Lahat ng Kabanata ng FALLING FOR THE ALPHA'S SHADOW: Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 100

Kairos’s POV“The moment Seren collapsed into my arms, I knew something inside her had changed.”Her body trembled against me, cold and weak. I sank to my knees in the snow with her cradled against my chest. The scent of her fear hit me first. Sharp. Raw. It clawed through my control. Marek pushed forward inside me, restless and angry.Rowan reached us in seconds. “Alpha. What happened. She vanished. The whole forest shook.”“I know.” My voice came out tight. “She was pulled.”Seren lifted her head weakly. Her eyes flickered with silver light. Not normal silver. Brighter. Wilder. It made the hair rise on my neck.I brushed a thumb over her cheek. “Seren. Look at me.”Her gaze struggled to focus. “I came back.”“You did.” I pressed my forehead to hers. “You did.”But even while holding her, I felt the echo of something else. A presence. A shadow clinging to her through the Thread.It was faint.But it was there.Lily ran toward us with two healers. “Alpha. Her aura is shaking. We need

Kairos’s POV“If the Ravager wanted a war, he should have remembered that I do not lose what I claim.”The moment Seren stepped beside me in the hallway, the pack shifted. Wolves straightened their backs. Warriors lowered their heads. Fear still clung to the air, but something else rose too.Determination.She walked with me, steady but pale, her hand wrapped in mine as if her fingers remembered the shape of my grip better than her own strength. Her eyes stayed forward, silver flashing under the torchlight.Rowan opened the great doors.A rush of cold air slammed into us. The entire courtyard glowed blue. Flames crawled across the snow in slow, strange veins. They did not burn the ground. They burned the sky.Lily stood with Vaughn near the gate, both armed and tense. The rest of the fighters were lined up in rows. Even the youngest trainees held blades.Vaughn spoke first. “Alpha. The circle is almost complete.”I nodded. “Then we break it before morning.”His eyes flicked to Seren,

Kairos’s POV“When the rune tried to take her, something inside me snapped.”The pull hit her like a sudden storm. I felt it through the bond before I saw it in her body. Seren stiffened in my arms. Her breath tore out of her chest. The blue fire around the rune surged higher, roaring without sound.I wrapped both arms around her and planted my feet into the snow.“No,” I growled. “You are not taking her.”The Ravager laughed softly. The sound crawled over my skin.“You think strength is enough,” he said. “You think claws and will can hold what was woven into fate.”Seren cried out. Her fingers dug into my cloak. The Thread between us burned bright and hot, like a rope pulled too tight.“Anchor,” I whispered into her hair. “Anchor to me.”“I am trying,” she gasped. “It is pulling from everywhere.”The rune flared again. Blue light spilled across the clearing. The ground shook under our boots. Rowan shouted orders behind us. Steel scraped free. Wolves growled and shifted.But none of i

Kairos’s POV“If they want to test my limits, they chose the wrong night.”“They crossed the outer markers.”The words came from Rowan, sharp and breathless, as he entered the corridor with frost still clinging to his boots.Seren was already on her feet.I moved before either of them could speak again.“How many,” I asked.Rowan swallowed. “Three confirmed breaches. East ridge. South stream. And one unmarked.”Vaughn appeared behind him, jaw tight. “The last one worries me.”“It should,” Seren said quietly.She stepped beside me, her hand brushing mine. The bond reacted at once. A low hum. Not pain. Not fear. Awareness.“They are testing response time,” she continued. “Not strength.”I nodded. “Then we respond once.”Rowan frowned. “Once.”“Clean. Loud. Final,” I said. “No pursuit beyond the markers.”Seren’s fingers curled into my sleeve. “They want me to chase.”“I know.”I turned to Vaughn. “Signal the inner ring only. No full alarm. If they hear panic, they will push harder.”Vaug

Kairos’s POV“Some doors do not ask permission. They wait for resolve.”“If we cross that line together, there may be no coming back.”Seren’s words hung between us like frost in the air.I did not answer at once.I studied her face. The way the firelight caught the silver in her eyes. The calm that always came right before she stepped into something dangerous. I had seen that look before. On the battlefield. On wolves who had already decided.I tightened my grip on her hand.“Then we make sure there is something worth coming back to,” I said.Her breath trembled, but she did not pull away.Elowen cleared her throat softly. “The Thread will not wait long. Once it senses willingness, it opens paths.”Rowan stiffened. “Paths where.”Elowen’s gaze lifted to the dark sky beyond the walls. “Down. Inward. Backward.”“That is not an answer,” Vaughn snapped.“It is the only one that matters,” she replied.The bond stirred again. Not sharp this time. Curious. Like something listening.Seren pr