Chapter 51: The Breaking Point

Rael POVThe door slammed shut with such force that the metal latch rang down the length of the castle’s stone corridor.Let them all know their king was furious.I stood before the war table, both palms pressed against the old wood until its grain creaked beneath my grip.My breath slipped slowly through clenched teeth as I tried to leash the thing stirring restlessly inside my chest.“Shadow Wolves have never birthed a living male heir.”Nerissa’s voice echoed again in my mind, like a blade being drawn slowly from its sheath. What made it worse than any insult was the simple fact that she wasn’t lying.I began pacing, my boots striking the stone floor in a hard, relentless rhythm.War maps, border reports, letters from nobles—everything lay scattered across the table, untouched.Normally, matters like these were enough to anchor my thoughts.Not tonight. Tonight my mind kept returning to the same image.Veya’s small fingers curling around my arm as she searched for something to stea

Chapter 52: The Choice of a King

Veya POV “I will not pass this curse to another generation simply to preserve tradition.” The king's voice thundered through the throne hall, powerful enough to silence every soul in the chamber. I stood several steps behind the rows of noble seats, deliberately choosing that position when the meeting began. The chair to the right of the throne stood empty—the place everyone knew belonged to the woman chosen by the king. But I did not sit there. Today was not about me, and I refused to let a single person in this room believe I stood beside the king to steal something that was not mine. The hall was not flooded with celebration lights like it had been in recent nights. Only torches burned along the stone walls, their flames casting slow-moving shadows across the towering pillars that held up the palace ceiling. The Alphas stood among the elders of the kingdom. To the left of the throne, Queen Nerissa sat straight-backed in her seat like a ruler who had never learned how to bow

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Chapter 51: The Breaking Point

Chapter 52: The Choice of a King