Married to the Beta, Desired by the Alpha의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 6

Chapter OneThe Moon is shining high when I start walking toward a fate I never chose.Moonlight spills over the clearing, pale and watchful, clinging to the stone altar and the faces gathered around it. I can feel the weight of every single gaze pressing into me as I move forward—my pack behind me, the Raventhorn Pack ahead—silent witnesses to a choice that was never really mine.Their judgment hangs thick in the air. I feel it without anyone saying a word. For my decisions. For my obedience. For the life I am about to step into.I keep my eyes straight ahead, fixed on my groom.The night hums with uncertainty, the air tight with expectation, and beneath it all something sharper—fear, maybe. Or hope. I’m not sure anymore. I don’t think I’ve known the difference for a long time now.Kael Raventhorn—my groom, a man of few words—waits for me at the altar.The Moonlight favors him. It slides over his already handsome face, cutting clean lines across his sharp, angular features, outlining

Chapter Three“Join hands.”The elder’s voice rolls through the clearing, steady and ancient, settling over the gathered packs like a command the world itself obeys.I swallow and place my hand in Kael’s.His palm is warm. Solid. Real.The contact pulls me back into my body, back into the moment I nearly drifted away from. His fingers close around mine gently, as if he’s afraid of adding to the weight already pressing on my chest.The clearing has gone still. Even the wind seems to have quieted, the Moon hanging high above us like a silent witness who will remember everything.This is it.The moment I’ve known would come since I was old enough to understand what it meant to be the Alpha’s daughter.Duty doesn’t wait for feelings.Duty doesn’t ask what you want.I keep my gaze forward, fixed somewhere near Kael’s collarbone. I know if I look to the side—if I so much as glance toward the tall, unmoving presence beside him—I’ll lose the fragile hold I have on myself.So I don’t.I focus

Chapter FiveThe celebration stretches long into the night, but the atmosphere never quite settles into ease. Music plays, and fires burn low and golden around the clearing, their light dancing across faces that smile a little too carefully. Wolves move between the tables, drinks in hand, laughter rising in bursts that feel more like obligation than joy. The alliance is real now—spoken, sealed, witnessed—but acceptance is something else entirely.I stay close to Kael, the unfamiliar weight of my dress pulling at my shoulders, reminding me with every step that this night has changed everything. The fabric brushes against my legs as we move, and though the air is cool, I feel warm beneath the Moonlight, exposed in a way I can’t quite explain.“Too much?” Kael asks quietly as we pause near one of the outer fire pits, his voice calm, concerned but not pressing.“Not too much,” I answer honestly. “Just… a lot.”He nods as though that makes perfect sense. “You don’t have to meet everyone to