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All Chapters of CAGED BRIDE OF THE LYCAN KINGS: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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CHAPTER 1

Rhea's POVThe door slammed before I could drop my bags, and then a hand was around my throat, pinning me against the wood. Not choking, just holding, but the message was clear enough."Look at me."Killian.I hadn't seen him in four years, but I'd know that voice anywhere, cold and controlled like he was always measuring his words before letting them out. I looked up and felt my stomach drop because he'd changed, his hair buzzed on the sides with a black tattoo crawling up his neck, something that looked like wolf's teeth or worse. But it was his eyes that stopped me cold, grey like I remembered but threaded with gold now, vibrant and unnatural.Alpha eyes."Get off me," I said, though my voice came out smaller than I wanted."The funeral was three hours ago." His face was close enough that I could smell him, gin and rain and something wild I couldn't name. "You're late.""I didn't want to come at all.""And yet here you are." His nose brushed my neck, and he inhaled, slow and delibe

CHAPTER 2

Rhea's POVThe dress on the bed was the color of dried blood, dark red silk that shimmered in the candlelight like something alive. I stared at it for a long time before my hands stopped shaking enough to touch the lace, tracing the delicate pattern with fingers that felt numb and disconnected from my body.Ten years since my mother married Alaric Blackwood, since she dragged me from our tiny London flat to this sprawling manor in the Alps because she thought she'd found her fairy tale. She didn't know she was walking into a wolf's den, didn't know the charming aristocrat she'd fallen for came with three sons who looked at me like I was contaminating their bloodline just by breathing the same air. I spent my teenage years hiding in the library, staying small and quiet and out of the way, and now my mother was dead from a hiking accident I never believed in, and the boys were men.Dangerous men who wanted to own me.The door creaked open, and I didn't turn around because I knew that sc

CHAPTER 3

Rhea's POVThe air in the Great Hall turned to ice, and the heavy thud of the Council's silver-tipped staffs against the marble sounded like a countdown to something terrible. I stared at the mark on my shoulder, the ink pulsing with a dull violet light that made my skin crawl, and I didn't feel connected to Killian or bonded or any of the things the stories said about mates. I felt branded like an animal waiting for slaughter."The Lunar Heir," a voice boomed from the entrance.Lord Varick stepped into the light, and he was ancient, his skin like parchment stretched too thin over bone and his eyes milky with age, but he carried himself like violence incarnate. Behind him stood six Enforcers with their hands resting on silver blades that caught the candlelight and threw it back in harsh glints."Killian," Varick said, his gaze settling on the Alpha like a judge delivering a sentence. "You were tasked with securing the debt, not harboring a threat to our entire species, so step away fr

CHAPTER 4

Killian's POVThe white silk of her wedding gown was draped over the backseat of the SUV like a shroud, and Rhea was slumped between Malachi and Rodger with her head lolling against Malachi's shoulder. The sedative was strong, but according to the clock on the dashboard, we only had twenty minutes before she woke up, and when she did, it was going to be violent."You realize Varick is going to declare war for this," Rodger said, his eyes fixed on the rearview mirror and his usual composure completely shattered. "Kidnapping the bride on the way to the cathedral, it's a suicide mission.""Let him come." I pushed the speedometer needle further right and watched the trees blur past. "He's not touching her, and no one else is either.""She's going to kill us when she wakes up," Malachi rumbled from the backseat, his hand resting cautiously on her knee. He was looking down at her with an expression I'd never seen on him before, something close to reverence or worship. "She isn't the girl we

CHAPTER 5

Killian's POVThe room smelled of sandalwood, and Mrs. Halloway moved with brutal efficiency, her fingers working through the laces of Rhea's wedding gown until the white silk fell away and pooled on the floor. Rhea lay there in her slip, and her skin was pale under the candlelight, but the look in her eyes said she was still ready to fight."Hold her," the healer said.Malachi stepped forward and sat at the head of the bed, pulling Rhea back against his chest with his arms wrapped around her waist to pin her down. He wasn't using his full strength, but he didn't need to; his weight alone was enough to keep her still."Let go of me, Malachi," Rhea said, her voice shaking. "You were always the quiet one. I thought you had a heart.""That was your first mistake," Malachi said near her ear, burying his face in her hair. "My heart died the day you left, and now I just have hunger."Rodger was at the foot of the bed with his fingers tracing along her ankle, and he wasn't smirking anymore.

CHAPTER 6

Rhea POVI opened my eyes slowly and carefully, feeling as if my heart was about to burst from my chest. I was really scared, but nothing actually happened. I was standing right there in Killian's arms as he hugged me tightly.What the hell just happened? What's going on? I thought the bomb was going to explode any minute now. Nothing happened. Could this actually mean something? Or is it because Killian had held me close to him and so tightly? No, this can't be happening, I pondered as I hadn’t even regained my consciousness fully. It felt as if I was going to die in just a split second.Then, all of a sudden and out of nowhere, Lucien burst into laughter. He laughed so hard that it felt as if tears were going to come out of his eyes. I was shocked as everybody looked in his direction.What could make him start laughing like this in such a situation?“Why are you laughing? This is not funny! Any minute, I could have died! Both Killian, we could have died, and we are here laughing sar

CHAPTER 7

Rhea POVWe all saw the red light that was beeping, and we all recognized it. It looked like a bomb. Truly, what the hell was that? Malachi shouted at Lucien, who looked at him while wiping more blood off his face.“That was just a tracker. I'd actually planted a tracker in her body. It's just technology that you guys don't know of. I planted a tracker in her so that anywhere she went, she could be easily located. It is not a time bomb, you dummies,” Lucien said, right in Malachi's face.“I never knew that all of you could be easily swayed by just this little trick I played. I would never do anything to hurt Rhea,” Lucien insisted.Killian moved closer to Lucien, standing right in front of him. He was hovering over him as if he was going to kill him on the spot.Lucien looked up at him. “I did not mean to do anything to hurt her. I would never hurt Rhea because she means a lot to me, and I’ll do everything in my power to protect her.”Then, after a moment of silence, Killian shouted a

CHAPTER 8

Killian POVWe should go and protect her. “She and Lucien have been having a discussion for quite a while, and it's slowly going into over 30 minutes,” I say to Rodger and Malachi as they roll their eyes at me. I know they will never understand how much fright I get knowing that Rhea can be in trouble at any moment.“Are you guys even listening to me?” I say to both of them angrily as Rodger makes his way towards me, pleading, his hands on my shoulders, a frown creeping slowly on his face. “I don’t know how exactly to make you understand, but nobody gives a fuck. Can't she be taken away, okay? Lucien is not that stupid. Besides, this palace is heavily guarded. I want you to remember that. And also, we were about to have a serious discussion, but I did not want to say anything in the presence of Rhea. But now she's not here, and I think I have to say it now. She doesn't belong to you alone, you know, right? She is entitled to all three of us, and we can make any moves we want with her.

CHAPTER 9

Killian POVI dressed up for dinner, ready for the world that was going to unfold between my brothers and me, because I was about to set rules. If they didn't follow them, then I would not give them what they wanted. I made my way down the hall and straight to the dining room, only to open it and see Malachi, Rodger, and Rhea chuckling loudly over a game they had set in the middle of the table.I folded my arms and cleared my throat so they would realize that I was in their presence. They looked at me and then looked away, and I almost gasped in surprise. “Was that not noticeable?” I said to them, as Malachi laughed.“Oh, what do you expect us to do? Actually, we were waiting for you all day, and I know you’re taking all your time as the perfect king, taking your time to wear your coat, taking your time to look perfect. Do you always have to look perfect? You already look okay the way it is. You don't always have to be the perfectionist, you know,” Malachi attacked, continuously not e

CHAPTER 10

Rhea POV"You must be joking, right? You do not actually expect me to do just as you wish with me. How could you say that? I have to bear you an heir? All of you? No, that is not possible. What do you think I am? An incubating machine that can just produce for you when you want or like? No, you can't do that to me. I'm here to pay off debts, not become someone who just delivers heirs for you guys. No, I can't do that. Even if I accept everything that you guys are saying, even if I know it is crazy, this is one thing that I am not going to do. What do you think I am? What do you want me to do? I accepted to stay here and pay Alaric's debt, and now you expect me to start bearing heirs for you? No, that is not possible. If your bloodline wants to end with you guys, then let it end. If you can't possibly find someone else or another girl that will produce an heir for you, then so be it."I said to all three of them as they just sat there looking at me. Then all of a sudden, Kilian stood u

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