All Chapters of Bankrupting the Alpha: Crowned by the Dragon King: Chapter 351 - Chapter 358

Aella POVAccording to the Bloodlines Book, my daughter possessed one of the rarest gifts ever recorded.Immediate Knowledge.The words themselves sounded harmless, almost beautiful.They weren't.The ancient records described it as the ability to know whatever the bearer wished to know.Lost histories.Forgotten languages.Hidden paths.Secrets buried beneath entire civilizations.The bearer could find books no one remembered existed and knowledge thought lost for eons.They simply... knew.The first time I had read those pages, I had felt pride.The second time, terror.Because knowledge was power, and power always painted a target on someone's back.Especially in times like these.Especially with Elias watching us.I looked down at Althea, comfortably settled in my arms as we descended the endless stone staircase beneath the Void castle.She wasn't scared.She wasn't confused.In fact, she looked mildly annoyed by how slowly I was walking.It was impossible to believe that this tin

Aella POVI don't know how long Althea remained connected to the stone.Seconds.Minutes.Hours.Time had stopped meaning anything inside that cavern.I remained beside her the entire time, one arm around her little body while colors continued flowing across the cave walls.Then, finally...Her hands separated from the stone.I exhaled so sharply my chest hurt."Althea."I immediately reached for her.But the stone pulsed.Once.Twice.Then brighter than ever.The entire cavern filled with silver light.A portal ripped open directly above the lake."What—"Althea floated upward."Absolutely not!"I jumped after her.She disappeared through the portal.I caught her ankle at the last possible second, pulled her against my chest—And the portal swallowed me too.The world spun.Then my feet hit solid ground.I stumbled forward, clutching Althea tightly."Do not do that again."She giggled.Of course she did.Then I looked up.Everyone was there.Sol.Hunter.Marcus.Pamela.Queen Samanth

Aella POVBrothers.Order and Chaos were brothers.I stared between them as that single piece of information rearranged nearly everything I knew about both men."Brothers," I repeated.Chaos glanced at me."Yes."I pointed between him and the enormous golden statue that apparently contained his brother."That explains so much."Sol nodded beside me."An uncomfortable amount, actually."Chaos looked offended."I don't know what that's supposed to mean."The entire underground Academy trembled again before Sol could answer.The golden statue began to glow.Riot, still perched proudly on its shoulder, squealed."Riot!"Sol immediately reached for our son.This time, thankfully, Riot allowed himself to be removed.The moment Sol had him safely against his chest, the golden statue changed.It shrank.Slowly at first.The massive structure contracted as streams of golden light spiraled around it.Twenty feet.Fifteen.Ten.Five.Until there was no statue anymore.There was a man.He stepped

Aella POVThe portal opened directly into the heart of the Void, and I stepped through first, expecting to find another army waiting for us. Sol came immediately behind me, followed by Chaos, Order, and Hunter, but the cavern was empty. At least, it looked empty.The lake was perfectly still. The glowing stone at its center pulsed steadily, brighter than when Althea had first brought me here, and every beat sent silver light across the cavern walls. Nothing stood between us and the core. There were no mutants, no shadows, no signs that anyone had entered.Chaos frowned as he studied the cavern. "He isn't here."Order's amber eyes swept across the chamber. "Nothing has breached this place.""But we felt something," I said, staring at the core."We felt him searching for it," Chaos corrected quietly.Sol went still beside me, and I understood at the same moment he did. "Another distraction."Hunter cursed, and I spun toward the portal, but it collapsed before I could reach it. The entir