Lahat ng Kabanata ng TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

KNOX’S POVQueenie probably filled in some blanks. But hearing Ember say it out loud feels like reopening a wound that never properly healed."What do you want to know?" I ask, keeping my voice carefully neutral."Whatever you're willing to tell me."I stare at the ceiling, jaw tight. "Celeste was my true mate. We met when I was twenty-six. Bonded within a year. I thought she was everything I'd ever need.""What happened?""She betrayed me. With my best friend." The words come out flat, clinical. "In our bed."Ember makes a small, wounded sound. "I'm so sorry.""It was a long time ago.""That doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt."I don't respond to that. I can't."How did she die?" Ember asks gently.My hands curl into fists under the covers.The memory hits me like it always does—visceral, brutal, unavoidable.Finding them together. The rage that consumed me, white-hot and all-consuming. My wolf taking over, ripping through my control like paper.Everything after that is a door I kee

EMBER'S POV"That's far enough." Knox's voice is quiet, but the threat underneath is unmistakable.Gale doesn't seem bothered. He just holds up the gifts, his expression settling into wounded understanding."I heard about her panic attack at the dinner," he says, and his voice is so gentle it's almost worse than anger. "I know what helps her. I just wanted to make sure she's okay.""How thoughtful." Knox doesn't move. "Breaking and entering to deliver... what exactly?""Her favorite macarons. Her anxiety medication." Gale looks past Knox to me, his eyes soft with concern. "I've known Ember far longer than you have. I know what she needs during these episodes. Do you?"The dig lands exactly where Gale intended. I know her better than you ever will."What I know," Knox says, "is that you're in my home uninvited at three in the morning. What I know is that security had to physically restrain you. What I know is that this constitutes breaking and entering, and I have every right to have y

EMBER'S POVI sob, nodding frantically, the image burning into my brain."I'd let the whole world watch—just don't stop—""That's my perfect omega," he praises, voice dripping sin, hand sliding from my hair to collar my throat, fingers pressing into the sides just enough to make me lightheaded, just enough to make every sensation sharper. "My greedy, cock-drunk little slut. No one else gets this. No one else gets to watch you fall apart. Say it.""Only you—only ever you—Knox—"He bites down on my shoulder hard enough to mark, hard enough that I'll see his teeth in my skin tomorrow, and I moan so loud it echoes.His hips snap faster, deeper, the head of his cock dragging over that spongy spot inside me that makes me see white."Mine," he snarls against my skin, licking over the bite mark, soothing and savage at once. "This cunt, these tits, these pretty screams—mine to wreck, mine to bruise, mine to fill until it's leaking out of you."His phone starts ringing.For a second, I fear he

EMBER'S POVRafael raises one hand in a pleasant wave, completely unbothered by the murder in my security chief's eyes."Enjoy your spa day, Ember," Rafael says, stepping aside to let me exit. "And remember—Knox collects broken things because he thinks he can fix them. But I don't think you're as broken as he believes. I think you're something else entirely.""And what's that?"His smile widens. "Dangerous. In the best possible way."The elevator doors close on his face, and Nathaniel is at my side immediately, practically vibrating with protective fury."Are you alright? Did he touch you? I'll kill him. I'll—""I'm fine," I cut him off, tucking Rafael's card into my dress pocket without examining it further. "He just wanted to introduce himself."Nathaniel looks like he wants to argue, but he swallows it down with visible effort."I'm reporting this to Knox.""Do what you need to do."Part of me wonders what Knox will think when he hears another Alpha cornered me in an elevator. Part

EMBER'S POV "I warned you from the start that marrying that low-class nobody would be your downfall. I had Alphas lined up for you—wealthy, powerful men who could have given you everything. But no, you wanted love." She spits the word like it's dirty. "You chose that spineless pig over the future I built for you. So don't you dare blame me for what he did. You made your choice. You lived with the consequences. It's not my fault you couldn't handle the realities of being an omega wife." "Handle the— he broke my ribs! He choked me until I passed out! He told me every day that I was worthless and stupid and lucky he didn't kill me!" "Then you should have been smarter about managing him." The words land like a physical blow. I actually stagger backward. "That's your response?" I whisper. "Your daughter tells you she was abused and you think she should have managed him better?" Devika's lip curls. "You always were dramatic. And if Gale knocked some sense into you occasionally, maybe