Semua Bab My Mate Chose My Best Friend, So His Uncle Claimed Me: Bab 181 - Bab 190

Peace had become wonderfully ordinary. There was a time when I believed such a thing existed only in stories.Back then, every morning had begun with uncertainty, every smile had hidden another scheme, and every knock upon the door carried the possibility of devastating news. I had grown so accustomed to waiting for the next disaster that, for a long while, happiness itself had felt almost suspicious.Now, it had become our everyday life.Five years had quietly slipped past, carrying away the remnants of old grief with them.The Golden Eclipse Pack had flourished beyond anything even its elders had imagined. The union between the pack and the Caelthorn Trade House had transformed both territories into one of the strongest economic powers within the Kingdom of Waevalon. Merchant caravans traveled safely beneath the protection of the Alpha's warriors, while trade routes stretched farther than they ever had before, reaching neighboring kingdoms that once seemed impossibly distant.Prospe

AurelianTime continued moving forward whether one wished it to or not. Before I realized it, the little girl who had once climbed trees to rescue frightened kittens had become a young lady admired throughout the entire Pack.Lady Euphyllia had grown taller and more graceful. The childish roundness lingering upon her face had gradually softened into elegant features that resembled Lord Esteban's yet somehow carried a quiet gentleness entirely her own.She remained exactly as she had always been. She was kind, stubborn, and far too willing to help others before herself.The only difference was that everyone else had finally begun noticing what I had unknowingly been witnessing all along.She had become more beautiful."My lady." The elderly seamstress sighed dramatically. "If you move one more time, I shall have to begin measuring you all over again."Lady Euphyllia groaned. "I've been standing here forever.""It has been seven minutes.""It feels like seven hours."Another seamstress

She never asked where I was taking her. Not once.From the moment I wrapped my cloak around her trembling shoulders and helped her onto my horse, Lady Euphyllia simply remained silent.No questions. No destination. No complaints.Only silence.It was the kind of silence that frightened me far more than tears ever could.The journey lasted until the sun had almost disappeared beyond the mountains. The farther we rode from Graveclaw, the quieter she became. At some point, her fingers loosened their grip around my waist.I glanced back more than once, just to make certain she hadn't fallen asleep. But she hadn't. She was simply staring. At nothing. As if the world itself had ceased to exist.When the familiar lake finally appeared beyond the trees, I gently slowed the horse. The manor stood exactly where it always had. It was modest and uilt far from the territories where nobles constantly concerned themselves with politics and alliances.This place had never been meant to impress anyone

Sleep refused to come that night.I lay awake long after the manor had fallen silent, my eyes fixed upon the ceiling as though staring at it long enough would somehow reveal the answer I had spent days searching for. Every possibility I considered ended in the same cruel conclusion. If I spirited Lady Euphyllia away before dawn, Lord Esteban would pay the price for our disappearance. If I obeyed Alpha Farley's decree and returned her to the Pack, Lady Euphyllia would be condemned instead.Neither path resembled salvation.For the first time since swearing my oath as her knight, I found myself confronted with a truth I desperately wished to deny—I did not know how to protect her.That helplessness lingered long after I extinguished the lamp beside my bed. Exhaustion eventually settled over my body, heavier than my thoughts, and sometime before dawn, I must have surrendered to it, though I doubted I had truly fallen asleep.A violent crash shattered the silence.My eyes snapped open jus

Death was not the end. It never was.When darkness finally swallowed my consciousness within the lake manor, I expected to awaken beside Lady Euphyllia in whatever world awaited beyond mortal life.Instead, I opened my eyes beneath another sky. Another family. Another name. Another life.I remembered nothing. Not the lake manor. Not House Caedex. Not the promise I had whispered beneath the moon.Only an unfamiliar emptiness lingered inside my heart, as though something precious had been taken from me before I had even learned its name.Years passed.Then, she appeared again. It wasn't the same face, same family, or even the same kingdom.Yet, she was still Euphyllia.Always Euphyllia.The moment I heard that name, something inside me stirred with an indescribable familiarity. I could never explain why my eyes sought her within every crowded room, nor why my heart quieted whenever she smiled.I simply knew.She was important.Every lifetime unfolded much the same. She would meet anoth