Semua Bab Whispers of the Wild Hunt: Bab 81 - Bab 84

The words ripple through the room like a cast stone in a still lake. By the numerous head nods that follow, it’s seems his mind wasn’t the only one thinking it. My chest tightens at the thought.But this is a good thing, right? Three mates while exiled to a human realm is already crazy enough without adding a fourth one to the mix. Even so, it feels as if I’ve been betrayed all over again. He claims to want me at his side, but he isn’t mine to want.Talon goes unnaturally still, his body coiled like an animal who doesn’t want to be seen. For the first time since we’ve entered this room, his manic seems to clear for just a moment, as his smile fades into something sharper. And I know without a doubt, that the betrothal is real.“Betrothal?” I echo, before I can stop myself. I need to hear it from him, hear him tell me that his words are all pretty but fake.A calm settles inside of me, and Kai swears under his breath, no doubt feeling the change as my magic coils to solve the problem.

I stand in the shadows of the room, watching as the last council member walks out, leaving their dead friends where they fell. They don’t look our way, keeping their eyes down turn and their shoulders hunched. The room reeks of blood and fear, and there’s an energy that’s new, clinging to the walls.I’m not naive, I know they call me the crazy one. They say I’m unhinged. A monster.And maybe they’re right. None of that matters to me now.Now there is only her. My Queen. The world feels unsettled, like the changing of the tides, and she stands at the center of it all. Her chest heaves with every inhale, fury pulsing under her skin like lightning. Even inside, away from nature, power clings to her like a second skin. It’s wild and unrepentant.And then there’s Kai.Maybe the others can’t feel it, or maybe they ignored the clear changes he’s gone through since leaving us. But there’s a darkness inside of him now, one that rivals my own. Hunger rolls off of him in suffocating waves, but n