All Chapters of The Rogue King's Protection: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Zane's POV Dalton and I had formed a bond I didn't see coming based on the recent issues we've been facing together especially because of desperation. Both of us wanted the same thing— to get Tehila away from Marcus before the wedding trapped her permanently. We had been planning for six days straight, barely sleeping and calling in every favor we had gathered over the years. My contacts mapped Marcus's territory while Dalton used his Genesis Labs connections to obtain security layouts and guard schedules. What we discovered was not encouraging. Marcus's estate was fortress-like. High walls, armed patrols, surveillance cameras covering every angle, and a pack loyal enough to die protecting their Alpha's interests. Getting Tehila out without starting a full-scale war seemed nearly impossible. "We could just take her by force," Dalton suggested during one of our late-night strategy sessions. Maps

Tehila's POV Victoria offered to help me escape but I wasn't sure of this, my mind raced through every possibility and the dangers involved.  Was this genuine help or a test planned by Marcus to see if I would try to run? If he suspected I attempted to escape, he could make my situation infinitely worse. Tighter security, fewer privileges, maybe even fasten the wedding to trap me faster. But staying meant marrying him in seventeen days and I would rather die than end up with that asshole.  "Why would you help me?" I asked, studying Victoria's f

Dalton's POVBreaking out of Council prison had been insane but letting Tehila marry Marcus would have been pure insanity. I and Zane had made the choice together in our cell, speaking in whispers while guards patrolled outside. We would break every law if necessary, burn every bridge, and sacrifice everything.Sarah's testimony about Marcus's involvement with Genesis Labs had been suppressed by Council members in Marcus's pocket. The hearing had been postponed indefinitely, which meant never. Marcus had too much influence and too many allies in positions of power.So we had fought our way out during a prisoner transfer, stolen a Council vehicle, and driven straight into enemy territory. Suicide mission. Love made people do impossible things.Now we were fighting for our lives and Tehila's freedom against a dozen of Marcus's best warriors. I took a warrior's claws across his ribs, feeling skin split and blood flow hot down his side. But I did not slow down, I could not afford to stop

Tehila's POVCouncil enforcers moved through the crowd, separating everyone into groups based on their involvement. They applied silver cuffs to Zane's wrists and he hissed in pain as the metal burned against his skin. Dalton received the same treatment, and so did Marcus, though watching Marcus in chains brought me plenty of satisfaction.I tried to protest, I tried to explain that Zane and Dalton had saved my life, but Alpha Blackwood silenced me with a single look."You will all face a formal tribunal," Blackwood announced to the assembled wolves. "Tomorrow at dawn. Until then, you are all in Council custody and will be treated according to law."They took us to a Council holding facility two hours away, a complex of reinforced buildings designed to contain even the strongest wolves. It was clean and secure it felt exactly like a prison despite the polished floors and fluorescent lighting.I was separated from Zane and Dalton immediately, then placed in what they called a medical c

Tehila's POVEvery eye in the chamber was now focused on me like I was a prey surrounded by predators. I have to choose right now. Between the man who had saved my life repeatedly and the man who had destroyed it then spent months trying to rebuild what he had broken.Zane and Dalton both stood before the Council in silver cuffs, waiting for me to decide their fates along with my own. The responsibility crushed down on my shoulders until I could barely breathe.Zane's expression was carefully neutral, a mask that hid whatever emotions churned beneath the surface. He would not make this easy by showing me what he wanted, he would not pressure me with guilt or manipulation.Dalton looked resigned, like he already knew my answer and had accepted it. There was pain in his eyes but also something that looked like peace, like he had made his own decision regardless of what I chose."This is not fair," I said, hating how my voice trembled. "You cannot force me to choose like this.""Life rar