Semua Bab The Alpha's Contract Bride : Bab 101 - Bab 103

There was unease in the room and the message is really shocking.Five days??It was not enough.It would have to be.Kieran’s gaze remained fixed on the map, his mind already moving ahead of the moment. Routes. Distance. Weak points. Unknowns. Every second now carried weight.“We leave before nightfall,” he said.No hesitation.No delay.One of his warriors stepped forward.“My Alpha, the distance alone will take.........”“We cut through the western ridge.”“That terrain is dangerous.”“It is faster.”Silence followed.No one argued again.Kieran turned slightly.“We travel light. No unnecessary numbers. Speed over force.”Rhyden would have said the same thing.The thought passed briefly through the room without being spoken.Seraphina stood at the edge of the table, her hands resting lightly against it, her eyes fixed on the marked location.Five days.Her chest tightened.Too close, very little time on their side.“We need more than speed,” she said.Kieran glanced at her.“Explain

The decision was made before dawn had fully broken over the pack and this time Alpha Kieran did not rely on messengers or distant promises because time had become something fragile and uncertain and he could not risk delay or misunderstanding when Darius’s life hung so dangerously close to the edge.Seraphina stood beside him as the gates opened, her posture straight despite the exhaustion that still clung to her body and the grief that had not left her heart since the news had come. She was no longer simply following out of desperation. She was going because she belonged in this fight. She was Darius’s Luna and every step she took now carried that truth.Kieran glanced at her briefly before they stepped forward.“You do not have to come,” he said, his voice calm but firm.Seraphina met his gaze without hesitation.“I do.”There was no argument in her tone and no room for one.Kieran studied her for a moment before nodding once.“Then stay close.”“I will not slow you down.”“I know.”