Semua Bab Bankrupting the Alpha: Crowned by the Dragon King: Bab 311 - Bab 320

Aella POVNobody spoke for several moments.The ancient book rested on the table before us, its yellowed pages almost glowing under the Sanctuary's light.Althea, satisfied that she had accomplished whatever mysterious task she had set for herself, leaned comfortably against my shoulder while watching us with unusually bright eyes.I kissed the top of her head."You knew this was the one, didn't you?"She smiled.Not a baby's smile.A knowing one.Sometimes I wondered if our children understood far more than they could express.I carefully opened the first chapter.The book was unlike any genealogy I had ever seen.It wasn't organized by kingdoms.Nor by families.Instead, it catalogued magical bloodlines.Their origins.Their gifts.Their evolution through the centuries.Some abilities had strengthened.Others had disappeared entirely.Some had merged into different families after generations of marriages.The author had meticulously tracked every known hereditary gift.Order moved c

Aella POVFor the first time in weeks, everything was quiet.No alarms.No mutant attacks.No reports waiting on my desk.Just the soft afternoon light spilling through the windows of the Sanctuary and my daughter sitting quietly on the floor beside me.Althea had surrounded herself with books again.Not toys.Books.She couldn't even read yet.At least...Not the way normal people did.She simply rested one tiny hand on a book before pushing it toward a maid or toward me, almost as though she already knew whether it contained something useful.I watched her for nearly an hour.She never wasted a movement.If she pointed at a book, it mattered.If she clapped, she wanted something specific.If she looked toward a particular person, it was always for a reason.Everything she did...Had purpose.And that realization broke my heart.She was still a baby.She should have been throwing toys.Laughing at meaningless things.Making impossible messes with Riot.Trying to float after Xander.I

Aella POVThe Sanctuary had become the center of our war.Every throne room meeting ended with new plans.Every plan created three more.Every victory uncovered another problem waiting for us.This time, however, I felt something different.For the first time in months...We were the ones beginning to move first.Instead of reacting.Instead of chasing Elias.Instead of waiting for another attack.We were finally taking the initiative.The following morning, Sol gathered the commanders through communication scrolls.The meeting stretched across every allied territory.The Silver Pack.The Academy.The Dragon Kingdom.The Void.Even several independent packs joined the call.No one questioned why.John had remained free for far too long.Sol stood before the great map in the Sanctuary's war room.His voice was calm, steady, carrying the confidence that made people naturally listen."We've spent too long focusing only on Elias."His golden eyes swept across every commander."That change

Aella POVHunter immediately disappeared beneath another mountain of books.I wasn't even surprised anymore.The moment Pamela mentioned her father's surname, he had become completely absorbed by the search."Hale..." he murmured to himself as he pulled one heavy volume after another from the shelves."There has to be something."Order quietly joined him.Several books floated through the air on their own, landing neatly on the enormous table before them.Chaos wandered over with a cup of tea."I'm placing bets."Hunter didn't even look up."On what?""Whether the Hale family is incredibly powerful..."Chaos grinned."...or incredibly boring."Hunter rolled his eyes."I hope you're wrong.""So do I."Nearly twenty minutes passed.Books opened.Pages turned.Names were crossed out.Family trees appeared and disappeared as Order organized centuries of records.Then Hunter suddenly froze."I found it."Every conversation stopped.Pamela and Marcus immediately walked closer.Hunter carefu

Hunter POVPain.That was the first thing I became aware of.Not light.Not sound.Pain.It settled into every muscle, every bone, making it feel as though I had been dragged across miles of stone.I tried to take a deep breath.Even that hurt."...What..."The word barely escaped my throat.My mouth felt impossibly dry.Slowly, I forced my eyes open.A rough stone ceiling greeted me.Dark gray rock streaked with veins of shimmering crystals that reflected a soft bluish light throughout the cavern.The crystals were beautiful.Almost hypnotic.I frowned.Where...?The last thing I remembered...The library.The ancient book.Finding the passage explaining how to unbind a ley line.After that...Nothing.Absolutely nothing.My heartbeat quickened.I pushed myself upright.Or at least I tried to.The moment I lifted myself onto one elbow, every muscle gave out.My arms buckled.I hit the stone floor with a painful grunt."So much for making a dramatic entrance," I muttered.The cave ech