Elemental Lycan : The Devine Elemental의 모든 챕터: 챕터 241 - 챕터 250

Driven by the primal, unbreakable pull of the mate tie, Fennigan didn't wait for Miller to finish his panicked explanation. The jagged spike in Leela's temperature wasn't just a flashing red number on a monitor; Fennigan felt it as a searing brand against his own soul. The psychic tether that connected them snapped taut, violently dragging him out of the abyss of his trauma.Gritting his teeth against a wave of dizziness, he dragged his massive frame up the cool stone wall. His boots scrambled for purchase, soot and ash from the destroyed bunker flaking off his ruined clothes. He looked half-dead—his body battered by explosive force and his mind fractured by grief—but as he clutched his pounding temples, the hollow vacancy in his silver eyes vanished. It was instantly replaced by a terrifyingly singular, burning focus. He staggered forward, drawn blindly toward the open, glowing maw of the vault door.Jax lunged forward, his own exhaustion forgotten in an instant. His hand snapped out

Deep within the sanctuary of her mind, Leela’s inner wolf was pacing frantically. The beast was fighting her, fighting the suffocating heat that was finally starting to bleed through the edges of the illusion. But the wolf knew what the human half didn't—the fire was saving them.As the meadow continued to wither and turn to ash around her, a sudden, bright sound cut through the heavy air. A sweet, unmistakable giggle flowed through the dying trees, echoing like a lifeline from the world above.Leela’s breath hitched. She looked up, her silver eyes widening as the sound wrapped around her heart. "It was Briar," she murmured, her voice trembling as the truth began to pierce the veil. "My Briar."Then came another sound—a proud, babbling laugh that she would recognize anywhere."Oh, Caspian," Leela whispered, a fresh tear slipping down her cheek as the illusion of the wooden swing finally dissolved completely into dust. "My little prince."Fennigan stepped closer, the blistering heat of

The sheer terror in the Beta's voice caught Fennigan completely by surprise. His head snapped up just in time to see Jax entirely abandon Ginny’s side. Driven by pure panic at seeing his mother drop like a stone through the observation glass, Jax sprinted right back into the blistering heat of the safe room.Fennigan’s muscles screamed in protest. His body was battered, and his mind was stretched to its absolute breaking point. But seeing his brother charge back into the 120-degree furnace, the Alpha let out a heavy, bone-deep grunt. He forced himself up from the floor, his heavy boots carrying him right back through the threshold to follow Jax into the stifling heat.Jax reached Elana's cot first, his hands hovering over his mother's unconscious, flushed face. "Veda! What happened? She just dropped!"Veda didn't look panicked in the slightest. She was casually adjusting the lighter blanket over the former Luna, shaking her head and mumbling irritably under her breath. As the two mass

Fennigan and Jax stood there by their mother's side. They were trying to process what Veda had said. They kept looking toward their mother and when she would feel them looking at her they would look away. They had each tried to hold her hand but she waved them away.Elana didn't want their comfort. She couldn't stomach the pity swimming in the bright silver eyes of her powerful sons. The sheer, terrifying reality of Veda's diagnosis was crushing the breath out of her lungs, and she needed space to let her iron-clad armor finally crack."Get out," Elana rasped, her voice trembling but hard. She pointed a shaking finger toward the heavy double doors. "All of you. Get out of this room and leave me alone."Jax hesitated, his heart breaking for her. "Mom, we shouldn't—""I said get OUT!" Elana snarled, the raw, commanding edge of the former Luna bleeding through her panic.Fennigan placed a heavy hand on Jax's shoulder, giving his brother a slow, grim nod. They knew better than to push her

Jax swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing as he looked down at the linoleum floor. He hated it. Every instinct in his blood hated leaving a pack mate—especially his mother—in pain. But he knew Fennigan was right. Elana's pride was as vital to her survival as her heartbeat."So we just do nothing?" Jax whispered, the fight draining out of him."We stand guard," Fennigan corrected him, his silver eyes dark and resolute. "We make sure she is safe. But we only give her help if she explicitly asks for it. Or..."Fennigan paused, his expression hardening into a fierce, protective mask. "...or if we see she is falling into a despair so deep that she can't pull herself back out. If the darkness starts swallowing her whole, then we step in. But until then, Jax, we let her grieve."Jax let out a long, ragged exhale, the tension slowly leaving his broad shoulders. He gave his brother a slow, reluctant nod, accepting the agonizing reality of standing by while their mother wept on the other sid