جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 35

"Right, right, we're leaving. Just let us go!" the pathetic cur nearest me scrambled, his scent sour with cowardice. In a frantic, clumsy retreat, the drifters fled into the frost-locked shadows. Some were so paralyzed by Lucas’s "Essence-Aura" they could barely find their feet, practically crawling toward the exit.I stood there, breathless, reeling from how quickly the tide had turned. But a new, sharper anxiety pierced through the shock.Lucas was closing the distance, his eyes locked onto mine. His face was flushed with a terrifying heat, and his gaze—usually so distant—was flooded with raw fury and a pain that looked almost physical.I don't know what destiny has written for me in the stars, but having the Alpha heir of the Montgomerys as my savior was the last thing I expected.Then, the realization hit me like a plunge into a frozen lake. I wanted the earth to split open and swallow me. I was nearly exposed; the drifters had torn my protective layers away, leaving me shivering

No, Princess… this isn't a shadow’s trick," Lucas whispered, his breath warm against my hair as he pressed a tender kiss to my crown. "This is the reality we’ve both hungered for. Our shared vision made flesh."He pulled back just enough to look at me, his golden eyes shimmering. "Do you truly have no inkling of how long I have been consumed by thoughts of you?"I stared at him, my mind spinning. Him? Consumed by me? It felt like a glitch in the Moonlight Law. The High Alpha heir, a creature of pure Essence-Aura, obsessed with a girl the Silver-Run Territories had discarded as Hollowed?"The first time I laid eyes on you was during a runic competition between our territories," he continued, his voice dropping to a low, melodic hum. "I was struck by the brilliance of your mind. Though my pack took the victory that day, I watched you fight with the tenacity of a lone wolf against an entire vanguard, even after your own team had surrendered to the frost. In that moment, I didn't fall for