Semua Bab CLAIMED BY THE MAD ALPHA BROTHERS : Bab 51 - Bab 55

ANOKAI
I sat on the edge of my bed, my mind churning with questions I had no answers to.
The council.
The word echoed in my head, heavy with implications I didn’t fully understand. I’d heard of them before, of course—everyone had. 
The mysterious governing body that oversaw all werewolf packs, that made the rules we all lived by, that held more power than any single alpha.
But I’d never seen them. Never met anyone who had.
They were like ghosts. Present but invisible. Powerful but untouchable.
And now they were here. In the Shadowcrest pack.
Something had changed the minute Basil had announced their arrival on that hilltop. The atmosphere had shifted so dramatically it was like the air itself had been replaced. 
Emiriel’s expression had gone carefully blank. Rowan’s entire body had tensed like a coiled spring. And even from a distance, I’d felt the weight of their presence settling over the pack like a shroud.
Who were they, really? Why did they command so much respect, so much fear?

ANOKAIThe temperature in the room dropped.Not literally—the air was still warm, the fireplace still crackling in the corner. But something shifted, something charged and dangerous that made goosebumps rise on my skin despite the heat.I pushed against Emiriel’s chest, harder this time, and he let me go.I scrambled out of his lap, putting distance between us, my heart hammering so hard I could feel it in my throat.“It was just for them to believe us,” I said, my voice coming out more defensive than I intended. “It’s not like I wanted to kiss any of you.”The words felt like a lie even as I said them. Because some traitorous part of me had wanted it. Had enjoyed the taste of them, the feel of their lips against mine, the way they’d responded like I was the only thing in the world that mattered.But I couldn’t admit that. Couldn’t give them that power over me.Nikolai scoffed, the sound low and rich with amusement. “Little orchid.”I turned to glare at him, but the look in his eyes m

ANOKAII knew what they wanted.Even without Nikolai saying it, even without the way they were all looking at me, I knew.They wanted the words I’d refused to give that first night.The admission I’d been holding back like a shield, like the last piece of control I had left in this forced marriage.They wanted me to say I wanted them.And I was half-naked on a meeting table, trembling with need, my body still aching from where Nikolai’s fingers had been, my mind barely functioning through the haze of desire and they were asking me to surrender the last thing I had.To give in completely.“We won’t have you unless you say it.”Emiriel’s voice cut through my scattered thoughts, calm and controlled even now. “It’s your choice, Anokai. It’s always been your choice.”Choice.The word felt like a mockery when my body was screaming for them to continue, when every nerve ending was on fire, when I could still feel the phantom sensation of Nikolai’s fingers inside me, bringing me so close to t