Todos los capítulos de Bankrupting the Alpha: Crowned by the Dragon King: Capítulo 231 - Capítulo 237

Sol POVPain dragged me back into consciousness.Not sharp pain.Heavy pain.The kind that settled into bones and muscles until even breathing felt exhausting.My head throbbed as I forced my eyes open slowly. Darkness surrounded me, thick and damp, carrying the smell of stone, blood, and magic suppression.Chains rattled softly above me.The sound froze my blood instantly.For one horrible second, I could not breathe.Because I knew this place.Not truly.But enough.I had seen it before.In the vision.The future where I died.My wrists burned where silver restraints dug into my skin, chained high enough to keep my body strained awkwardly. Every movement felt sluggish, wrong, as if my power itself had been drowned beneath layers of ice and poison.Drugged.Magic suppressants.The realization settled heavily inside me.I inhaled sharply and forced myself to focus.Think.Remember.Leo.Aurora.The hiding place.Pain exploding through my back.Betrayal.My heart slammed violently agai

Sol POVThe King left without another word.The heavy door closed behind him with a hollow metallic sound that echoed through the prison chamber long after he disappeared.Silence settled again.Cold.Still.But this time, I welcomed it.Slowly, I lowered my gaze toward the silver chains restraining my wrists.Suppressants.Magic dampening metal.Ancient restraints forged specifically to weaken powerful shifters.Too bad for Elias—I was no longer only a shifter.I inhaled slowly and reached inward, not toward the fire, not toward the Monarch power.Toward the frozen flame.The cold answered instantly.Blue and silver energy stirred beneath my skin, quiet and controlled, threading itself carefully through my veins without triggering the suppressants aggressively enough to alert anyone.Slowly—Very slowly—I pressed that power into the chains.The silver resisted at first.Then weakened.The frost-like energy spread carefully across the restraints, altering them little by little, chan

Sol POVThe silence after my words stretched unnaturally.Elias stood motionless outside the cell, shadows writhing slowly around his feet while the iridescent darkness pulsed beneath his skin like a second heartbeat.Then slowly—He smiled.Not with amusement.With pity.“You still believe you have a choice.”Something about the way he spoke made my instincts sharpen immediately.His voice felt wrong.Too soft.Too deep.Too close.“The only way you survive this,” Elias continued calmly, “the only way you see your mate again…”His gaze locked onto mine.“…is if you give me your child.”Rage exploded through me instantly.The frozen flame surged violently beneath my skin, blue and silver energy flashing faintly through my veins while the loosened chains rattled softly around my wrists.But before I could answer—Pain struck my mind.Sharp.Violent.I froze.Not physically.Internally.Something cold forced itself into my thoughts like claws digging beneath skin.Elias’ eyes darkened i

Aella POVThe world around me disappeared after the teenager’s words.The King hit Sol.He took him away.The bond inside my chest pulsed violently, sharp enough to make me stagger slightly as panic clawed through every instinct I had.No.No.Sol was alive.I could still feel him.Faint.Distant.But alive.Which meant there was still time.I turned immediately toward the forest beyond the hospital.Toward the direction the teenager pointed.Toward Sol.And I ran.Or at least—I tried to.Hunter grabbed my arm hard enough to stop me before I took more than two steps.“Aella.”“Let go.”The words left me colder than intended.Hunter didn’t move.“You are not thinking clearly.”“My mate is missing.”“My Alpha is missing,” Hunter snapped back immediately. “And you are pregnant with three children.”The babies shifted violently inside me again, reacting to my emotions, my fear, the growing instability of my power.I tried pulling free.Hunter tightened his grip.Then suddenly—The shadow