Rejected By The Alpha, Claimed By His Uncle의 모든 챕터: 챕터 61 - 챕터 70

Liora POVI woke up with a sweet smile on my face.Not the soft, innocent kind.. It was the victorious kind.Steam still clung to the bathroom mirrors as I ran my fingers down my wet arm and watched the droplets fall like slow diamonds onto the marble floor.I hummed a sweet tune under my breath.. it was an old pack lullaby that I twisted into something playful at the same time something wicked.“Mm… Last night was productive,” I murmured to my reflection and my eyes gleamed.The bathwater behind me still swirled lazily, it was perfumed with crushed violet oil and night jasmine. I sank my fingers into my damp hair and tilted my head side to side, studying my self to my own satisfaction.Damn I was beautiful.“Let’s see,” I said softly to the empty bath room. “One Alpha was distracted. One Alpha compromised. One unwelcomed female guest… stimulated.”I laughed quietly. “Oh yes. Very productive.”I stepped out, silk robe sliding over my skin, and pushed open the bathroom doors with the

Darius POVI smiledNot because I felt at ease but because a battlefield always began with confusion, and confusion was where I naturally thrived.My gaze dropped to Aurelian.The boy stood at the center of the storm without knowing it with his hair slightly messy, his eyes bright and his hand still gripping the edge of my sleeve like I was an anchor he refused to release.The heir.The word still echoed across the courtyard like thunder that hadn’t finished rolling.Heir.The word was not spoken to the crowd it was spoken into fate.I nodded once in a slow and controlled way acknowledging what had been said without agreeing to its shape.Aurelian held me former than before“Are you really leaving now?” he asked.His voice wasn’t loud but it cut deeper than any council accusation.“Yes,” I told him gently.His grip tightened instantly.“No.”I huffed a soft breath through my nose. “That is not how departures work, my little stormwolf.”“Then change how they work,” he insisted. “You’

Darius POVKade stepped into place beside me like he always did.. silent first, present second and dangerous third.“I see everything is going according to plan,” he said under his breath.I didn’t look at him immediately as my gaze was still fixed on the priestess… and the storm that had just shifted the board in my favor without me touching a single piece.“Yes,” I answered calmly. “Better than I even would have expected.”Kade huffed softly. “You’re enjoying this aren’t you.”“I never enjoy uncertainty.”“That’s not what your face says.”“That’s because you’ve known my face for too long.”He smirked as I lifted Aurelian again.In my arms, Aurelian adjusted against my chest, his small fingers still hooked into my collar like I might disappear if he loosened his grip. The boy trusted with his whole body... No hesitation.. No politics.. Just instinct.It did something to me every time.“You’re not leaving?” he murmured.“Not yet,” I told him quietly.“Good,” he whispered, already dri

Liora POVI stared at myself one last time before turning my face.“To hell with them and their stupid meeting.”The words left my mouth sharp and bitter as I turned on my heel, my skirts swishing angrily against my legs.Let them sit in their circle of self-importance. Let them whisper prophecies and heirs and fate. I had bloody played polite long enough.. Fael would regret making Vulsh look down on me like that. I stormed down the corridor, my footsteps echoing against the stone walls, my hands clenched so tightly my nails bit into my palms.“Nyria,” I muttered. “Where the fuck are you hiding?”The further I walked, the more my irritation fermented into something darker and something restless.She should have been with me by now at least she should have reported to me by now.I reached the servants’ wing and pushed open the door to her quarters without knocking.. Because why would “I..”knock.The sight I saw inside stopped me short Nyria was still asleep, she was still curled on

Fael’s POV I turned my head again before I could stop myself.I told myself it was instinct. I told myself it was vigilance. I told myself it was my duty to read every face in that council hall.But the truth was simpler and uglier.‘She looks way prettier than earlier don’t you think?’ Mylor spoke as I stared at her again.Seraphine sat beside Darius, close enough that their arms brushed, close enough that her fingers curled into the fabric of his sleeve as though it belonged there as though it always belonged there. She was smiling and it was the polite, distant smile she wore for the council. This one was softer, warmer and a bit private.. like they were sharing some kind of intimate moment and it scraped against my nerves and skin and damn!.I clenched my jaw.‘Relax your muscles before you die of a face clench attack’Darius leaned down slightly, murmured something into her ear. I could not hear the words, but I saw the reaction. Her lips curved further and her shoulders s