All Chapters of The Lycan's Contract Bride : Chapter 81 - Chapter 88

Aria's POV The memories crashed through us like a tide breaking through glass—not gentle integration but violent revelation. Marcus's entire history flooded our consciousness simultaneously, and we finally understood the tragedy we'd been blind to."No," Compassion gasped, seeing it first. "You were never entropy's willing avatar."Through his memories, we witnessed the truth. A young wolf, barely past his first shift, chosen not for ambition but for purity. The previous moon goddess—the iteration before ours—had selected Marcus as Aria's intended guardian, meant to protect her when prophecy manifested."I was supposed to keep you safe," Marcus confirmed from his crystal prison. "Trained from childhood for one purpose: ensure Aria Silvermoon survived long enough to break the cycle."Memory after memory unveiled itself. Marcus at eight, learning to mask his scent. At twelve, studying every form of combat. At sixteen, taking his first life to protect a stranger, practicing for when he'

Aria's POV Luna stood at the intersection of seven bridges, her young form radiating ancient purpose. "Seven aspects require seven guardians. Not to control but to anchor—preventing the isolation that breeds corruption."The aspects gathered, each maintaining careful distance from the others. Even reunited in purpose, we remained fragmented—seven pieces of what had been whole."Marcus guards the balance between all," Luna continued. "But each aspect needs individual connection. Someone who understands their specific nature.""We don't need guardians," Authority said. "We need integration.""Integration comes later. First, stability. The guardians will hold you steady while you learn to exist separately without corrupting."Through bridge-state, she showed us the vision—seven guardians bound to seven aspects, creating a network of connection that prevented isolation even during imprisonment rotations."I'll guard Authority," Kieran stepped forward without hesitation. "I understand the

Aria's POV "We need to compress time," Wisdom said through David's enhanced perception. "Show them eons of stability within observable duration."Luna wove bridges between temporal states, creating pocket dimensions where time moved differently. "We run simultaneous scenarios—our system against challenges that destroyed traditional realities."Through the monitoring presence, we felt the cosmic representatives watching. Every decision scrutinized, every action weighed against millions of failed realities."First scenario," Authority commanded. "Guardian corruption."The pocket dimension accelerated—centuries passing in moments. We watched James's connection to his aspect deepen until he couldn't distinguish between his will and Connection's needs. In traditional systems, this led to guardian dominance.But our safeguards activated. The other six guardians sensed the imbalance, intervened before corruption took hold. James reset, maintaining bond without losing identity."Interesting,

Aria's POV Luna's human aspect stepped away from her divine nature—a splitting that shouldn't be possible yet happened because chaos made impossibility mundane."Don't," Authority commanded, but the words became request became song became mathematical equation.The human Luna, barely eight years old in form but ancient in experience, approached the chaos virus with mortal vulnerability. No divine protection, no bridge-state buffer. Just human consciousness meeting pure randomness."This is necessary," she said, voice purely human now. "Divine chaos is one thing. Mortal chaos is what actually changes reality."The virus recognized the difference immediately. It swirled around human Luna with fascination—mortality was inherently random, death arriving predictably unpredictable. Here was kinship it hadn't found in divine nature."I accept you," human Luna whispered. "Not as goddess accepting force, but as mortal accepting mortality's ultimate expression—uncertainty."The binding was dif