Protector of the Alpha's cursed heir. 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 91 - 챕터 100

Killian lunged at him.Just pure rage and pain and betrayal exploding outward.Dante and Kael followed right behind him. The three brothers stood in front of Belarie."You'll never touch him!" Dante roared."We're the Zeroks!" Kael's voice was thunder. "No one has ever beaten us! And you won't be the first!""We'll protect Jeffrey with our lives!" Killian's claws extended mid-leap.Belarie didn't even flinch.He raised one hand. Fire erupted from his palm—a wall of flame that hit all three brothers simultaneously.They flew backwards.Killian crashed through the dining room table, wood splintering around him. Dante slammed into the cabinet, glass raining down. Kael hit the wall so hard he left a hole in it."STOP!" Annie screamed.Onika and Adam opened fire. bullets tore through the air.They hit Belarie's chest. His shoulder. His abdomen.The bullets bounced harmlessly off like they were shooting a stone.Belarie looked down at the bullets that had fallen to the floor, then back up

"Please," Annie gasped, straining against the ropes. "Brie, I'm pregnant with your nephew. You'd be killing us both—""I don't care." Brie's voice was cold. "Family didn't stop Killian from killing the man I loved.""BRIE!" Killian's voice cracked across the rooftop like thunder.Dante and Kael flanking burst out on the rooftop along with him. Breathing hard from the run, faces flushed with panic."Killian!" Annie's voice broke with relief.Brie turned slowly, a smile spreading across her face. She flicked her lighter open. The small flame danced in the wind."Whoa, whoa, WHOA!" Dante's hands shot up. "Let's all just take a breath—Briana, put that way—""Stay back!" Brie's voice was sharp. The flame hovered inches from the gasoline-soaked ground.Killian's face drained with fear. He knew his sister. Knew what she was capable of doing. "Brie, please. Don't do this.""Come to save your little breeding mare?" Brie's tone was mocking. "How sweet. Too bad I couldn't save Greg from you. Wha

Dante stared at her for a long moment. Then his expression shuttered. "I didn't mean it," he said.The room went silent."What?" Peggy's voice was barely a whisper."I was overstimulated...Happy to be alive—or maybe I was hallucinating. I didn't—" Dante looked away. "I didn't mean it.""Dante—" Killian started, disbelief in his tone."You're kidding me right now," Brie said flatly. "Please tell me you're joking.""I'm not." Dante's jaw clenched. "It was the blood loss talking. Maybe. That's all."Peggy stood frozen. Like someone had turned her to stone. Then, slowly, her face crumpled. "I'm just glad you're okay." She turned and walked back to the dining area."You're a fool," Brie said, shaking her head. "A certified fool.""Seriously?" Kael added. "She just saved your life and you—""Drop it." Dante's voice was sharp. The awkwardness settled over the room like fog.Killian cleared his throat. "We need to talk about what happened. Why Belarie came. Why was he in our bedroom?"Annie

Katherine's voice cut through the silence like a scalpel through flesh. "Let me explain exactly what sanguine sanguis servatur does to its victim."She walked to the centre of the room, and all their eyes followed her."It spreads like cancer," she said, each word deliberate. "Its slow and merciless. First, it carves a mark into your skin—a sigil that burns itself into your flesh to announce that the debt has come due. The mark glows at first, bright as a brand. And then..." She paused, letting the horror build. "Then it begins to fade. Every day, a little dimmer. A little greyer. And as the light dies, so do you."Dante had gone completely still. Kael's hands were almost trembling."The pain is exquisite," Katherine continued. "It starts in your bones—a deep ache that feels like your marrow is turning to ash. Then it spreads. Your organs begin to shut down, one by one. Your magic—if you have any—turns against you, eating you from the inside out. You'll wish for death long before it c

Katherine knelt close to Annie. "Tell me everything," she said. "What did Ahnika say? What did you learn?"Annie swallowed. Her voice came out hoarse, damaged from the cobwebs that had tried to claim her. "She said—" She had to stop, gather herself. "She said Belarie's real name is Owaine. And he's Annitore's twin brother."The silence was absolute."What?" Brie's voice was disbelieving."They're twins," Annie continued. "Born minutes apart. And when they were eighteen, they—" She couldn't say it. Couldn't make the words real."They became lovers," Katherine finished quietly.Annie nodded. "Ahnika said he was good once. Kind and gentle. Her favourite son. But Annitore corrupted him. Twisted their twin bond into... And she couldn't stop them—they were already too far gone to stop it."Dante had gone pale. "So the guy trying to get Annie back is her actual brother? That's insane—""Unbelievably sickening," Kael finished."Annitore killed all her other siblings," Annie said, the words tu