All Chapters of Claimed by My Alpha’s Lycan Boss: Chapter 281 - Chapter 290

AURELIAN POV:The smile on Father's face disappeared the moment he saw Cassian. He looked at me. Then back at Cassian. His lips parted slightly, but no words came out. I saw fear and hope in his eyes and he stared in confusion.Cassian remained beside the car door. Neither of them moved and neither of them spoke. They simply stared at each other.Father took one slow step forward. His hands trembled at his sides. Cassian hesitated before taking a step of his own. The distance between them grew smaller as they took little steps closer to each other until they stood only a few feet apart.Father reached out slowly. His fingers stopped halfway, as though he wasn't sure he had the right to touch his own son. Cassian looked down at the trembling hand. Then he lifted his own and took it.The moment their hands met, Father's composure broke. His eyes filled with tears. Cassian swallowed hard."I... I don't know if you can ever forgive me," Cassian said quietly. "Not after what I did to Mom."

IRIS POV:Cassian looked at me for a long moment before speaking."Don't tell him," he said, lowering the phone.I stared at him."Don't tell him?" I repeated, folding my arms. "That's all you have to say after I just heard you volunteer to die?""I'm asking you.""No." I shook my head. "Don't ask me to keep something like that from him."He slipped the phone into his pocket."I have to.""You don't have to do anything.""I do.""You've only just got your brother back.""I know.""You've only just reconciled with your father.""I know.""And now you're planning to throw your life away?""I'm trying to save theirs."I stepped closer."Don't give me that."He frowned."It's the truth.""I don't buy that crap."He looked at me quietly."Your father already said he has another plan.""We both know he doesn't.""He said he does.""He lied.""He wouldn't.""He would if it meant protecting us."I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. Because I knew he was right. His father had looked too ca

IRIS POV:The light vanished, the wind died, and the courtyard was silent.I was on my knees. Serah and Fiona were on either side of me, their arms wrapped around my shoulders, holding me up. I couldn't feel my legs. I couldn't feel anything except the pain in my stomach, a sharp, twisting pain that wouldn't stop.I looked at the circles on the ground. The symbols had stopped glowing. The candles had gone out. The metal bowls were still there, but the hair inside them was gone.Aurelian was gone. His father was gone. Cassian was gone.The wind had taken them all."Iris..." Serah's voice came from somewhere above me. "Iris, look at me."I tried to lift my head. The pain hit me again, harder this time."Ah...!"I doubled over. My hand pressed against my stomach. Something was wrong. Something was very wrong."We have to get her to a hospital," Fiona said.I heard her voice, but it sounded far away, like she was speaking from the other end of a long tunnel."Now!" Serah shouted.They pul

AURELIAN POV:The moment Vaelthor lowered his spear...I moved.I didn't think. I just ran.The sand exploded beneath my feet as I launched myself straight at him.He didn't even blink.I leapt into the air, twisting my body as though I were aiming for his chest.At the last possible second, I tucked my legs beneath me.My knees crashed into the side of his jaw.The impact echoed across the desert.Vaelthor stumbled three steps sideways.For the first time, he looked surprised.I landed, spun, and drove my elbow toward his ribs.He caught my arm.Too late.I slammed my forehead into his face.His grip loosened, and I twisted free.Cassian appeared from nowhere.He slid across the sand and swept both legs beneath Vaelthor.Vaelthor jumped over the sweep with impossible speed.Father was already there.He drove both fists toward Vaelthor's back.Vaelthor turned in mid-air and blocked both punches with the shaft of his spear.The sound rang across the endless desert.He landed lightly.T

AURELIAN POV:The dagger buried itself in Vaelthor's chest.For the first time, he stopped moving.The battlefield fell silent.Cassian stared.Father lowered his fists.I stood frozen, my hand still outstretched from the throw.Vaelthor slowly looked down at the black hilt protruding from his chest.His expression was unreadable.Then...He smiled.Without the slightest sign of pain, he wrapped his fingers around the hilt.And pulled it free.The blade slid from his chest as though it had never pierced him at all.He examined it quietly."So..."His thumb traced the ancient runes carved into the blade."You use my weapon against me."He turned it slightly."The Zuzx Dagger."Then...The dagger vanished.It dissolved into golden light.Vaelthor's eyes narrowed.The light raced across the desert......and gathered in my right hand.The dagger reformed.My fingers instinctively wrapped around its hilt.Vaelthor looked at me.Then at the weapon.Then back at me."So...""It chose you."I