All Chapters of BOUND BY REVENGE: The Alpha King's broken bride : Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

111 Chapters

Chapter 101: Whispers in the Tea Leaves

Nyx's POV I arranged a tea gathering for the noble women as it was part of my duty as Luna. The treaty meetings brought them to the estate and I knew I had to host something. Elara helped me with the preparations because she was Lucian's sister and knew these events better than I did. We worked together with the servants in the morning to set the tables and choose the right teas, small cakes and decorations. She moved with quick hands and sharp eyes.“These things are tiring.” she told me while we folded napkins. “Tell me what I don't know” I scoffed.“I am not really into these things, I only do them for the sake of duty."I nodded and kept working. "I understand. This feels strange to me too. I never pictured myself hosting anything like this."We finished the last details and waited for the women to arrive. When they came the room filled with soft voices and polite smiles. Everyone seemed friendly enough on the surface. I tried to fit in even though I was not used to being the ce

Chapter 102: LUCIAN I AM….. PREGNANT.

Nyx's POV We reached the healer's bay and I lay down on the bed. My hands felt cold. The healer finally came and examined me asking about my symptoms in a calm voice. I told him everything. The tiredness that would not leave, the way certain smells turned my stomach, nausea that came in waves and the soreness in my breasts. I prayed inside that it would not be what I feared most. Elara stood beside me and held my hand tight. Her presence helped but my heart still raced.The healer finished his examination and looked at me with kind eyes. " Oh wow Luna. You are carrying a pup my lady. You are pregnant."I felt the room go small *You are pregnant* were words I did not want to hear right now.Elara let out a happy sound. "Oh my God Nyx. That is wonderful news. I am going to be an aunt."I forced a smile and squeezed her hand back. "That is wonderful news." I repeated.But inside I felt anything but wonderful. This was weakness in a world that wanted me gone. I wanted children someday bu

Chapter 103: Marry Me!

Lucian's pov "Lucian I am pregnant." I heard her say it and the words stopped me cold. I walked away slowly toward the window. Shock held me in place, I went and stared out the window without really seeing the view. In my head the same thought kept repeating. *I am going to be a father.* It felt too sudden. Too big. We had grown close that night but I had not expected this result so soon. Not with everything still hanging over us.Nyx spoke again behind me. Her voice sounded small and unsure. "Okay, I know it is not the right time and this feels like weakness but Lucian…. I'm so sorry. This is stupid. I am stupid. I don't really expect you to be happy but it is here and there is really nothing we can do about it." She paused. When I did not turn around she continued. "Lucian, please say something. Please, you are scaring me."I turned to face her and walked slowly across the room. She looked so vulnerable standing there with her hands twisted together. "When did you find out?""Fo

Chapter 104: Two Mothers

NYX's pov I took a walk in the garden the next day to clear my head. The air felt fresh and the path gave me space to think about everything that had happened. Lucian’s words still rang in my ears. His happiness about the baby and his proposal. It all felt real but still new. I needed a moment alone to let it settle.A household steward found me on the path. He bowed quickly and gave me the news with a smile. "Miss Aggie has arrived back to the estate. She is finally home from her leave."Happiness rushed through me fast and warm. Aggie had been gone too long. I thanked the steward and turned back toward the main building right away. I wanted to see her before anyone else could fill her in with secondhand stories. She deserved to hear it all from me first.I found her in her old room just as she finished unpacking the last bag. She looked the same. Strong shoulders and sharp eyes that missed nothing. When she saw me in the doorway her face broke into a big grin. "Nyx my dear."I cros

Chapter 105: A Name That Doesn't Fit

Thorne’s POV (third limited)Thorne sat at the long table in the records room with the new border reports spread in front of him. He had been at it for hours already. The work followed the same pattern every time. Take the fresh intelligence that came in from the patrols. Lay it next to the older files. Check names, dates and patterns. Most of the time nothing lined up but that was the point of doing it anyways. To be sure.Being a beta was a drag but he loved it and he loved the people he served. He reached for the shell organization file from the assassination attempt investigation. It had been pulled months ago when they first traced the payment account back to a senior Council member. The file contained layers of false fronts and old aliases. Thorne had reviewed it before but he liked to run new information against it anyway. The latest report mentioned a supply route that used a name he did not recognize at first glance.He flipped through the pages until he found the section o

Chapter 106: The Man in the Dark

Eldric pov They came for me on the fourty-third day. I had stopped counting the exact hours but I knew the number. The cell had no window. Only a small slot in the door where food came twice a day. The man who brought it never spoke to me. He set the tray down and left. I only ate because I had to and my body needed strength even when my mind did not want it. I had been in this place since the day I escaped the execution. The people who pulled me out did not tell me their names. They only dragged me to this cell and locked the door. At first I thought they were allies. Then I realized I was not a guest. I was kept here until someone decided otherwise. My clothes smelled of damp stone. My wrists still carried the marks from the chains they used at the start. They removed the chains after the first week but the feeling still stayed. When the door opened this time two men stood there. They did not speak either. One carried a cloth bag and threw it at my feet. Clean clothes. Si

Chapter 107: Suspicious old pages

Thorne’s POV (THIRD PERSON LIMITED) Thorne stayed in the records room after the others had gone. The lamp burned low. He resumed reviewing legders that kane had given. The ledger page Kane gave them stayed on one side of the table and the registry copy on the other. He had read both before but not like this. The first time he had been grateful for the help. He had moved quickly because the names and routes had seemed useful right away. Now he read them slowly because of the abnormality he saw the last time. He wanted to see what he had missed when he was in a hurry.He started with the ledger page. Kane had said it came from old records buried before the Reformation. It listed routes the Silver Voice once used to move funds. Thorne traced one line with his finger. A supply path that ran near the river bend and then cut toward the old forest trail. The page marked it as active one year ago. He turned to the registry. The same path appeared there under an older entry. The dates line

Chapter 108: The Moon Owes Us

Soren's POV (third person pov)Soren stood at the edge of the circle as the lamp burned low in the center. The air felt thick with the herbs they burned each night. He had been part of the group for three years now. Long enough to know the words by heart and to believe them deep in his bones.The leader spoke from the center. His voice stayed calm and steady. "The moon gave us her power once. She chose the old bloodlines to carry it. Nyx Crane holds what should have been ours. She took it without understanding and she woke it without offering it back."Soren nodded with the rest. He had heard the story many times. The moon had spoken through dreams in the beginning. She had shown the first followers how the power moved through certain families. The bloodlines were meant to serve as vessels. To share the gift with those who kept the old ways yet Nyx's line had broken the promise. They had hidden the power saying they were protecting the people. Saying that the kind of power they hold c

Chapter 109: The Reluctant Ally

Lucian’ Pov Thorne came to me late in the evening carrying a thin file under his arm. His face stayed calm but I knew him well enough to see the weight behind his eyes. He set the file on the table between us and sat down. "I found something worth checking," he said. His voice stayed even. "Nothing certain. Just a detail that does not line up the way it should." I opened the file. The ledger page Kane had brought us sat on top. Next to it were notes from the old border logs. Thorne had marked two entries. One name and one route. Both appeared in the ledger as new discoveries and had shown up in our own records weeks earlier. Kane had mentioned the name in passing. He had called the route dead-ended and told us to look elsewhere. I read the notes twice. The overlap was there. It was small and easy to miss if you were not looking for it. My stomach tightened. I had brought Kane into our circle. I had listened to his advice. I had trusted the information he gave us because it helped

Chapter 110: The name behind the Voice

POV: LucianAfter reviewing the legders Thorne gave to me few days ago, I decided to test Kane myself. I gave him a name that didn't exist, just to watch what he'd do with it. It was a contact in the eastern territories that I invented on the spot and dropped into the middle of a meeting. He nodded and filed it away. He kept talking like it meant nothing. Three days later that same name walked back through my own front door, carried by a scout who swore he'd pulled it from inside Kane's network, from a source that had never once spoken to me directly.There was only one place that name could have started.I read the report twice before I let myself believe it."One day," Thorne said, when I finally handed it to him. "It came back to us a full day before your scout should have had it, going through the normal channels.""Could be nothing.""Could be." He watched my face longer than he needed to. "But you don't believe that."I didn't answer him, because saying it out loud would have m

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