Semua Bab The Alpha’s Mistake: Lila’s Rise from Rejection: Bab 171 - Bab 180

COWRIEWe left before dawn with no breakfast and no carriage. Just two women in hunter’s boots, blades hidden beneath embroidered shawls, skirts tucked into belts and teeth bared against the chill.Solenne matched my stride, we crossed the first rise and saw the stone buildings scattered like broken

We carried our spoils through the village. Solenne dumped her haul on the floor—pickled mushrooms, copper bangles, hand-cut soap that smelled like river mint—and flopped onto the cushion pile by the fire like a satisfied thief.~The rain had started before sunrise, loud and thick like the sky had s

COWRIEMy hands were deep in the basin, scrubbing the soot from yesterday’s pot. Micah had disappeared into the trees just before dawn, hunting for mushrooms.My sleeves were damp, curls stuck to my face, and I was humming. The world was still. The breeze was soft. Then the door shattered.Solenne s

COWRIEHe brought me a book the morning after our wedding, something bound in cracked leather, old pages smelling like salt and coal smoke.“It’s from the southern coast,” he said, brushing dust off the spine. “I thought you might like the poems. They’re written in three languages—two I know, one I

She said we were going to see him. Said it would be peaceful. Said I’d enjoy the break. She promised—again and again—that it was only for a few days. And I followed, like I always did. I believed her, trusted her, because she was my sister and everything she did had that wild confidence, that sparkl