All Chapters of TAMING THE RUTHLESS ALPHA: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Crystal's POVA soft gasp escaped my lips as his lips ravaged and ravished in the softness of my neck."Adrian..." I called in a whisper which sounded more like a moan than an actual calling.He did something to me that I couldn't help. One touch from him and my body and mind went numb and haywire at the same time. He lit up a fire inside me whenever his lips made contact with my neck.But I had been here before. He would light this fire inside me and stop halfway, leaving me empty and desolate. I couldn't afford that heartbreak again.So I tapped him. "Adrian!" I called seriously.He stopped and looked up at me, his eyes filled with helpless desire and want. It was madly gratifying to me that he was as crazed as he was about me.I felt so powerful being able to control the Alpha like this. But as intoxicating as this power felt, it would destroy me if he just teased me and left me wanting. That was his own power. And right now, it scared me more than the burning desire I was currentl

Crystal's POVI sat frozen long after the guard left, the echo of his words pounding inside my skull like war drums. The ceremony has been postponed.What it sounded to me like was that the ceremony had been called off.The room suddenly felt too small, the walls pressing in on me, suffocating me. My throat tightened as if invisible hands had wrapped around it. All those days of preparation, the endless anxiety, the whispers of servants who stared at me like I was an intruder who had stolen a throne meant for someone else... all of it had led up to this. To today. To this one day I had told myself I would finally take my place, if only for a fleeting moment. And now… nothing.“No, no, no!” I screamed and stood up, my voice cracking. My chest heaved as I grabbed the nearest vase from the table and hurled it against the wall. It shattered into dozens of glittering shards, scattering across the floor like fragments of my broken mind.I had prepared so much for this. Mentally and physical

Crystal's POVI couldn’t lie down still. I sat up, my mind buried in deep thoughts.My thoughts swirled, restlessly and sharply, like a storm trapped inside a cage. My instincts whispered that none of this was accidental. Sylvia’s sudden disappearance wasn’t a stroke of luck and it wasn’t some external threat slipping past Gravepine’s walls.No… it felt too deliberate, too calculated and definitely too coincidental. And the memory of her words on the rooftop burned like an unquenchable fire in my chest, refusing to die out.“Do you really think you’ll be mated to Adrian tomorrow?”Had she really planned this all along? To ruin the ceremony, to make Adrian cancel the one event that would have sealed my place at his side?I paced across the length of my room, my bare feet gliding noiselessly against the cold marble floor. My hands twisted against each other, my heart thudded unevenly, each beat heavy with a suspicion I didn’t dare voice aloud.“Luna…” Lyra’s soft voice cut through the s

Adrian's POVThe heavy thud of my shoes echoed against the stone corridors as I made my way to Crystal’s chambers. Every step felt heavier than the last, dragging me deeper into the storm of thoughts brewing in my head. My chest was tight, my jaw was locked, and though my outward expression was one of controlled strength, inside, I was warring with myself.How could I face her?Crystal.Her name alone burned in me like fire and ice. I had pushed her away, shut her out when all she had done was try to understand me, to stand by me despite the monster I had shown her. I hadn’t explained myself, I hadn’t even given her a sliver of clarity. And I knew her well enough now to understand what that silence must have done to her. She would be furious. She had every right to be.And yet, despite the anger I knew she would throw at me, I wanted to see her.I needed to.But what would I say? How could I even look her in the eye?The thought made my chest ache.To make things worse, the mating cer

Crystal's POVThe moment Adrian stepped into the room, my breath caught in my throat. Relief washed over me like a sudden wave, loosening the invisible rope that had been tightening around my chest. But just as quickly, concern crept in, swallowing that fleeting comfort.Adrian’s presence had always been an unpredictable thing. Plus I didn't tell him or take his permission to check Sylvia's room. And I had lied with is name.His voice rang out, cold and sharp, making the guards freeze before dragging me away.“If any of you dare lay a finger on my mate... I will make sure your heads never see another second”"Forgive us, Alpha" the guards bowed and ran out, closing the door behind them.Talia scoffed.That heat in my stomach. I hated that I felt it. The way his words sent an unfamiliar warmth through me, as if I mattered, as if I was more than just a pawn.But I shoved it down instantly. Adrian had a way of offering comfort with one hand and crushing it with the other. I wouldn’t let