All Chapters of THE ALPHA KING AND THE HYBRID CRYSTAL QUEEN : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Lana “Well, aren’t you a bundle of joy? And not one part of you thought to mention this before we invited you?” Arya scoffed, side-eyeing me as I struggled to keep up with them. I winced at the sharp throb in my skull. The hangover was getting to me but it felt like there was something else. Tina said I was free from the witch’s spell, but was I really? Luca ignored their arguing in the bar room and fixed his gaze solely on me with an intensity that almost made me break. I wish he would stop looking at me that way because it made me feel like I was important to him. His stares made me feel like I mattered to him but deep down, I knew I didn’t. And yet, I couldn’t stop staring back. My body wanted him in crazy ways. I imagined how it would feel for him to ruin me in ways that made me forget every wound he left in me. Right now, I want to stick my tongue into his mouth and.. “You two don’t seem the least bit bothered that there’s a crazy witch on the loose,” Alaric said. The m

Luca I let a slow smile come out from my lips, amused by her bravery even though Klin wanted me to rip her throat out. “Threatening me, this late at night, when I should be in bed Agnes, that’s a poor excuse for a reunion. So before I kill you, tell me why you’ve been turning my men into edge wolves… and what the fuck you want with Lana.” “Why do I want Lana? Isn’t that obvious?” She tilts her head as her eyes glow faintly. “She has the crystal and I want it. As for your men, I had to borrow them. An army doesn’t build itself.” “And how’s that army-building working out for you?” Alaric asks as Agnes cracks her neck. “I’m done answering questions. I was so close to taking her, and you ruined everything.” She shifts her glare back to me. “Give me the girl.” I kept my voice calm, maybe too quiet because she was getting under my skin and I wasn’t about to let her keep talking. “You still haven’t told me what you plan to do with her.” Agnes let out a sick twisted low laugh. “Didn’t

Lana Weeks had passed by and they were strangely calm. No witches whispering in my head, no edgewolves trying to kill me….Just… silence. But this peace only left room for Tina to get on my nerves. She seemed determined to make me feel miserable. “Good morning, failed bride,” Alaric greeted as I pushed eggs around my plate. His tone was too cheerful for my mood. “I hope you slept good, Alaric.” My tone was as fake as the sweetness in his tone. He poured himself a cup of coffee and raised his brows. “You don’t seem like your best self,” he said before casually sipping. “That is odd. Considering nothing has tried to kill you these past few weeks.” He wasn’t wrong. I should have been happier but something seemed off. Luca was avoiding me and keeping his distance in a way that made it hurt and it was most likely my fault. Arya saved me from answering as she walked in and snatched food off my plate. “Isn’t it obvious? She and Luca have been avoiding each other since Agnes died.”

Lana “Do I?” I whispered as he buried his face against my shoulder and I felt his heat. The brush of his lips on my skin sent a shiver racing down my body, and my teeth sank into my lip to stop the sound that wanted to escape. “Mhm… you really do smell good, Lana.” He said in a tone he never used a lot. He made me feel like I was some forbidden fruit he couldn’t resist. A shaky breath escaped me. This wasn’t supposed to happen. I had come here to sort things out and to talk, but with him, it always turned into something else. Something I couldn’t pull myself out of. It was impossible to hate him when he touched me like this, when being near him tore away every common sense I had. And now… he was about to mark me. His teeth on my skin should terrify me, but instead, I wanted it. Maybe I was insane but I liked the idea of being his, of belonging to him. His lips trailed over my neck in slow, deliberate kisses and he didn’t have to do much to make me soak myself. He pulled bac

Lana When I opened my eyes, the bed beside me was empty. Luca was gone. I sat up slowly and my body felt weak and sore. I looked over to the window and the sky was dark. “How long did I sleep?” I muttered as I pressed a hand to my pounding head. I looked at my ruined clothes that lay on the floor. There was no way I could wear that and sneak back to my room. I pulled my knees up to my chest, hugging them tightly, trying not to remember how he felt inside me and how his lips made me feel. Now I was thinking about him… My thighs still trembled with the memory of his length filling me. I closed my eyes, hoping to forget all we did and then I saw her again. The woman with my face. I watched her golden hair move as she turned to me. I’d been seeing her more often, and not just in dreams anymore. She was always moving her lips, always speaking, but I never heard her voice. I wanted answers about her, the crystal, and about Luca… I needed to know if staying with him really was t