Mated To The Cursed Alpha のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

ROWAN'S POVI didn't have to think.I didn't calculate the distance or weigh the risk that I was sure was involved.My wolf took the lead before my mind had even caught up — and I moved.I intercepted Finn mid-air.The force of my tackle sent us both crashing into the floor with a loud thud that I felt from my teeth to my spine.For a suspended moment, the entire room held its breath.Finn was a mass of teeth and claws the second we hit the ground.He snarled and managed to sink his claws into my left shoulder and drag them downward in a line.The pain was a sharp, white-hot flare that lit up every nerve from my shoulder to my fingertips.But I didn't flinch.My wolf was roaring inside my head, louder than the pain, louder than the chaos, drowning out everything but one single, burning command.End the threat to Mira.Crush the man who had spent months terrorizing her — who had made her small and afraid and hollow — and make sure he never got the chance to do it again."Get off me!" F

MIRA’S POVThe heavy doors had closed behind Finn, but his voice still seemed to ring in the chamber. My hands were pressed against my stomach, my fingers digging into the fabric of my dress. I could feel my heart hammering against my ribs. Rowan was standing nearby, his shoulder bleeding, but my eyes were fixed on the floor.The chaos in the room didn't stop just because Finn was gone. Guards were whispering, and the Elders were gathered in a tight circle, their voices low and urgent. Amidst all the noise, a woman stepped toward me. It was the healer who had stood up and told the truth.She looked tired. Her face was pale, and her hands were tucked into the sleeves of her robes. She stopped a few feet away from me, her expression hesitant."Are you alright, Mira?" she asked quietly.I looked up at her. I felt numb. My brain was trying to process the fact that I was free, but my body still felt like it was waiting for a blow to land. I nodded slowly, though I wasn't sure if it was tr

MIRA'S POVI stood near the door of the south room while Rowan sat across from Isla at the small table. Tobias was standing behind Rowan, arms folded. No one had asked me to leave, and no one had asked me to stay, so I stayed.Rowan leaned back in his chair and looked at Isla directly. "I'm not accepting your offer today."Isla's expression didn't change. "I expected that.""I'll investigate what actually happened at Nightshadow. Who ordered it, who carried it out, and where you were when it started. If your account holds up, we'll sit down and discuss terms." He paused. "If you orchestrated the attack yourself and you're here trying to profit from it, you'll face consequences. You won't have a chance for negotiations. You will face the onsequences."Isla held his gaze. "That's fair enough.""You think you can convince me you're innocent?" "I think the evidence will do that for me," she said. "I'm not asking you to take my word for anything. You can investigate. That's the right call

MiraI heard Royalfang before I saw it.The pack members lining the road went quiet as we approached. Hundreds of wolves were standing still and watching us. I kept my eyes forward and tried not to count how many of them were staring directly at me.Then the castle came into view and I forgot about the crowd for a moment.It rose out of the cliffs like it had always been there, like the stone had simply decided to become walls and towers over centuries of slow growth. It was massive. Not just tall but wide and deep, built into the rock face so that it was impossible to tell where the mountain ended and the structure began. The sunset hit the stone and turned it shades of gold and dark red.I had grown up in Nightshadow's packhouse. I had thought that was what power looked like. But boy had I been wrong.Rowan rode without slowing down and I sat behind Tobias for this last stretch, and I was grateful for that because it meant I could look without anyone watching my face too closely.

MIRA'S POVThe bitch let the silence sit for another moment before she spoke again."Seraphine is so formal," she said. "Just Sera is fine." She moved to the chair near the window — the one Elara had been sitting in — and settled into it like she had done this many times before. "I'm Head of the Royal Guard and a sitting member of the High Council. I've held both positions for the last ten years."She said it without particular pride. More like she was stating facts she assumed were relevant. I almost scowled at her. "Rowan asked me to come," she continued. "He wants to make sure you understand how things work here. There are protocols in Royalfang — expectations, behaviors, requirements for anyone living within the castle. It helps to know them early."I kept my hands still in my lap. "He asked you to come explain this.""He has a great deal on his plate this morning so I volunteered." She folded one leg over the other, unhurried. "You'll find that I handle most things that require