All Chapters of Enslaved to the Mad Alpha: Chapter 221 - Chapter 230

Zara's POVI pushed open the door to Kora’s room with more force than necessary, the wood creaking loudly in the quiet hallway. My head still throbbed from where she had hit me the night before, a constant, dull reminder of how close I had come to dying. But I couldn’t sit in that bed any longer, waiting for answers that wouldn’t come. I needed to know what Kora was up to. Anything — a note, a letter, a scrap of clothing with a scent — that would tell me exactly what she was planning. Who that man on the beach had been. And most importantly, who the Shadow Wolf was. That secret was the key to saving Ike, and I wasn’t going to let Kora keep it from me.The room was eerily neat, the bed made with military precision, the air still carrying a faint trace of her perfume, something sweet and cloying that turned my stomach. I moved quickly, my coat swirling around my legs as I searched the drawers, the nightstand, even under the mattress. My hands trembled slightly, not from fear but from th

Zara’s POvThe heavy wooden door shuddered under a violent second blow, nearly rattling the iron hinges out of the plaster frame.“Open it, Zara! I swear to God, I’ll scream it down the entire corridor for every guard and servant to hear!” Kora’s voice was pitched high with hysteria and malice, cutting through the thick silence of the room like a jagged blade.Panic spiked through my veins. If Kora exposed Kali right now, before we even had a chance to breathe, let alone understand the monstrous, terrifying reality of what had just happened in the forest, Emmett’s men would descend on this room in seconds. Kali wouldn't stand a single chance. The pack wouldn't hesitate; they would tear her apart to protect themselves, or worse, Emmett would turn her into a killing machine to fight every kingdom that had ever raised a brow at his pack. I glanced back at Kali. She was curled tightly into the corner of the mattress, her arms wrapped around her knees, trembling so hard she looked like sh

Zara’s POV "Ike! Ike, look at me, please, open your eyes," I choked out, my voice fracturing into a ragged, desperate sob.My hands shook violently as I reached out, gently grabbing his shoulders and carefully rolling him onto his back. More thick, dark blood spilled from his nose, smearing across his pale cheeks and staining the front of his shirt. His skin was ice cold, completely stripped of the warm, amber vitality that usually radiated from him. His chest was terrifyingly still."No, you don't," I whispered fiercely, tears finally breaking free and spilling hot down my face. "You do not get to leave me. Do you hear me, Ike? Wake up!"I pressed my palms flat against his chest, right over his heart, pouring every ounce of my remaining willpower and the desperate remnants of our bond straight into my hands. I began to push down, performing chest compressions with a frantic, unyielding strength, ignoring the searing pain in my arms and the vicious throbbing in my head."Breathe, dam

Emmett’s POVThe single word hung suspended in the quiet air of the hallway, raw and loaded with a sudden, suffocating weight.“Kali?”I stood frozen in the threshold of my room, my chest tightening as my eyes swept over her. Up close, the sight of her sent a cold, jarring shock straight through my veins. She looked entirely ghostly, her skin practically translucent, drained of any natural color, and her eyes wide with a deep, haunted terror that she was frantically trying to swallow down. The vibrant, warm energy that usually seemed to surround her had vanished, replaced by a chilling fragility that made my beast claw restlessly beneath my skin.I reached out slowly, my fingers brushing against her icy cheek. “Where have you been? What happened to you?” I asked, my voice dropping to a low, rough murmur of concern.Kali flinched slightly at my touch, leaning into it for a fraction of a second before pulling back. She avoided my gaze, staring down at the floorboards as a hollow, trembl

Emmett’s POV The lingering heat of the night before still seemed to cling to the sheets, but the space beside me was chillingly vacant. I rolled over blindly, my arm reaching out across the mattress, expecting to find the smooth curve of Kali’s shoulder, the soft tangle of her hair against the pillows. My fingers met only cold, crumpled linen. I frowned, blinking against the dim gray light filtering through the heavy drapes. Pushing myself up onto one elbow, I rubbed my tired eyes, the heavy exhaustion of the previous hours still humming faintly through my veins. The room was deathly quiet. I looked around the empty room, catching the faint, lingering scent of her wildflowers and rain in the air, but there was no sign of her. "Kali?" I called out, my voice rough with the remnants of sleep. No answer. I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and stood up, pulling on a pair of dark trousers. A quiet, insidious spike of panic began to coil in my chest. I checked the adjoining bathr