All Chapters of The Rogue King's Protection: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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Chapter 31: A Monster's Confession

Dalton's POV I insisted on accompanying Tehila to the interrogation despite her protests. This was my mother we were visiting, the woman who raised me and taught me and manipulated every aspect of my life. She was a stranger to me now but she was still my blood. The Council held her in a reinforced cell deep underground, silver shackles binding her wrists and ankles. The metal burned her skin constantly and left angry red marks that would not heal while she wore them. She looked smaller without her power and schemes protecting her. Diminished somehow, like a shadow of the formidable woman who had controlled so much for so long. But her eyes still gleamed with sharp intelligence when we entered. "Tehila," she greeted warmly, as if they were old friends meeting for tea. "Thank you for coming to see me. I know this must be difficult." "What do you want?" Tehila's voice was pure ice.

Chapter 32: My past

Tehila's POV My grandmother was alive? The words made no sense. This was impossible. She died when I was ten years old in a car accident on the highway. Closed casket funeral because the crash was so terrible. Her death left my parents devastated for months. It was a horrible period, I remember it clearly. Dalton's mother smiled at how confused I looked, enjoying the chaos she was creating even from behind bars. "The funeral was entirely staged. Genesis Labs helped her fake her death so they could not use her family as leverage against her cooperation. She has been hiding for twelve years, waiting for them to forget about her existence but that is impossible." "Why would she abandon us?" My voice broke on the question. "Why would she let us think she was dead?" "To protect you and Jade. If she had stayed, they would have taken you both as children when you were easier to control and easier to break p

Chapter 33: Reunion and Resentment

Tehila's POV Seeing my grandmother in person, alive and healthy and real, broke something inside me. All the grief I carried for twelve years was wasted. All the nights I cried at her grave were meaningless. Every memory I cherished was built on a lie. Elena approached with tears streaming down her face and her hands reaching for me. "Tehila, my beautiful girl, I cannot believe how much you have grown and how strong you have become." I slapped her. Hard. The crack echoed across the courtyard and several wolves turned to stare. My hand stung from the impact but I did not care. Elena touched her reddening cheek but she did not protest or pull back. "I deserved that," she said quietly. "You deserved worse." My voice shook with rage. "You let me think you were dead! You let us bury an empty casket and grieve for nothing!" "I know what I did."

Chapter 34: Impossible Power

Zane's POV Everybody stood frozen, this was the most unbelievable thing I have heard in my life. Wolves did not control mate bonds. The Moon Goddess did, or fate, or biology, depending on what you believed. But Elena insisted this bloodline was different. "Your bloodline was called the Weavers in the old texts," Elena continued, her voice steady. "You do not just receive bonds passively like other wolves. You create them actively, you shape them, and you can break them if needed. It is why Genesis Labs wanted Tehila so desperately beyond just breeding purposes." Tehila looked terrified, her face pale. "I do not know how to do any of that. I have never felt anything like that kind of power." "Because it is dormant inside you. It needs to be awakened through extreme emotional distress or through intentional training with someone who knows how." Elena leaned forward. "But I suspect it has already starte

Chapter 35: The Awakening

Tehila's POVI was in a deep dream, threads were all around me. A thousand of them, stretching in every direction like an infinite web spanning the entire world. I saw the bond between Dalton and me, frayed and damaged where he had rejected me but still there and still glowing faintly with stubborn life. I saw the potential bond with Zane, it was thin but growing stronger and more solid every day we spent together. I saw bonds between pack members and families and mates, some bright and healthy with love, others dim and dying from neglect or abuse.I reached out without thinking and touched one thread curiously. It vibrated under my fingers like a guitar string plucked hard and somewhere far away a wolf gasped audibly. I felt them through the connection, felt their emotions and thoughts bleeding through the bond directly into my mind.The power was terrifying and exhilarating in equal measure. I could see everything, feel everything, potentially manipulate everything if I wanted to.

Chapter 36: Training Begins

Dalton's POVElena took Tehila away to begin training in the morning, leaving Zane and me in an awkward company neither of us wanted. We were rivals for the same woman but we were also stuck together until Tehila returned.The Clearwater Ridge pack was rebuilding slowly. With Thorne awaiting execution and no clear Alpha, the pack looked to the Council for guidance.Alpha Blackwood appointed an interim leader after two days. My father. The former Beta, now thrust into power he never wanted.I helped my father navigate pack politics. It was strange working alongside him after months of distance. We had barely spoken since my mother's betrayal became public."Did you know?" I finally asked one evening. "About Mom?""No. But I suspected something was wrong for years." His honesty was refreshing. "I chose not to see it because seeing it meant confronting it. That makes me complicit.""It makes you human.""We are wolves.""Same difference."We shared a tired laugh. My father asked about Te

Chapter 37: The Broken Bond

Tehila's POVI was able to break the bond two days ago. Elena taught me during our final training session and I made the choice alone without telling anyone first.The damaged bond with Dalton had been a constant ache in my life, a reminder of betrayal and rejection that never stopped hurting. Severing it felt like removing barbed wire from my soul, painful in the moment but necessary for healing.But now the silence where the bond used to pulse was deafening. I was completely free from him. Dalton's face changed when he realized what I had done. We were standing near the border between territories when he realized."You cut it." His voice was hollow."I had to." I kept my tone steady."Why?" The pain in his eyes was raw. "I thought you were just shielding it.""Because I could not heal with it still there connecting us." I met his gaze without flinching. "Every time I felt you through the bond, I remembered what you did. I remembered the rejection and the humiliation and watching yo

Chapter 38: The Hunt Begins

Zane's POVA monster was loose and she was armed with knowledge that could destroy everything we had been trying to rebuild. Dalton's mother, Evelyn Hayes, had become a ghost the moment she escaped that transport. There was no trail, no witnesses who survived, nothing but blood and empty shackles.The Council formed a task force within hours of the breach. Alpha Blackwood called for volunteers from every pack willing to hunt down a traitor and stop Genesis Labs from rising again.I volunteered immediately. My pack needed this threat eliminated before it grew roots.Dalton volunteered too despite his emotional devastation over Tehila severing their bond. He looked empty, like someone had scooped out his insides and left only the shell walking around. But his voice was steady when he committed his best fighters to the cause.Tehila insisted on joining the hunt. Elena argued against it loudly in front of everyone."You are the prime target," Elena said firmly. "Evelyn wants you specifica

Chapter 39: Unwanted Proximity

Tehila's POV The abandoned facility left a hollow feeling in my chest that had nothing to do with disappointment. We had traveled for days chasing a ghost and found only empty rooms and rusted equipment. Evelyn Hayes was smarter than we gave her credit for and that terrified me more than I wanted to admit. The safe house was barely large enough for half our team. A cramped hunting lodge with creaking floorboards and rooms that smelled like pine and old leather. After Blackwood assigned sleeping arrangements for us, I watched Zane's face carefully as he realized what fate or perhaps deliberate planning had arranged. One room. One bed for both of us. "I will take the floor," Zane offered immediately, his voice steady but his eyes searching mine for permission to stay close. I looked at the worn wooden boards, already feeling the cold seeping through my boots. The temperature was dr

Chapter 40: Impossible Miracle

Dalton's POVThe message arrived on a burner phone left outside my window. No call, no warning, just a device buzzing with a single notification that made my world tilt sideways. I opened it with shaking hands and my heart stopped completely.A photo of a newborn baby filled the screen. Tiny fists curled against a white blanket, dark hair still damp from birth. And there, behind the left ear, clear as daylight, was the crescent moon birthmark that marked Jade's bloodline.The note below the image was brief and brutal. "The child lives. Come alone to the coordinates below, or I'll kill it. You have twelve hours—Evelyn." My mother had Jade's baby.But that was impossible. Jade died from silver poisoning and the baby should have died with her. Unless Evelyn extracted the child before Jade's death, performing some emergency procedure that saved the infant while letting the mother slip away. The thought made bile rise in my throat. My mother had stolen my dead ex-girlfriend's baby and was

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