All Chapters of Tempting My Best Friend's Alpha Father: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

~DAMIEN~The knock on my door is soft and hesitant.I barely register it at first, too buried in my thoughts, but it comes again. Louder this time.“Daddy?”It's Ella, who something in her voice pulls me upright instantly.“Come in,” I call, already swinging my legs off the bed.The door creaks open, and she steps in slowly, clutching the hem of her nightshirt. Her brows are drawn together, her lips pressed into a thin, uneasy line.“I can’t find Holly.”My heart stutters.“What do you mean you can’t find her?” I ask, sharper than I intend.“I checked her room,” Ella says quickly, her words tumbling over each other. “She’s not there. I looked upstairs too… and in the kitchen. I thought maybe she couldn’t sleep.” She hesitates, then adds in a smaller voice, “I wanted to talk to her about you both. You know… girl stuff.”A cold weight settles in my chest.I’m already moving before she finishes speaking.“Stay in your room,” I tell her as I brush past, my voice tig

~HOLLY~I wake up with a sharp gasp, my body jolting upright before my mind even catches up.My heart is racing too fast, too loud…..like it’s trying to break out of my chest.Where am I?The thought slams into me as I throw the covers off and stumble out of the bed. My feet hit the cold floor, and I spin around wildly, panic already clawing its way up my throat.“How did I get here…?” My voice comes out shaky, barely above a whisper.I press my hand to my head, trying to remember…..trying to piece it together.The hotel. Gabriel. The darkness. That hand….My breath hitches violently.No. No, no, no.I look around quickly, my eyes struggling to adjust to the dimness of the room. It’s… beautiful. Painfully so. Elegant furniture, intricate carvings, soft fabrics, everything carefully placed like something out of a dream.But it feels wrong, cold and empty.Like a cage dressed as a palace.Fear tightens around my chest.I take a step back, then another, turning

~DAMIEN~Packing doesn’t take long.Gabriel and I move in silence at first, the tension between us still there… still raw… but different now.It's focused and purposeful now.I grab what I need—clothes, weapons, a few essentials. Nothing unnecessary.This isn’t a trip.This is war.Gabriel finally breaks the silence.“What’s the plan?” he asks.I zip up my bag, my movements calm.“We go to him,” I say simply.“That’s it?” he frowns.“That’s it.”He exhales sharply.“He’s expecting us,” he tells me.“I know.”“That means it’s a trap,” Gabriel adds.I glance at him. “Of course it is.”“And you’re still walking into it?” he presses, his voice tightening.I hold his gaze. “Would you rather I don’t?”His eyes flash. “That’s not what I’m saying.”“Then say what you mean.”He pauses.Then, quieter, and rougher….“I’m saying… we don’t know what he’s already done.”The words hang heavy between us.I don’t respond immediately, because I do know.Or at least… I know Ni

~HOLLY~I don’t understand what I saw.I’ve been sitting on the edge of the bed for what feels like forever, staring at my hands like they might suddenly explain everything to me.The seer’s scream keeps replaying in my head.That raw, terrified sound.The way she covered her eyes like looking at me burned her.My chest tightens.What did she see?What is wrong with me?And why did Nicholas send me away so quickly?I swallow hard, my fingers curling into the fabric of my dress.Nothing about this feels normal anymore. Not this castle. Not the people in it. Not even me.A knock doesn’t come, but the door just opens.I flinch, my head snapping up as a warrior steps inside. He’s tall, broad, dressed in dark armor, his expression unreadable.“Come with me,” he says.No explanation. No greeting.Just an order.“I—” My voice comes out smaller than I expect. “Where….?”“We don’t have time.”Before I can even finish, he crosses the room in two long strides and takes my

~BEFORE THE WAR AT THE TRAINING FOREST~The castle is too quiet.Nicholas walks through the long corridor with slow, measured steps, the sound of his boots echoing against stone walls that have seen centuries of blood and power.But tonight….tonight feels different.There’s a pull in the air, subtle and persistent.It started the moment she was brought into his territory.From afar, and from the first time he laid his eyes on her, he had always suspected that Holly was special.He didn’t understand it at first, but he felt it.Something about her wasn’t right, and wasn't normal.And Nicholas had learned long ago to trust that instinct.It had never failed him.And now that he has Holly with him, he's now very sure that Holly is more than an ordinary human being.He stops in front of her door, and for a moment, he says nothing.Then he pushes it open.Holly is sitting on the edge of the bed, her posture tense, her fingers gripping the sheets like she’s holding herself together.Her hea