All Chapters of WANTED! KING NOLAN'S OBSESSION.: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

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141: You can't die on me

Nolan’s POV“No, please, Ronnie. You can’t just die on me.”The scream tore out of me before I was even fully awake, my own voice ripping through the silence of the room and dragging me straight out of whatever nightmare had been holding me.My eyes flew open.For a second I didn’t even know where I was. The ceiling above me looked unfamiliar, the darkness pressing in from every corner, and my chest was heaving like I had just run for miles instead of lying motionless in bed.My heart was slamming against my ribs so hard it actually hurt.I sat up fast, too fast, and the room tilted slightly around me. My breathing wouldn’t slow down. Every inhale felt shallow and insufficient, like my lungs had forgotten how to do their job properly.I swung my legs off the bed and made my way to the washroom on unsteady feet, gripping the doorframe for a second before pushing myself through.I stared at my reflection in the mirror, and that was when I noticed it.Wetness on my cheeks, like a line dr

142: Your daughter?

Sarah’s POV“Are you comfortable?” I asked, leaning in slightly as I settled her against the seat, tugging the seatbelt across her properly.Ronnie didn’t answer.She just stared straight ahead out the window, her expression unreadable, the kind of silence that had been sitting between us since the night before, thick and unbroken no matter how many times I tried to reach past it.We hadn’t been able to go yesterday. Her body had still been too weak after the hospital, and even getting her down the stairs and into the car had felt like a small battle on its own. So we had agreed, or rather I had decided and she hadn’t fought me on it, that we would go first thing this morning instead, before the heat of the day made everything worse, before either of us had the energy left to argue about it.I hadn’t slept.Not really.I had spent most of the night sitting up in my room with my knees pulled to my chest, replaying the words she had thrown at me in the kitchen, over and over, until my e

143: King Nolan is here?

Nolan’s POVPriest Vane.The name on the paper read.I didn’t think I had enough time to inform Kim or any other person that I was leaving, I just moved… fuelled by my need for answers.By the time I reached the secluded sanctuary, the sun had began to make it’s way out of the sky.I didn’t knock. I kicked the heavy wooden door open, letting it slam against the stone wall with a crack that echoed through the sanctuary.Priest Vane was kneeling before a low stone altar, his back to me. He didn’t flinch. He didn’t even turn around right away, his gray hair falling over his hunched shoulders as he slowly finished his prayer.“You bring a heavy and dark heart into a sacred space, Your Majesty,” Vane said, his voice way too calm for the situation.“If you can feel it, then you know why I’m here,” I said, stepping deeper into the room.“You’re the one that did the ritual aren’t you?”Vane looked at me, his expression entirely unbothered by the royal authority I usually carried. He simply sh

144: You're not my mother?

Ronnie's POV"You still haven't told her the truth?"Elizabeth's words landed heavily on me, settling somewhere deep in my chest, refusing to move.Another truth?I swallowed hard, my throat suddenly tight, my eyes moving from Elizabeth to my mother and back again, waiting for one of them to actually say something that made sense."Please just leave," Mom said, her voice low and shaking slightly, "before you ruin things."Elizabeth placed a dramatic hand over her mouth. "I'm so sorry," she said, the apology so obviously fake it almost felt insulting. "I didn't realize you hadn't told her that…""That's enough!"The slap came so fast I almost missed it. Mom's hand connected with Elizabeth's cheek with a sharp crack that seemed to echo across the driveway, the sound of it freezing everything around us for a second."You've ruined my life enough," Mom said, her voice trembling but firm. "Don't make things any worse for me."Elizabeth stood there, wide eyed, one hand pressed against her r

145: They lied to her

Nolan's POVI didn't waste time answering my uncle's outburst.I moved straight past him, past the wide eyed servants, past the guards who stepped aside without a word, carrying Ronnie's limp body through the corridors until I reached the Seer's cave.She had gone completely unconscious now. I didn't stop moving until I had her laid carefully on the stone platform the Seer used for his work, his usual quiet space now filled with the urgency I had carried in with me.He moved fast for someone his age, gathering jars and pouches from the shelves around the room without needing to be told what was wrong. He wasn't just a seer. He was a spirit physician too, the kind of healer who dealt with things ordinary medicine couldn't touch.He administered something to her quickly, a mixture I didn't recognize, dabbing it carefully along her wrist and the base of her throat. Her body remained still throughout, no reaction at all, which only made the knot in my chest tighten further.Then he reache

146: The Baby

Nolan's POV"Let me in or I'll break the door down!"The words tore through whatever thin layer of sleep I had managed to get, dragging me upright before I had even fully registered being awake. My eyes snapped open, my body already moving before my mind caught up.I was exhausted as hell, like I barely had any sleep and it was morning already?I swung my legs off the bed and made my way toward the door, my mind still foggy, trying to figure out what kind of commotion was loud enough to wake an entire wing of the palace at this hour.The moment I pulled the door open, a fist connected with my face.I stumbled back half a step, more from surprise than actual impact, my jaw stinging as I blinked the haze away and registered exactly who was standing in front of me.Reuben."What the heck did you do to her?" he demanded, already pulling his arm back for a second swing.I didn't give him the chance.I caught his wrist mid-motion and twisted, using the momentum to slam him backward against

147: Get on your knees

Nolan’s POVI stared at her for a second too long before anything came out of my mouth.“Are you sure you know what you’re saying?”“Yes, your majesty. She is pregnant,” the woman repeated, her voice steady even though her eyes kept darting between me and Kim like she wasn’t sure who she was supposed to be looking at.Kim cleared his throat beside me. Loudly. Like he needed something to do with his face other than stare at me with that expression.“How far along?” I asked.“We’re estimating somewhere around two weeks, based on the levels we found in her bloodwork. We’ll know more precisely once she’s stable enough for a proper scan.”Two weeks.My mind did the math before I even gave it permission to.The hotel.I didn’t say anything for a moment. I just stood there, the tablet with Alte Tech’s collapsing numbers still sitting forgotten on my desk, my brain refusing to process more than one impossible thing at a time.“You said her body is rejecting treatment,” I said finally. “What d

148: One Long Week

Ronnie's POV I felt my jaw tighten.Sarah, standing beside me, immediately began to cry, clearly assuming I would refuse, that my pride would win out over everything else."I would beg on his behalf," she said quickly, already lowering herself onto the wet ground, her knees sinking into the mud without hesitation. "Please. I'll do it. Just save her."I looked at her kneeling there, desperate and broken, and then at the priest, and then back toward the ambulance where Ronnie lay motionless.I didn't hesitate.I dropped to my knees on the same wet ground beside Sarah.Vane's mouth actually fell open slightly, clearly not expecting that."I'm sorry," I said, my voice rougher than I intended, the words feeling foreign coming out of my mouth but necessary all the same. "For attacking you. For grabbing her." I glanced at the woman in white. "It was wrong. I let my fear take over, and I'm sorry."The woman in white looked at me for a long moment, then gave a small nod.Vane studied me for a

149: What Baby?

Nolan's POVIt took another day before she was strong enough to sit up properly, to hold a real conversation, to start asking the questions I knew were coming."I want to take you home with me," I said, once we finally had a quiet moment together. "Back to the palace, where you can recover properly."She shook her head slowly. "I want to go with my mom."I felt something tighten in my chest, but I didn't argue."Okay," I said.She looked surprised that I agreed so easily."Take care of the baby," I added.Her brows pulled together in confusion. "What baby?"I held her gaze. "You're pregnant. With my child."Her face went through several expressions at once ... shock, disbelief, something close to panic."I'm giving you two weeks," I continued, before she could fully process it. "Two weeks with your mom. I don't want to kidnap you again, like you'll always accuse me of.""Giving me two weeks doesn't make this any different," she said, finding her voice again. "It does. I want my heir t

150: Tell me it's a lie

Ronnie’s POVI rented a car instead of calling a cab, paying in cash, not wanting any record tied to my name. I wanted to be as careful as possible, just as the old woman had warned.The Ancient Library of the Moon Goddess looked exactly the way the pictures online had described it, ancient stone walls rising up from the earth like they had grown there naturally rather than been built.I kept a scarf wrapped around the lower half of my face as I approached, sunglasses on despite the overcast sky, doing everything I could to avoid being recognized."I'm looking for Mrs. Aya Lester," I said to the woman at the front desk.She paused, looking me over carefully."Who are you?" she asked."Why do you want to see her?" she added, before I could even answer the first question."I was sent here by an old friend of hers," I said."An old friend, you say." The woman's eyes narrowed slightly. "Name?"I hesitated.The truth was, the old woman at Silver Moon Pack Library had never actually told me

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