All Chapters of THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

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81. Heavy is the Crown

Chapter 81: Heavy Is the Crown ANYA’S POV The room smelled of dried lavender and grief. I sat on the edge of the bed with my knees drawn up and my sea wrapped tight around them, staring at the wall where Mara’s cloak still hung on the wooden peg. The fabric looked smaller now, like it had shrunk in the wash. I hadn’t touched it because truth be told, I couldn’t. Iris stood by the door with her arms crossed and her shoulder against the frame. She had been trying to talk for the last ten minutes. I hadn’t answered most of it.“Anya,” she said quietly. “He’s still out there.” I didn’t look at her. “I know.” “He’s been waiting since dawn. He was out there yesterday too. And the day before.”“I don’t have anything to say to him.”Iris pushed off the wall and took two steps closer. “He’s not eating. He’s barely sleeping. And worse he blames himself for everything.”“Good.” The word came out sharper than I meant. I squeezed my knees harder. “He should blame himself.”“Anya—”“No.” I lif

82. Voices in the Courtyard

Chapter 82: Voices in the Courtyard ROWAN’S POV The courtyard was packed tighter than I’d ever seen it. Men stood shoulder to shoulder, women clutched children against their hips, and elders leaned on walking sticks with their faces carved by lines deeper than yesterday. The air tasted of woodsmoke, fear, and the faint copper edge of blood still not washed from the stones. Anya stood in the center of it all with her back straight and chin up. But I could see the tremor in her fingers and the way her shoulders carried weight on one her age should have to bear. Elder Torin stepped forward first, his voice carrying over the murmur. “You said you want to leave. We heard you. Now we speak.”A ripple moved through the crowd with heads nodding, some reluctant and some eager. Anya lifted one hand palm out and quieted them before the voices could swell.“I’ve already decided,” she said. “The Shadow Council wants me. Not you. If I’m gone they have no reason to come back here. You’ll be safe

83. Bargain in the Dark

Chapter 83: Bargain in the Dark CASSANDRA’S POVI stood in the shadowed doorway of the old hunting lodge and watched Damien pace the length of the room like a caged animal. His boots scraped the worn floorboards with every turn. The fire in the hearth had burned down to sullen red coals and cast long flickering shadows across his face. He had been like this since I told him the truth about Cassian. He moved like a man carrying a bomb inside his chest.“I have to leave,” I said.He stopped mid-stride and looked at me. “Where will you go?”“Somewhere Cassian won’t find me easily.” I placed one hand on the swell of my belly as I felt the baby shift slowly and heavily. “He’ll come here soon to find me. If I stay, he’ll drag me back, and this time he won’t wait for the birth of this child before killing me.”Damien’s jaw worked. “You think running fixes anything?”“I think staying gets me killed.” I met his stare without flinching. “You have what you need now. The truth. Use it. When the

84. The Devil’s Face

Chapter 84: The Devil’s Face DAMIEN’S POV The hall felt colder than it should have. Embers in the hearth popped and hissed, throwing faint orange flickers across the flagstones. I paced the length of the room with my boots scraping the stone, each step louder than the last because the silence pressed in too hard. Cassandra’s confession still burned in my ears. Cassian—The Dark One. The voice that had lived inside my head for years, feeding me purpose, rage, and direction. The same man I had trusted with my plans, my hate, my every move against Anya.I stopped in front of the fire and stared into the coals until my eyes watered. My chest ached, not just the curse, but something deeper, and sharper. Betrayal tasted like copper and ash.From the beginning it had never been about killing her. The car crash, the fire, her parents’ death. I had believed Cassian when he said Anya had to die before she destroyed me, before the curse finished what her grandmother started. I had believed it

85. Dust and Memory

Chapter 85: Dust And Memory ANYA’S POV The gates of Crescent Moon Park rose ahead of us like old sentinels, iron bars still straight even after years of neglect. Rowan rode beside me with his shoulders relaxed for the first time in weeks, but my stomach twisted tighter with every mile the car covered. I had asked to come back here not because the Veil felt too exposed or because the Shadow Council’s scouts were closing in. I came back because something older than fear pulled me. A memory. A book. A promise my mother made when I was small enough to fit in her lap. The book that the elders at the Veil spoke off in hushed tones, the book that could help me master my powers. The pack greeted us with cautious bows and murmured welcomes. Rowan got out of the car first and offered his hand. I took it but let go the moment my boots touched gravel. Eyes followed us through the main street; some warm, some wary, most curious. Word had spread fast. The Alpha had returned. He brought back th

86. Claws and Lies

Chapter 86: Claws and LiesDAMIEN’S POV The first thing that hit me when consciousness clawed its way back was the taste of blood in my mouth, it was thick, metallic, my own. My cheek stuck to the cold stone floor where a pool of it had dried into a tacky crust. Every breath dragged knives through my ribs. The curse had retreated for now, but it left me feeling hollowed out, muscles trembling, vision still smeared at the edges with black. Candles on the mantel had burned down to stubs, wax hardened in long tears. Hours had passed, or maybe more. I pushed up on shaking arms. Pain flared white-hot across my torso. I gritted my teeth and forced myself to sit up. The hall reeked of smoke, sweat, and the sharp stink of scorched stone. My shirt clung to my skin, soaked through. I scanned the room and my stomach lurched.Cassian sat against the far wall with his knees drawn up and his coat pooled around him like spilled ink. His head rested back against the stone, his eyes closed, breathin

87. Midnight Homecoming

Chapter 87: Midnight HomecomingROWAN’S POV Moonlight sliced through the narrow window of my room and painted silver bars across the floor. I lay on my back with one arm thrown over my eyes and stared at nothing. The bed felt too large and too empty. I hadn’t seen Anya since we came through the gates that morning. She had slipped away while I dealt with elders and reports and the endless questions about her return. I let her go because she needed space. I sat up and scrubbed both hands over my face. The clock on the wall showed half past two. That was enough time to let her stay by herself. I swung my legs off the mattress, pulled on a shirt, and walked to the door. The corridor outside stayed dark and silent. I moved down it with bare feet silent on the rug and stopped at Lior’s room. I knocked softly.The door opened almost immediately. Lior stood there shirtless, his hair mussed, his eyes sharp despite the hour.“Alpha Rowan.” “Anya,” I said without preamble. “Where is she?”Lio

88. The Moon in Ink

Chapter 88: The Moon in Ink ANYA’S POVRowan’s heartbeat thumped steady under my cheek while sweat cooled on our skin. Moonlight still spilled across the tangled sheets and painted pale stripes over his shoulder. I traced the scar that curved along his collarbone with one fingertip and felt him shiver at the touch. His arm tightened around my waist, keeping me draped half across his chest. Neither of us spoke for a long stretch. The room smelled of sex, lavender soap, and the faint dust that still clung to the corners.I lifted my head just enough to look at him. His gold eyes watched me back, soft, and unguarded, the way they only ever got when no one else could see. My throat tightened.“I know you’re curious why I insisted on coming back here,” I said quietly. “Well, I came back for something.” He didn’t flinch or push. He simply waited as his thumb stroked slow circles on my lower back.I swallowed once and pushed up on one elbow. “When I was little my mother had this book. Thic

89. The Pond and the Lie

Chapter 89: The Pond and the Lie ANYA’S POV Morning light filtered through the pines and turned the pond into a sheet of molten gold. I sat on the wooden bench with my knees drawn up and my arms wrapped around them, staring at the water while tiny ripples spread from the center where a fish had jumped. The air smelled clean and sharp with dew and pine needles. I hadn’t slept more than an hour after Rowan finally drifted off beside me. My mind kept circling back to the Codex Lunaris hidden under the bed, to my name circled three times in my mother’s ink, to the weight of everything I still didn’t know how to carry.Just then I heard footsteps crunching the gravel path behind me. I didn’t turn because I already knew the rhythm of his walk.Rowan’s arms slid around my shoulders from behind. He pressed his chest to my back and rested his chin on top of my head. His warmth soaked through my thin sweater and chased some of the chill away.“What are you doing out here alone, little star?”

90. The Blade In The Pack

Chapter 90: The Blade In The PackDAMIEN’S POV The war room felt smaller than usual with the morning sun slicing through the tail narrow windows and throwing long sharp shadows across the scarred oak table. Dust motes drifted in the light like tiny sparks waiting to catch. I paced the length of the room with my boots striking the flagstones hard enough to echo off the stone walls. I’d sent a trusted scout, Thorne to the Veil to find Anya, there was no way I would sit here and wait for Cassandra’s plan to start making shape. But I was disappointed to hear that she’d left the Veil. My first suspicion was Crescent Moon Pack, but I wasn’t sure enough until I confirmed it. I stopped at the head of the table and planted both palms flat on the map of Crescent Moon Pack. Red ink slashed across the gates and circled the pack house. The eastern ridge bore a black X where her family home still stood like a taunt. My knuckles whitened and my nails bit into the parchment. I could feel Maximus p

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