All Chapters of MARRIED TO AN ALPHA, CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN KING : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Bella's POV.Julie helped me wear my nightwear.She didn't ask questions. She just picked up the soft cotton gown from where I had left it on the bed and held it open for me and helped me step into it like I was a child who had forgotten how to dress herself. Her hands were gentle and efficient and she didn't comment on how hot my skin felt or how my fingers kept trembling or how I couldn't seem to stand still.She didn't know what was wrong with me. I could see it in her face, the confusion and concern and the way she kept glancing at the door like she was trying to decide whether to call for help.I was acting strange. I knew I was acting strange. But I couldn't explain it to her, couldn't tell her that my heat had come early and that my wolf was clawing at the inside of my chest and that every second I stayed in this room I felt like I was going to crawl out of my own skin."You can go," I told her when she was done straightening the gown over my shoulders. "Take the food. I'm not

Ethan's POVSlade wanted out. And for the first time in years… I wasn’t sure I was going to stop him.He had been pacing inside me for hours, scratching at the walls of my chest like a caged animal, groaning and howling and calling for our mate in that desperate way that made my head throb and my hands shake. I had been ignoring him the way I always ignored him when he got like this, pushing him down, forcing him to be still, reminding him that we could not just take what we wanted whenever we wanted it.But tonight was different.The very moment Arabell started running toward my palace, I felt it. A pull so strong that it nearly brought me to my knees. I had been standing by my window looking out at the darkness and suddenly my whole body had gone tight, every nerve ending firing at once, and Slade had surged forward so fast that I had to grab the windowsill to keep from shifting right there.“She's coming,” he said, and there was a rawness in his voice that was different from his us

Bella's POVMy eyes remained closed and I used my hand to block the ray of sun coming from the window because it was too bright and too early and I was not ready to face whatever version of today was waiting for me."Julie!" I called out, my voice rough from sleep.I was wondering why she was late because she always woke me up early or she was always in my room when I woke up, standing by the door with my tea and my schedule for the day and that careful expression she wore when she had something she needed to tell me but was waiting for the right moment. But this morning there was no tea and no Julie and no sound of anyone moving around the room.The familiar bed beneath me was so warm and so soft and I pressed my face into the pillow and tried to remember when my bed had started feeling this comfortable. My bed at the pack house was fine, it was a good bed, but this was different. This mattress was softer and the sheets were smoother and the pillow smelled like mint and rain and some

Bella's POV.I finally walked out of the wardrobe and saw him already back in the room, standing by the window with his back to me. He turned when he heard my footsteps and his eyes moved over every detail of my body, from the red dress to the heels to the way my hair was still damp from the shower. I felt naked under his gaze, just like I had felt last night, like he was seeing past the clothes and the careful way I held myself.He looked away like it took him so much control to do so, and his jaw tightened for just a moment before his face went smooth again."There is something I want to discuss with you, Arabell," he said, and he gestured to the chair across from him. "Sit first."I rolled my eyes and sat down. He could not even compliment my look in the dress. All he could do was look away like it hurt him to see me."You did not thank him either," Arabella chipped in from inside my head."I did not ask for your opinion," I shot back at her.Ethan settled into his chair and looked

Bella's POV.I entered my room and Julie immediately got up from the chair she had been sitting on, her hands twisting together in front of her and her face pale with worry."Luna!" she exclaimed, and her voice was higher than usual, almost breathless. "I have searched for you everywhere. I thought something bad had happened to you when I saw your broken window this morning and I quickly informed the Alpha. I am so glad you are alright."She said it all in a rush, the words tumbling out of her like she had been holding them in for hours and could not keep them inside any longer. Her eyes were wide and her hands were still twisting and I could see the relief moving across her face like a wave.I looked at the glass window and saw that it had been fixed. The frame was clean and the glass was new and there was no sign that anything had happened at all, no evidence of the shattering and the shards and the wolf who had jumped through it in the middle of the night."Oh yes," Julie added whe