All Chapters of Bankrupting the Alpha: Crowned by the Dragon King: Chapter 271 - Chapter 280

Sol POVThe moment Elias disappeared, the fight ended.Not because we wanted it to.Because none of us had anything left.The Spirit Realm had survived.Barely.The corruption was retreating.The colors were returning.The silver rivers of energy flowed brightly once more.The frozen workers throughout the realm were beginning to move again.Reality itself was repairing the damage.But me?I felt exhausted.No.Exhausted wasn't the right word.Drained.Like someone had scooped out my insides and replaced them with sunlight and bad decisions.The blast had worked.I had saved the Spirit Realm.Expelled Elias.Destroyed the ritual.But apparently unleashing my Sun Power, Monarch Power, and Essence all at once came with consequences.Who would have guessed?My legs suddenly decided they no longer believed in standing.The room tilted.The sunlight surrounding me flickered.And I nearly crashed face first into the floor.Hunter caught me before gravity won."Easy there."His grip tightene

Aella POVThe first thing I heard was breathing.Soft.Steady.Tiny.The kind of sound that immediately made every protective instinct inside me awaken.I opened my eyes slowly.For a moment, I forgot where I was.Then I saw the cribs.Three of them.Three tiny miracles sleeping peacefully.Xander was curled into a tiny ball, completely unconcerned with the fact that an entire sanctuary had declared him its future King.Riot was somehow sleeping aggressively.I didn't know how that was possible.But he managed it.Althea remained the most suspicious baby I had ever met.Even asleep, she somehow looked like she was judging people.A smile pulled at my lips.They were perfect.My children were perfect.A soft movement near the cribs caught my attention.Order.The ancient guardian stood beside Althea's crib.Watching her.Protecting her.Hovering, really.The man had become absolutely obsessed with my daughter.The sight would have been funny if he didn't look terrible.Pale.Exhausted.

Aella POVThe sanctuary had become peaceful.Not perfectly peaceful.There was still an ancient castle that liked communicating through floating blackboards.There were still three Queens who appeared whenever they felt like it.There was still Order hovering around Althea like an overly protective uncle.And Chaos occasionally appeared just to cause problems.But compared to the last few months?It was paradise.For the first time in what felt like forever, nobody was actively trying to kill us.That alone felt miraculous.I sat in one of the castle gardens with Xander sleeping against my shoulder.The sanctuary had created the garden sometime during the night.Because apparently ancient magical castles did that.One day there was a hallway.The next day there was a garden.I had stopped questioning it.Riot slept nearby in a floating cradle.The castle had apparently decided normal cradles weren't good enough.Althea remained awake.Of course.The little girl sat in Order's arms sta

Aella POV Days turned into weeks. Weeks somehow turned into 2 months. And I discovered something nobody warns you about when you become a mother. Shifter children learned far too fast. Far. Too. Fast. I was beginning to suspect my children had collectively decided to make my life difficult. Not intentionally. Probably. Hopefully. At least Xander looked innocent enough. The keyword being looked. The sanctuary had become unusually lively ever since the children were born. Every corridor echoed with laughter, crying, babbling, and the occasional scream from whichever adult had just realized one of my children had escaped supervision. Again. The current record belonged to Riot. Naturally. I found my middle child hanging upside down from a bookshelf. Again. The boy wasn't even crawling properly yet. And somehow he had already learned climbing. I didn't know how. Neither did anyone else. Not even the castle. The blackboard had actually written: HOW? Which was no

Sol POVThe Void finally lost patience.Honestly?I couldn't even blame it.Aella had spent weeks avoiding her throne.The Void had spent weeks demanding her attention.Something had to give.Unfortunately for Aella, it was her.One moment she was arguing with the floating mass of darkness.The next—The darkness surged forward.Aella pointed accusingly."No."The Void disagreed.Very enthusiastically.Then it simply swallowed her.Gone.Vanished.Disappeared into a portal of glittering darkness.The entire throne room froze.Even Order looked surprised.The silence lasted exactly three seconds.Then I felt our Bond.Exhaustion.Annoyance.A surprising amount of annoyance.But no fear.No panic.No danger.Just my mate being kidnapped by her own kingdom.Again.Chaos laughed so hard he nearly fell over."She's fine."I glared at him.The ancient being pointed toward the Void portal."The Void finally decided to parent its Queen."That was somehow not reassuring.At all.The Bond pulse