All Chapters of Claimed by the Ruthless Alpha Prince: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Elara's POVMy breath catches in my throat. What does that mean?“You are mine, Elara. You can fight it all you want, but you are mine. And I am yours.”I don’t know how to respond to this. I can hear the truth in his voice, and the raw honesty makes my chest tight with emotion that I don’t understand.“From the moment I first laid eyes on you,” he continues, his voice dropping lower, “you were mine.”He stares at me, those intense eyes burning into mine across the space between us. The possessiveness in his gaze is absolute, unshakeable.“I’m a patient man, Elara,” he says, my name rolling off his tongue like it belongs there. “I’ll wait as long as it takes for you to believe me. You are the first woman I have ever cared about.”With that, he turns and walks toward the stream, disappearing from my line of sight and leaving me alone with my racing thoughts.I sit there in stunned silence, his words echoing in my mind. “From the moment I first laid eyes on you, you were mine.” Not “I h

Kael's POVMy hands clench into fists by my side but my voice is carefully neutral. “Is that so? Maybe we should swing by your old pack. I’ll pluck their eyes out. If they wouldn’t let you read, they shouldn’t be able to, either.”“Wh–what?” Elara’s shocked voice has me pausing, and I glance down at her.“What?”“That’s—” She struggles to find the right word, so I cut her off.“Cruel? Monstrous?” I ask casually. “That is what I am. You should get used to it.”I expect her to look a little fearful. Instead, she narrows her eyes and mutters, “I know you’re a jerk most of the time. Don’t know about the other two things.”“Jerk?” I give her an offended look.“I hunt for you every day. I cook for you. I even let your feline use me as a scratching post.”She blinks, and to my surprise, color floods her cheeks.“Yeah, well…” Luna, who has been on my shoulder the entire time, purrs contentedly.“Yeah, well?” I tug at Elara’s hair lightly.“That’s all you have to say?”She bats my hands a

Kael's POV“I’m not those people.”The server returns with our wine. I watch Elara take a careful sip, and she smiles slightly at the taste. Quality wine, not the swill she’s probably used to.“This is really good,” she admits reluctantly.“Everything here will be good. That’s why we’re here.”She takes another sip, and I see some of the tension leave her shoulders.“I still think this is all too much. And I still don’t know why you’re doing all this for me.”Because you’re my mate. Because you deserve every good thing in the world. Because I want to watch you discover what it feels like to be cherished.“Because I can.”Our food arrives—tender meat in a rich sauce, with vegetables that taste like something other than survival. I watch Elara eat, noting the way she savors each bite like she’s trying to memorize the flavor.“Good?” I ask.She nods, swallowing.“I’ve never had anything like this.”“What did you eat in your pack?”Her fork pauses halfway to her mouth.“I wasn’t allowed t

Elara's POVI wake to warmth surrounding me like a cocoon, my body more relaxed than it has been in weeks. Something solid and firm presses down on my back, and there’s a heavy weight across my hip that I can’t seem to identify.My eyes flutter open slowly, consciousness drifting back like fog lifting from water.Something’s different.I’m warm—warmer than I should be, sleeping outdoors. There’s a slowly pulsing rhythm beneath my ear that isn’t my own heartbeat. Something solid and firm presses against my cheek, rising and falling in a hypnotic pattern.I blink, my vision slowly focusing on smooth, tanned skin stretched over muscle. My hand rests flat against what I gradually realize is a bare chest, and I can feel the strong, steady beat of a heart under my palm.A man’s chest. Kael’s chest.The realization floods me like cold water. I’m sprawled half on top of him, my leg somehow threaded between his, my body molded against his side like I belong there. His arm wraps around my waist

Elara's POVThen, his mouth is on me.The first hot, wet pull of his lips around my nipple elicits a sound from me I don’t recognize. It’s high and needy, and my back arches off the bed as if my body has been waiting for this my whole life. His tongue circles slowly, teasingly, before sucking hard enough to make my toes curl.I’m shaking, clutching at his shoulders without knowing whether I want to push him away or drag him closer. Each flick of his tongue sends jolts of heat straight between my legs, pooling into a wet, throbbing ache that makes it hard to think, hard to breathe.Something strange stirs deep inside me, low and primal, curling tight like a sleeping beast shifting in its den. It makes my skin feel too hot, my senses too sharp, my entire body strung tight with an almost aching awareness. But the more I try to focus on it, to understand it, the more it slips away beneath the tidal pull of everything Kael is doing to me.He switches to the other breast, his teeth scraping