All Chapters of The Alpha's dirty game: Chapter 141 - Chapter 145

~RAELIYA~Eight days passed since they threw him in the cell, I knew because I counted every single one and not that I cared, I didn't care. He was here because he chose to be here, because he walked into my people's territory and demanded to be locked up. That was on him, not me.I went about my days like nothing had changed, training in the mornings, pushing my body harder than ever, learning from the elders in the afternoons, absorbing centuries of hybrid knowledge and eating meals with my new family, laughing at their jokes, while pretending I was fine.At night, alone in my room, I stared at the ceiling and thought about him.He was dying, everyone said so. The guards who brought him food, the healers who checked on him, the gossip that traveled through like wind through trees. He was dying, and he was doing it in a cell because he wanted to be close to me.I told myself I didn't care but I knew I was lying.On the third day, I almost went to see him.I got dressed in the middle

~KAELRIC~My scream didn't stop, it tore out of me, raw and endless, filling the cells, the corridor, and the valley above. Guards rushed in and hands reached for me, tried to pull me away from him. I fought them, clawing, kicking, and refusing to let go."Get away from him! Don't touch him!""Raeliya, please—""Get away!"Someone grabbed my arms, pinned them behind my back. Someone else lifted Kaelric's body from my lap. I watched them carry him out, his arm dangling, his face peaceful, and something inside me shattered completely."No. No, bring him back. Bring him back!"They held me as I screamed, as I fought, and as I fell apart piece by piece. Minutes passed, maybe hours, I don't know, time had stopped meaning anything.Eventually, the screaming stopped and the fighting stopped. I just sat there on the cold stone floor, staring at nothing, empty.Dante found me like that. He knelt in front of me, his face wet with tears I'd never seen him cry before. His hands reached for mine,

~RAELIYA~I held him and waited. The cave was quiet except for our breathing. His came first, ragged and desperate, then mine, matching it breath for breath. His body was warm now, alive in my arms, and I couldn't stop touching him, his face, his chest and his hands, making sure he was real and stayed."Raeliya." His voice was rough, barely a whisper. "Raeliya, I'm here.""I know." I pressed my forehead to his. "I know. I'm not letting go."He tried to sit up and I helped him, my arms around him, holding him steady. He looked around the cave, confusion in his eyes."The sickness?" He touched his chest. "It's gone. I can feel it. It's really gone."I nodded, tears streaming down my face. "The goddess was merciful. She gave you a new mark. You're free, Kaelric. Free of everything."He stared at me for a long moment. Then he pulled me close and held me like he'd never let go and we stayed like that until the moon began to set.Dante found us at the cave entrance as dawn broke.He stopped