บททั้งหมดของ Bankrupting the Alpha: Crowned by the Dragon King: บทที่ 341 - บทที่ 350

Aella POVThe Academy no longer resembled a school.It had become a city.Thousands of shifters now lived behind the protection barriers.Tents filled every open field.Dormitories overflowed.Training grounds remained occupied from sunrise until long after sunset.The constant noise of children laughing, warriors sparring, healers shouting instructions, and construction crews expanding the Academy somehow created an odd sense of hope.Life continued.Even during war.Sol had become busier than anyone.Every morning before dawn he stood on the largest training field, facing hundreds of Alphas.Some had ruled their packs for decades.Some had never answered to anyone.Now...They answered to him."Again!"His voice echoed across the field."No.""Your title means nothing here.""You are warriors before you are Alphas."One older Alpha frowned."I've commanded my pack for thirty years.""And today," Sol replied without raising his voice, "I'm commanding you."The training resumed immedi

Aella POVThe attack came three nights after our children shifted.There was no warning.No eclipse.No announcement.One moment, Sol and I were reviewing evacuation reports inside the Sanctuary's council chamber.The next...Every crystal chandelier flickered.A deep vibration spread beneath our feet.Not through the castle.Through the Sanctuary itself.Queen Genoviva appeared immediately, her usually peaceful expression filled with concern."Someone is trying to force their way into the Sanctuary."The room fell silent.The Sanctuary did not exist in the physical world.It rested in another plane of existence, hidden from every kingdom.No one should even be capable of touching it.We hurried into the Hall of Mirrors.At the center of the room stood the Ancient Mirror, the artifact that allowed the Sanctuary to observe the outside world without revealing its own location.The surface of the mirror rippled.Then...We saw him.Elias.He floated in the empty sky where the Sanctuary

Aella POVMoving an academy between worlds turned out to be far easier to imagine than to accomplish.It still took weeks.Weeks of planning.Weeks of arguments.Weeks of Chaos laughing while everyone else tried to understand how he intended to move entire buildings across planes of existence."You worry too much," he said one morning, sitting on top of the Academy's library as if it were the most natural thing in the world."We are moving thousands of tons of stone into another reality," Sol replied.Chaos grinned."Exactly. Exciting, isn't it?"To everyone's surprise, the process worked.With Chaos manipulating the fabric between worlds and Order stabilizing the passages, entire sections of the Bloodlines Academy slowly disappeared from the Void and reappeared inside the Sanctuary.Not near the castle where Sol, the children, and I lived.Hunter had found the perfect place months earlier.An enormous island hidden behind mountains and ancient forests.It was secluded enough to prote

Aella POVThe news of the attacks spread across the kingdoms before sunrise.Three packs destroyed.Hundreds dead.Every child gone.Fear swept through the shifter world faster than the mutants ever could.For the first time since Sol and I had begun offering sanctuary, dozens of Alphas who had previously rejected us flooded the communication network.But they weren't asking for refuge.They wanted power."We demand the protection wards.""Share the ritual.""If the Sanctuary can protect you, our lands deserve the same protection."Sol and I sat in the council chamber for hours, repeating the same explanation over and over again."It isn't a wall," I said, trying to keep my frustration hidden."The wards aren't simply magic symbols carved into the ground."One Alpha slammed his fist against his table, his image flickering in the communication crystal."Then tell us how to create them."I exchanged a glance with Sol."The strength of the ward depends on the blood used to create it," So

Aella POVThe news of Elias's offer spread through the kingdoms before dawn.By the time the sun rose, every pack, every village, and every refugee camp knew the details.Three days.Meet Elias alone.The children return.I spent the entire morning preparing myself for what I thought would come next.I expected desperate parents to demand that I go.I expected accusations.I expected people to remind me that hundreds of children were trapped because of my refusal.After all, they were their sons and daughters.If our positions had been reversed, I didn't know how I would have reacted.So, with a heavy heart, Sol and I entered the Academy's central square, where hundreds of communication crystals projected messages from every corner of the world.And then...To my complete surprise...No one asked me to go.The first message came from an old Luna whose granddaughter had been taken."My Queen, please stay safe."I froze.The woman wiped tears from her face."My granddaughter would never