All Chapters of The Alpha's Wife, The Lycan King's Obsession : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Elmund traced the anonymous message back to Valemont by morning.He confirmed the channel first, working backward through the network of contacts and intermediaries until he found the council elder who had received it.Marius.From there, he traced the message to its origin point and confirmed what he had suspected from the beginning.Valemont packhouse.He did not yet know which person inside had sent it, but the location was verified through three separate sources and there was no room for error.He brought the information to Nolan without commentary, standing in front of the desk with his hands clasped behind his back and his expression carefully neutral.Nolan listened in silence, his hand flat on the desk, his eyes fixed on the report Elmund had placed in front of him.When Elmund finished, Nolan leaned back in his chair and was quiet for a long moment.The fire crackled in the hearth and the shadows shifted across the walls, but Nolan did not move."It's not Gianna," he said fin

Gianna did not know what had happened at the palace. She spent the morning at the market, walking between the stalls and watching the people move through their daily routines. She made notes in her head about what the pack still needed, which vendors were struggling, which families had children who looked too thin for comfort. The work grounded her in a way that nothing else did these days, giving her something tangible to focus on when everything else felt like it was slipping through her fingers. On her way back to the packhouse, she met Molly coming in the opposite direction with her bag on her shoulder and a purpose in her step. "Luna," Molly said, stopping when she saw her. "I was hoping I would see you before I left." "Left?" Gianna frowned. "Where are you going?" "The crown provision has come through," Molly said, her face lighting up. "They placed me in a house two streets from the market with a monthly allocation. I'm going now to settle in." Gianna felt something loos

Pietra left Valemont the next morning before sunrise.Gianna woke to the sound of bags being loaded into a carriage and the low voices of servants moving quickly through the halls.She did not get up.She stayed in bed and listened to the footsteps on the stairs, the creak of the front door opening, the sound of wheels on gravel as the carriage moved down the road.By the time she dressed and went downstairs, the house was quiet again.Cyrus was standing in the doorway, watching the road where the carriage had disappeared.He stood there for a long time without moving.Then he came back inside and went to his study.The door closed behind him and Gianna heard the lock turn.He did not come out until evening.Gianna went to the garden.The sun was already climbing higher and the air was warm, the kind of warmth that meant summer was settling in properly.She knelt beside her plant and examined it carefully.It had grown considerably since she first put it in the soil, the stem thick an

The formal divorce approval arrived by royal courier two days after Alexandra.The herald dismounted in the courtyard and announced the King's decree in a voice that carried across the grounds.Pack members gathered to witness it, drawn by the formality of the occasion and the knowledge that their Luna was leaving.Cyrus came down from his study and stood on the opposite side of the courtyard.Gianna stood beside her father.The herald unrolled the parchment and read it aloud.The language was formal and detached, laying out the terms of the dissolution with the same clinical precision as any other legal document.No mention of fault or blame.No acknowledgment of the months of fighting that had led to this moment.Just the facts which were that the marriage was ended.When the herald finished reading, he held out the parchment and gestured for Cyrus to approach.Cyrus crossed the courtyard without looking at Gianna.He signed his name at the bottom of the document with quick, precise

Gianna went to the gate and found Nolan standing outside with Elmund and two palace guards.Alexandra stayed a few steps behind her, his hand resting on the fence post but his eyes fixed on the man who had come asking for his daughter.Nolan looked different here. He looked less commanding in the way he was when surrounded by the trappings of his position.He was wearing traveling clothes, plain and practical, and his hair was slightly disheveled from the ride.Gianna stopped a few feet from the gate and looked at him."Your Majesty," she said."Gianna," Nolan replied.The silence that followed was not comfortable.Alexandra shifted slightly behind her and Nolan's eyes moved to him briefly before returning to Gianna."I came myself," Nolan said, "because a letter was not enough for what I needed to say."Gianna glanced back at her father. "Papa, I'll handle this."Alexandra looked at her for a long moment, then nodded. "I'll be inside if you need me."He walked back toward the house,