All Chapters of RUN AWAY WITH ME: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

The first thing Kael noticed was the silence.Not the peaceful kind—the kind that crept in when wolves stopped laughing mid-sentence, when patrols slowed without being told, when the Nightfang Keep seemed to lean inward as if listening.The second thing he noticed was Selene wasn’t at his side.That alone should have been impossible.The mate bond usually hummed between them, a low constant thrum, but now it felt… stretched. Not broken. Never broken. But thinned. Like a thread pulled too tight.Kael stood on the upper balcony overlooking the training grounds, arms crossed, jaw clenched. Below, wolves sparred half-heartedly, glancing up more often than they should. His presence still commanded obedience, but something else was creeping through the pack—uncertainty. Curiosity. A question no one dared ask aloud.Ariane.He hadn’t ordered her away.That was the mistake.He told himself he was being reasonable. Controlled. That banning her outright would have looked like fear, like guilt.

Ariane had always known when to stop smiling.That was her gift.She stood in the center of the Nightfang pack hall, sunlight streaming through the high windows, her posture open, pleasant, harmless. If anyone looked at her now, they would see a woman who had loved this pack once — who still loved it, perhaps — and had returned only to help.That was the lie.And lies, Ariane knew, worked best when they were mostly true.She clasped her hands lightly in front of her, listening as the elders debated logistics for the upcoming Council hearing. Voices overlapped. Concerns were raised. Names were invoked.Selene’s name came up often.Ariane tilted her head, eyes soft.She waited.She had learned long ago that power was not seized in moments of chaos. Power was offered by people who thought they were choosing it themselves.When Elder Bram finally sighed and rubbed his temples, Ariane stepped forward.“May I?” she asked gently.The hall quieted.Kael’s gaze flicked to her — brief, assessin

The summons came at dawn.Not shouted. Not delivered with claws or threats.A single sealed missive, black wax stamped with the sigil of the Unified Council, delivered by a neutral courier who would not meet Kael’s eyes.Selene knew what it was the moment Kael read it.She felt the twin stir — sharp, eager, sensing blood in the water.“They’re calling a formal hearing,” Kael said quietly. “All Alphas. Full quorum.”Selene’s fingers tightened around the edge of the table. “About me.”“Yes.”Not us.Not the pack.Her.The silence stretched — thick, coiled.The twin purred.This is where they strip you. Where they decide if you’re property or liability.Selene swallowed, steadying her breath.“I’ll go,” she said.Kael’s head snapped up. “No.”“It’s my power they fear.”“It’s my pack they’re trying to break,” he shot back. “And I won’t let them put you on display like a criminal.”Selene stepped closer, placing her palm over his heart.“Kael… if I don’t go, they’ll claim you’re hiding me.

It seeped.It crept into the stones of Nightfang Keep, into the glances of wolves who had once looked at Selene with awe and now measured her with careful restraint. Not fear—yet. But calculation.Selene felt it everywhere.In the way conversations softened when she entered a room.In how the elders bowed with too much formality.In how even the wind around the cliffs seemed to hesitate, as if unsure whether it was allowed to touch her.She stood at the edge of the training grounds at dawn, arms folded, watching Kael put the warriors through drills with brutal precision.He was pushing them too hard.She knew it.They knew it.Kael knew it.But fury had to go somewhere.The twin stirred lazily.He’s breaking himself for you, she said. You should let him.Selene ignored her, as she had been doing more and more—though it cost her.Kael ended the drill abruptly, dismissing the pack with a sharp gesture. When he turned, his gaze found Selene instantly.Always.He crossed the grounds in lo

Dawn broke over Nightfang Keep, but the light felt brittle, as if the sky itself feared the day.Kael stood atop the main cliff, overlooking the training grounds where the pack gathered. Every wolf sensed the tension in him, the coil of restrained power that made even seasoned warriors hesitate. Beside him, Selene’s hand pressed into his, grounding him, anchoring him. But not fully. Not yet.The twin stirred inside her—a low hum of shadow that pulsed along Selene’s veins. She wanted to act. To claim. To prove that Kael’s devotion was fragile. Every instinct screamed at the twin: push him. Test him. Make him break.Kael didn’t need the twin to sense it. He already knew. He felt the way Selene’s pulse flickered every time his eyes flicked to Ariane, standing at the edge of the grounds. That subtle smile of hers, the way she leaned just slightly toward him, and the memory of all she had been to him in years past—it was deliberate.He ground his teeth.Enough, he thought. I will not let t