All Chapters of BOUGHT BY THE ALPHA WHO DESPISES ME : Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

Knox’s pov The first kingdom had fallen. The news reached us just before dawn.A messenger arrived covered in dust andbexhausted from riding through the night.The moment he delivered the report, the entire war camp erupted in cheers, Mila and Hansel had done it.One kingdom was reclaimed. Five were left.I stood over the war table inside our command tent, studying the next target.The Kingdom of Theron, it was a larger kingdom and better fortified and far more important.If we took Theron, we’d cut off two of Bastian’s major supply routes.Which meant this battle couldn’t be sloppy.Across from me, Elliot leaned against a table reading the report and a grin slowly spread across his face.“Hansel is showing off.” He saidI snorted.“When doesn’t she?”“Fair point.”He tossed the scroll onto the table. The parchment landed beside the map. The red markings seemed to glow beneath the lantern light.Outside the tent, soldiers were already preparing for our next war, I sharpened my we

Marie’s POVSomething was wrong. I felt it before anyone said a word before the messenger even arrived.I stood outside our command tent, staring toward the eastern mountains as soldiers moved through the camp.Everyone looked exhausted, weeks of fighting had taken their toll. Three kingdoms had already been attacked.The war was advancing faster than any of us had expected but so was the cost.Footsteps approached and I knew it was Eric.I didn’t need to turn around to know it was him.His scent reached me first.“You’ve been standing here for ten minutes.” He said I sighed. “I know.”“Worried?”I nodded and his expression softened.“What happened?”Before I could answer, a horn sounded near the entrance to camp, it was a messenger.Immediately my stomach tightened.Messengers rarely brought good news these days.The rider was exhausted and his horse looked even worse.The man practically fell from the saddle and several soldiers rushed forward. The message was delivered.The comma

Caleb’s POVSomething was wrong, My wolf could feel it.I stood outside our temporary camp, staring at the distant mountains while the warriors prepared supplies around me.Across the clearing, Henshaw was sharpening his blade.The warrior looked calm.The only kind of calm that came from people who had survived too many wars and were dissociating.I hated that look, because I saw it crudest when I looked into the mirror.A messenger hawk landed nearby. Immediately every warrior froze, I stepped forward, untied the message and read it.My stomach dropped.“What is it?” Henshaw asked.I handed him the note and his expression darkened instantly.Stay put. Do not advance. Return orders pending.—KnoxI frowned. That wasn’t like Knox not unless something serious had happened, something must have gone wrong with the plan.Henshaw folded the note.“Change of plans then.”The warriors nearby immediately began reorganizing without complaints.Everyone trusted Knox Including me but unease sett

Eric’s POVTime lost meaning in the dungeon. Days blurred into nights and all the nights blurred into weeks.The only thing that remained constant was the darkness.And the pain of course, at first, I counted the days with scratches on the wall and small marks beside my bed.A reminder that time still existed.nA reminder that somewhere beyond these walls, Elise was alive and looking for me.But eventually even that became impossible. The guards would move me between cells and the void creatures would destroy the markings.The darkness itself seemed to shift, nothing stayed the same except Bastian and the demon living inside him.I knew it now. I was certain of it.No human being could change so completely.No man could possess that much darkness without paying a price.Something lived inside him and was feeding off him, and every day it seemed stronger. Every day Bastian seemed less human.The realization terrified me not because of what it meant for him but because of what it meant f

Eric’s POVThe march toward Elise’s kingdom felt like walking toward my own execution.Thousands of Void creatures moved around me.Our white cloaks fluttered beneath the wind and silver markings glowed faintly on their skin.And every single one of them was prepared to die.I hated it.Moon Goddess, I hated every second of it.Bastian had been clever.Too clever.He knew I would never willingly attack my family.So he had given me something worse.If Mila could destroy the Void corruption infecting some of the soldiers and the void. If she could burn it away then maybe they could finally be free.The plan was insane and risky and it was exactly the kind of plan my family specialized in. My fingers tightened around the reins.Please work.Because if it didn’t thousands of people would die.The kingdom walls appeared on the horizon and I smiled slightly, somewhere beyond those walls was Elise.The mate bond pulsed softly and it was the strongest it had felt in weeks. My eyes burned.I