All Chapters of The Lycan's Contract Bride : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Aria's POV The contractions came in waves that broke reality like tide against sand."The seals," James gasped, watching his monitors phase between dimensions. "All five remaining seals are cracking at once."I couldn't respond. My body was simultaneously giving birth in Phoenix, floating in the Void, burning in the Flame Realm, and existing in places that didn't have names. The Reality Breaker wanted to be born everywhere at once."Focus on my voice," Dimitri commanded, but his form kept shifting – wolf, man, something between. "Aria, look at me."I tried, but I was seeing through fractured time. Dimitri young, old, dead, immortal, all versions superimposed. "I can't... I'm everywhere...""Then I'll anchor you."His teeth sank into my shoulder before I could protest. Not a claiming bite – something rawer, more primal. His wolf's jaws locked onto my flesh, holding my scattered essence to this single reality through pure will and our chosen bond.The pain focused me. I was here, now,

Aria's POV The Chain Keeper civil war started with a single question: What happens when chains break?I stood in the ruins of their Phoenix stronghold, Luna sleeping against my chest while two factions literally tore each other apart. The irony wasn't lost on me – an organization dedicated to maintaining cosmic imprisonment was destroying itself over whether to finish the job."The entity must be freed!" Celeste screamed, her silver hair whipping with power. "The seals are already breaking. Better to control the release than let it happen randomly.""Controlling chaos is an oxymoron," Elder Matthias countered, his ancient frame crackling with defensive magic. "The entity was chained for a reason. Its freedom means the end of everything.""Everything's already ending!" This from a younger Keeper, one of Celeste's converts. "The Reality Breaker's birth proved it. The realms are collapsing whether we act or not."They all turned to look at Luna, sleeping peacefully despite the magical w

Aria's POV "You broke the second trial," the Void King observed, his perfect features showing something between amusement and concern. "The trial-makers are... discussing your case.""Let them discuss." I held Luna tighter, feeling her small body phase slightly between dimensions. "I'm done playing by rules made by beings who've forgotten what it means to be alive."The Void Realm shifted, and suddenly we stood in a court that existed in no realm and all realms simultaneously. Seven figures materialized – the trial-makers, ancient beyond comprehension, their forms constantly shifting between states of existence."Aria Rivera," they spoke in harmonized discord. "You have contaminated the trial process.""Good."My defiance rippled through reality. Somewhere, I felt Dimitri's alarm through our bond, but I pushed reassurance back. This was my fight."The trials have existed since the realms split," the central figure intoned. It might have been female once, or perhaps gender was too sma

Aria's POV Marcus's rejection came with violence."Choose? I choose consumption!" He twisted inside Dimitri's mind, seizing control with brutal efficiency. My mate's eyes went dead black – not void-touched but absent, as if Marcus had pushed Dimitri's consciousness into some deep corner.The trinary bond, three-quarters formed, screamed in agony. Through it, I felt Dimitri drowning in his own mind while Marcus wore his body like a suit."Predictable creatures," Marcus sneered through Dimitri's lips. His hand wrapped around my throat before I could react, the incomplete bond making me vulnerable to anything he did. "Offering healing to something that exists to devour.""Let him go!" Kieran moved to intervene, but the ritual circle flared. We were trapped until the bonding completed or failed catastrophically."I think not." Marcus tightened his grip, and I felt Dimitri's wolf strength behind it. "Seven souls in one body, and now I have access to an Alpha's power. The ritual will compl

Aria's POV Marina Rivera existed in crystallized moonlight like an insect in amber, but her eyes burned with centuries of suppressed truth."Thirteen witches to break the prison," she said, her voice carrying through the fractures. "Or one granddaughter who inherited what I actually was.""You were the first Lunar Queen," Thorne said. "Before you corrupted yourself with wolf essence.""I was the first bridge," Marina corrected. "The realms weren't always separate, child. They bled into each other naturally until fear made us build walls."I approached the prison, moon weaving active in my fingers. Each step revealed more fractures, more truth bleeding through."Tell me everything," I demanded.Marina smiled – my smile, Luna's smile, generations of Rivera women who knew how to walk between worlds. "The hybrid curse wasn't my first experiment. I tried gentler bridges first. Shared dreams between species. Emotional bonds that transcended form. But the realm leaders wanted separation, pu