Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bankrupting the Alpha: Crowned by the Dragon King: Kabanata 251 - Kabanata 260

Sol POVFor a moment, I thought she would refuse to answer.Then she whispered, “Because that was what he asked for in exchange for his silence.”The sanctuary went completely still.Not metaphorically.The air itself stopped moving.Aella’s fingers tightened around mine.Marcus laughed once.Not with humor.With disbelief.“What?”My mother opened her eyes again, tears spilling freely.“John knew,” she whispered.The words hit me like a blade sliding between my ribs.“He knew?” Marcus asked, voice dangerously quiet.She nodded weakly.“He knew you were not his sons.”Marcus staggered backward.I did not move.I could not.“He knew about Elias?” I asked.“Not everything,” she said quickly. “Not at first. I told him I had a mate before him. I told him Elias was dangerous. I told him he could never know about you.”Marcus looked like he might be sick.“And John agreed?” I asked.My mother swallowed.“Yes.”“At a price.”Her face crumpled.“Yes.”The frozen flame inside me stirred, cold

Aella POVIt took all of us to contain Marcus.Literally.At first, he only yelled.Then he paced.Then he started throwing things.A chair shattered against the sanctuary wall hard enough that even the castle dimmed in alarm.“I’m going to kill him!”Marcus’ voice echoed through the sanctuary halls like a storm barely held together.Hunter immediately stepped in front of the doors.“You are absolutely not leaving.”Marcus shoved him hard enough to send Hunter sliding backward several feet.“I’ll find John first,” Marcus hissed. “Then Elias.”His entire body trembled violently with rage.“I want answers.”No one blamed him.Not even Sol.Marcus had just learned that the father who raised him lied to him his entire life while the monster terrorizing the kingdoms was actually his biological father.Honestly?A little property destruction felt reasonable.But Marcus was dangerous when emotional.Always had been.And now that he knew the truth, something about him felt different.Sharper.

Aella POVSol returned less than twenty minutes later.The moment sunlight flashed through the sanctuary halls, I stood up too quickly from the hospital bed, relief slamming into me hard enough that my knees nearly buckled.The Bond steadied instantly.Alive.Safe.Tired.Concerned.Sol looked exhausted when he appeared, his hair slightly disheveled, sunlight still flickering faintly beneath his skin like the power had not fully settled yet.But he was alive.That alone loosened something painfully tight inside my chest.The moment he saw me standing, his expression darkened.“Aella.”His tone carried immediate disapproval.“You were supposed to rest.”I crossed my arms.“You disappeared into another realm.”“Yes, because apparently ancient magical disasters wait for no one.”Honestly?Fair.Still, he moved toward me immediately, placing one hand protectively against my stomach while the other brushed softly against my cheek.Grounding himself.Checking us.The babies shifted instantl

Aella POVThe sanctuary remained quiet after Sol’s words.Not peaceful quiet.The kind of silence that came after realizing your enemy might have been orchestrating your entire life from the shadows.The kind that left everyone staring at each other wondering what parts of their memories even belonged to them anymore.Marcus sat heavily against one of the sanctuary pillars now, elbows on his knees while Pamela remained close enough to stop him from attempting murder again.Hunter paced near the windows.Beatriz had finally resumed setting up the ultrasound equipment, though she looked seconds away from sedating all of us personally.Sol stayed beside me.Always beside me now.His hand rested protectively against my stomach while his sunlight flickered faintly beneath his skin, warm against the sanctuary’s glow.But my thoughts remained fixed on one person.Chaos.Because something about all of this felt incomplete.Too fractured.Too selective.I slowly turned toward him.Chaos immedi

Aella POVThe more we learned about Elias, the less anything made sense.Every answer seemed to create three new questions.Every truth revealed another lie beneath it.The sanctuary had grown quiet again.Not because we had reached conclusions.Because everyone was trying to process the possibility that Elias had been manipulating events for decades.Perhaps centuries.Marcus had finally stopped threatening murder.Mostly because Pamela refused to leave his side.Hunter sat near one of the sanctuary windows looking deeply offended by reality itself.Honestly?Reasonable.The Queens looked troubled.Chaos looked guilty.Order looked worried.And Sol—Sol looked thoughtful.Dangerously thoughtful.The kind of thoughtful that meant he was putting pieces together.I felt it through the Bond.His mind moving carefully through memories.Through conversations.Through details everyone else overlooked.Then suddenly—He spoke.“There is something that doesn't fit.”The room focused on him im