Semua Bab The Alpha's dirty game: Bab 81 - Bab 86

~KAELRIC~Secrets have weight.They press into your ribs, steal your breath, bend your spine until standing straight feels like a luxury you no longer deserve.I carried too many of them.The moon mark pulsed faintly beneath Raeliya’s skin as she slept in the living room, its presence a quiet, relentless reminder that my life was tethered to hers in ways the pack could never know. No one suspected the truth. Not the elders. Not Chase. Not Sophia.And it had to stay that way.Because the moment they knew Raeliya wasn’t just my partner, but my anchor, the game would turn lethal.The following morning began badly.I woke with ash in my mouth and weakness clinging to my limbs, the kind that came when I stayed too long on the edge of the mark’s reach. Pale strands threaded my hair when I caught my reflection, stark against the dark.I swore under my breath and dragged a hand down my face.Too close.I dressed quickly and went down the stairs just as Raeliya emerged from the living room.. H

~RAELIYA~The first thing I learned about being close to power was this:You didn’t have to be touched to be hurt.The tension that followed Chase’s mother’s visit seeped into everything. Conversations stopped when I entered rooms. Eyes lingered a little too long. Whispers curled through hallways like smoke, quiet but suffocating.I felt… watched.Not in the way Kaelric watched me, steady, protective, almost instinctive but in a calculating way, like someone was waiting for me to slip.I tried not to let it show.Tried to keep my head down, my posture calm, my expression neutral. I helped where I could, trained when asked, smiled when expected.I played my role.But inside, something restless stirred.I was leaving the infirmary late afternoon when I sensed him before I saw him.Chase.He leaned against a stone pillar like he had nowhere else to be, arms crossed, expression carefully casual. His presence still carried familiarity, old memories, old habits but it no longer made my hear

~RAELIYA~The morning air had a bite I wasn’t ready for. Not because of the cold, but because I knew today would bring more than frost.Chase’s mother had already made her intentions clear: she wasn’t content with whispers anymore. She wanted action. And that meant making me feel small, insignificant, exposed.I tried to ignore the buzzing unease as I walked through the halls, each step measured, each breath steady. Kaelric wasn’t with me. He’d left early, claiming meetings, but the bond hummed faintly beneath my skin, a tug I couldn’t ignore. Every hour we were apart, I could feel him weakening. And knowing that, knowing how much he needed me… it made me both important and unbearably fragile.I rounded the corner near the training grounds when the first sign of trouble hit me.A pack of younger wolves stood in my path, not strangers, but ones I’d never noticed before, all of them wearing expressions I didn’t like. Their movements were calculated, a subtle circling.“Runt,” one of the