for it to twist into confusion.She glared. “What do you mean by that?”Nyra clicked her tongue and stepped back.Good. She had the spotlight on her now.“I don’t know. A slip of the tong

The steam rose in delicate ribbons from the tub, filling the small chamber with the scent of lavender and rosewater. The room was too warm for Luna Seris’s aching body, yet the maids insisted she soak.She sat motionless in the water, her arms wrapped across her chest as if shielding herself from invisible hands. Every movement made her flinch; her ribs still throbbed from Lucien’s blows, and the dull ache in her spine seemed to hum in rhythm with her heartbeat.“Careful, Luna,” one of the maids whispered softly, dipping a cloth into the water and wringing it out. Her hands trembled as they brushed along her arm.The older maid, stern-faced with big eyes, shot the younger one a warning glance. “Do not speak unless spoken to,” she murmured. Her tone was not unkind, but heavy with fear.Seris said nothing. Her gaze was fixed on the faint ripples in the water, watching them blur the reflection of her face. The swelling on her cheek distorted her features, making her look like someone els

Chapter 30A pale shaft of light filtered through the slit between the curtains, drawing Nyra back from the haze of restless sleep. She stirred, the linen sheets cool against her skin, and the silence in the room pressed in on her.Her eyes opened slowly, expecting the shadowed figure of Alpha Kael to still be there –dangerous as he had been last night. But the space beside her was empty.The events of the night before struck like a blow—Kael’s burning touch, and the almost feral way he’d taken her. It was as if something primal had snapped loose inside him. She sat up, brushing her tangled hair over one shoulder, scanning the chamber for any sign of him. The lingering scent of his skin and liquor clung to the air, but his presence was gone.Nyra swung her legs to the floor, each movement slow, her body reminding her of the night in ways she tried not to think about. She dressed quickly and left the chamber.The hallways of the pack castle were already lively with servants hurrying w