Semua Bab My mate slept with my bestfriend,so I became his alpha queen: Bab 11 - Bab 20

Bailey felt it before she saw anything.A shift in the air.A pressure against her skin like the atmosphere itself had suddenly grown heavier.Her wolf stirred uneasily, pacing inside her mind like something sensing a storm before it hit.She pushed herself to her feet slowly, eyes scanning the dark stretch of trees surrounding the park.Nothing moved.Nothing made a sound.But instinct screamed.Danger.Her heart began to race again, faster this time.More primal.More familiar.“This isn’t normal,” she whispered.Xander was already standing.His posture had changed completely.Gone was the controlled businessman she had met in the café.In his place stood something else.Something older.Deadlier.His shoulders were tense, his gaze sharp, his entire body coiled like a predator ready to strike.“Stay behind me,” he said.Bailey blinked.“What?”“You heard me.”“I’m not helpless.”“I didn’t say you were.”His tone softened for half a second.“But right now, you’re vulnerable.”She hat

Bailey stood outside her apartment door longer than necessary.Her hand hovered near the handle, but she didn’t turn it.Didn’t move.Didn’t breathe properly.Everything felt different now.The hallway she had walked through every day for two years suddenly felt unfamiliar. Smaller. Temporary. Like she had already begun leaving it behind without realizing.“You’re stalling,” Xander said quietly behind her.She hadn’t even heard him walk up.Her nerves were too loud.“I know,” she admitted.Her voice sounded tired.Not physically.Emotionally.She finally unlocked the door and stepped inside.The tiny apartment greeted her with the same things that had once felt like victory — a narrow couch, a small table, mismatched mugs, a thin blanket folded neatly in the corner.Proof she had survived.Proof she had built something from nothing.Now it felt like proof she could lose it all again.Xander stayed near the doorway, not fully entering.Respecting boundaries she hadn’t asked for but app

The journey was longer than Bailey expected.Hours passed with the city slowly dissolving into open highways, then into winding forest roads that seemed to stretch endlessly into nowhere.She watched the scenery change in silence.Concrete turned into trees.Noise turned into wind.Human life faded behind her like a dream she had just woken from.Xander drove with steady focus, one hand resting casually on the steering wheel, the other occasionally shifting gears. He didn’t fill the silence with meaningless conversation.And strangely…She appreciated that.Her thoughts were loud enough already.She kept wondering if she had made the right decision.If she was walking willingly into another heartbreak.If destiny had teeth.Eventually, the road narrowed into a dirt path surrounded by towering pine trees. The air grew cooler. Cleaner.Familiar.Her wolf stirred again.Not aggressively.Just… aware.Alive.Bailey rolled down the window slightly and inhaled.Earth.Leaves.Wildness.A se

Bailey couldn’t sleep.The room they gave her was beautiful.Too beautiful.Large windows. Soft fabrics. A bed that felt like it belonged to someone important.Not someone like her.She sat at the edge of it, staring at her hands.They still felt like they belonged to the girl who served coffee.Not someone who stood beside a king.Everything had changed too fast.Her thoughts hadn’t caught up yet.A soft knock came at the door.Bailey stiffened.“Come in,” she said.A young servant stepped inside, head bowed.“Alpha King requests your presence.”Her heart skipped.“At this hour?”“Yes.”Bailey nodded slowly.“Okay.”She stood, smoothing down her clothes even though it didn’t make much difference.Her nerves were already awake.As she followed the servant through the quiet halls, the palace felt different at night.Darker.Quieter.More… dangerous.Voices echoed faintly from somewhere ahead.Low.Serious.The servant stopped outside a large set of doors.“He’s inside.”Bailey hesitate

Bailey stood on the palace balcony long after midnight.Sleep had become a stranger again.The kingdom was quiet below her, lit by scattered torches and silver moonlight. From this height, everything looked peaceful.But she knew better now.War didn’t always begin with battles.Sometimes it began with whispers.With memories.With unfinished bonds that refused to stay buried.She wrapped her arms around herself, breathing in the cold night air.Her wolf was restless.Not panicked.Not aggressive.Just… uneasy.Like it could sense something approaching.Or returning.She hated that feeling.Hated how easily her mind drifted back to the Crescent Pack.Back to Liam.Back to the girl she used to be.“Thinking about him?”Xander’s voice came from behind her.Low.Controlled.But not as calm as usual.She didn’t turn immediately.“What makes you think that?”“I can feel it.”Her heart skipped.“Feel what?”“The echo.”The word sent a chill down her spine.She finally faced him.He looked d