All Chapters of Auctioned Bride Of The Cursed Alpha : Chapter 201 - Chapter 210

Xlynor's POVThe High Chancellor rose to offer the formal explanation. “They arrived during Prince Eryndor's judgment, Your Grace. They claim to bear a personal message from the Alpha Supreme.”I clicked my tongue. All this formality was entirely unnecessary. Everyone in this room already knew who sent them and why they were here. But fine.I turned to the emissaries. “From him?”The man in the middle bowed. “Yes, Alpha.”I waved a hand. “Then speak.”I rested my jaw against my knuckles, elbow braced on the armrest, and slid my eyes shut.I wasn't interested in listening to them; I was calculating how long this was going to drag. I still had Eryndor's case to finish once this was over, which meant the day had just gotten longer.I hadn't even checked my phone to see if Zane had sent through last night's cell footage yet. Today was shaping up to be the kind I always avoided.“The Alpha Supreme instructed us to deliver his words before His Majesty, Alpha Xlynor, and his betrothed, Princ

Xlynor's POVThe emissary shook his head so hard that tears spilled down his face, his mouth moving soundlessly.I pulled another blade free from beneath the desk. “What's wrong with your mouth now? Can't speak anymore?”He shook his head harder, more tears streaking down his face. “I—I can, I can—” Each word came out choked and in broken pieces.“Thought so.” I turned the blade over in my hand, examining the sharp edge. “Considering you kept talking even after I made it clear I had no interest in hearing another word from you.” I tilted my head.Still crying, he managed, “You can't treat us like this. We aren't ordinary messengers — we're Lord Scholars from the Third House of Veyrith Dominion. Alpha Varek sent us specifically because he respects you, and this is how you repay that respect?”“You've got a runny mouth, don't you?” I lifted the dagger, pressed the sharp tip against his lips and pushed it slowly into his mouth before rotating it and pressing the flat of it down on his to

Xlynor's POVI didn't think about it or even make a decision. One second, I was standing some distance from Kali, my eyes fixed on the ash between us. The next, the distance was gone, and my arm was already swinging.Kali saw me coming, at least. She glared up at me, chin lifted, waiting to watch me choke on her words and already drawing breath for her next sermon.She probably never saw the blow coming. There was no warning. But she certainly felt it when the back of my hand struck her cheek with a crack that ricocheted off the marble walls.Her head whipped sideways, then she reeled and staggered, one heel skidding across the polished floor and a palm flying up to cradle her face. Above her fingers, her eyes were glassy and wide with disbelief so pure it was almost insulting.The look on her face told me she wasn't used to being struck. Nobody would dare lay a hand on her, and I was glad to be the first. Last night, after I held her over the rooftop, I felt guilty but now, after hit

Ivara's POVI stood by the living room window with a plate of eggs benedict balanced in one hand and my eyes fixed on the parking lot through the glass.Out there, Jojo and Xlynor stood together beside the cars, deep in a conversation that looked far more entertaining than anything I could find indoors. I couldn't hear a word of it, but I could see them perfectly.Xlynor was doing much of the talking, hands buried in the pockets of that long black coat, his face unreadable. And Jojo was grinning so wide her eyes had nearly disappeared as though he were delivering the funniest thing she had ever heard in her life.My eyes narrowed. “Oh, so he's funny now,” I muttered at the glass. “Pfft.” I stabbed a piece of smoked salmon harder than it deserved.He knew exactly how to get on my last nerve, irritate me and be the most annoying person alive… though not entirely. He was annoying most of the time, but apparently, he had a stash of humor he reserved for entertaining Jojo.What on earth we

Ivara's POV“How long is Xlynor’s meeting going to take?” I asked Jojo after a while.She glanced towards the door for a brief moment. “Oh, that? He has some visitors, but he told me he wouldn’t be long.”I made a face. “How long is ‘not long’?”Jojo laughed. “Impatient, are we? You two seem to have grown closer.”“No.” I immediately looked down at the table. “I’m just asking.”“Of course you are.”I ignored the teasing.The thing was, I had been looking forward to spending proper time with Jojo. She had promised that the next time I visited we would visit the royal spa, get a massage, have our hair styled, bake something, and tend to the flowers in her garden. But if Xlynor was going to be back soon, how were we supposed to do any of that? Still… I had to try.“Could we go out?” I asked. “Anywhere?”Jojo thought for a moment, then pouted. “I don’t think that’s advisable. We could sneak past the guards outside, but what if he’s back before we are?”My shoulders slumped. “Would he care