All Chapters of The Mysterious Lycan King Is His: Chapter 21 - Chapter 25

The name Darius moved through the council hall like a cold hand.Alexander had heard it only in pieces before, hidden inside Caleb’s silences and the pain around the scar on his chest. Now the name stood in the room like a living enemy. The horn outside sounded again, deeper this time, and dust shook loose from the shelves.Caleb turned toward the door. “Seal the lodge. No child, servant, or omega goes outside without guard.”His warriors moved at once.The Red Moon wolves near the entrance looked confused, waiting for Rowan, waiting for old orders that would not come. Caleb saw the hesitation and his voice cut through it. “If you want to live through this night, stop looking for the elder who sold you to hunters and start moving.”Warriors ran. Doors slammed. Someone shouted for the younger wolves to leave the yard. Finn appeared in the doorway, pale but steady, and began pulling the omegas toward the inner rooms.Alexander looked at the letter still crushed in Caleb’s fist. “What di

The trees moved as if something old had woken inside their roots.Alexander felt Caleb’s hand tighten around his wrist before the silver light could burst free. Pain shot up his arm, but Caleb did not let go. Around them, the yard had become a storm of claws, shouts, and running feet. Above the noise, Rowan’s voice floated from the forest, calm and cruel.“Now he has seen enough.”The nearest pine bent toward the yard. Its branches stretched like long fingers, scraping against the fence. Another tree followed, then another, until the forest seemed to lean over the lodge.Finn stumbled back. “The trees are closing the gate.”Caleb looked toward the forest, his eyes burning. “No. They are closing us in.”Darius laughed near the gate, but even his smile looked strained. “Rowan has grown brave.”Caleb bared his teeth. “Rowan has grown stupid if he thinks he controls old roots.”Alexander tried to pull his hand free. “Let me go.”“No.”“Caleb, the mark is reacting.”“That is why I am not l

Light swallowed the chamber, and for a moment, Alexander saw nothing but silver and gold.Caleb’s hand held his wrist, pulling him back from the Debt Keeper’s hunger. The ground shook under them. Red threads snapped from the walls and burned in the air like dry grass.The Debt Keeper screamed, and its many voices rose together, filling the chamber with cries that did not belong to one body.Alexander heard children, mothers, warriors, and old wolves trapped in the beads around its neck. Their pain washed over him until his knees weakened, but Caleb’s arm went around his waist before he could fall.“Stay with me,” Caleb growled.Alexander held on to him. “I am here.”The words were simple, but the bond answered them. A warm line opened between their chests, deep under skin and bone. It was not like the burning mark on Alexander’s wrist. This felt alive. It carried Caleb’s pain, his anger, his fear, and something softer he had never said aloud. Alexander felt it rush into him, and his o