All Chapters of MARKED BY THE ALPHA CEO: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Elara's point of view For a few seconds, I couldn't breathe. Henry's words kept echoing inside my head. They're inside you. He knew. Maybe he didn't know everything, but he knew enough to realize that I wasn't alone inside my own mind. The thought terrified me, yet I refused to let him see it. I had already shown him too much fear since arriving at this fortress. I wasn't going to give him another weakness to use against me.I forced myself to stand straight. My hands were trembling, so I curled them into fists. Henry stared at me. His expression was strange now. He had gone from suspicion to realization, and then, somehow, to something softer.That frightened me even more. I expected anger. I expected questions. Instead, he suddenly stepped toward me. I instinctively moved backward. "Henry, don't."He ignored the warning. His hands came up and gently held my face. My entire body stiffened. His thumbs brushed over my cheeks, almost tenderly, as if he were trying to erase the fear he

Elara's point of view I looked up with hope when Nyra agreed with me and said that there is one way we must do. I hope our thoughts are aligned. "What? What is that one way?" I asked with curiosity running through my blood. I was willing to do anything to escape this hell, even if I had to pay for it.The library. Do you remember we saw the library in the East wing? Nyra asked.My heart sank. "The library?" I immediately remembered the corridor from earlier.Henry had deliberately shown me that part of the fortress, but he had never allowed me to explore it properly. He was testing me all this time and I failed but it doesn't matter to me. I won't fail for Aéron. I remembered the huge gates at the end of the East wing and Nyra had recognized the route."You think the answers are there? Even if so, do we have enough time to get them?" I know Nyra was helping but I was afraid of getting caught. Henry's recent changed behaviour traumatized me but I need something to traumatize him back

Elara's point of view I waited until I was certain the footsteps outside my room had moved farther away before I finally opened my eyes. I had spent what felt like hours sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at the door and thinking about every possible way I could get out of this fortress.The obvious answer was simple. Walk out. Unfortunately, the obvious answer was also impossible. Henry had guards everywhere. I slowly stood from the bed and walked toward the door. My legs felt heavier than usual, but I forced myself to move quietly. I placed my hand on the handle and turned it as slowly as I could, careful not to let the metal click.The door opened by barely an inch. I leaned forward and looked through the gap. A guard was standing in the corridor. He had a weapon strapped across his body, and his eyes constantly moved from one end of the corridor to the other. Another guard was patrolling farther down the hall, his footsteps echoing softly against the stone floor.I immediate

Aéron's point of view For several seconds, I couldn't move. The white wolf stood among the rogues, his pale fur almost blending with the snow around him. His eyes remained fixed on me, as though he was trying to convince himself that the man standing before him was actually the same person he had once known."Aéron?" That voice. Even after all these years, I knew it.My fingers tightened around the weapon in my hand. "Dmitri?" The name left my mouth before I could stop it.Behind me, my warriors shifted uneasily. They had no idea who this man was. Neither did they understand why I had suddenly stopped fighting. But I did.Because the last time I had seen Dmitri, we had been standing together on the training grounds of the Alpha Academy, covered in dirt after another brutal training session. We had been young, reckless, and convinced that nothing in the world could separate us.He had been one of my closest friends. One of the few people who knew me before I became Alpha. Before my fa

Elara's point of view The figure standing inside the fireplace made every muscle in my body freeze. I couldn't breathe, even blink.For several seconds, I simply stared at the ghostly shape surrounded by flickering flames, trying to convince myself that what I was seeing wasn't real. The library had already become a place of impossible things. Ancient paintings. A crown that seemed to recognize me. Memories that weren't supposed to belong to me. A name buried beneath another name.And now this. A figure was standing inside the fire. Then, before I could even take a step backward, the figure suddenly split. The flames twisted violently, dividing into two separate forms. One became a woman. The other became a man.I stumbled backward. "No." My voice came out barely above a whisper.The two figures stood beside each other, their bodies formed from golden-orange light and smoke. Their faces were unclear at first, but as the flames settled, something inside me screamed that I had seen the