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All Chapters of The Lycan King's Secret Heirs : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

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Eighty Four

Daisy The silence after a storm was always the most unsettling, not the thunder, or the rain or the moment everything shattered.That was where we were now.For the first time since the council had sent me into those chambers alone, since Nathan's betrayal had been uncovered, and since Caspian had walked around looking like a man one word away from destroying everything in his path, he was quiet.And somehow, that frightened me more than anything else.After a passionate one shot, the study had fallen into complete stillness. The shattered rage that had consumed him was gone and even the possessiveness that had driven him to hold me like letting go would mean losing me had faded.What remained was a man sitting on the couch, his elbows resting on his knees, his hands clasped together and his head lowered.Caspian did not know how to be defeated, but for the first time since I had met him, he looked tired.He was more human and vulnerable than I'd ever seen him, and the realizatio

Eighty Five

Daisy The next morning, I was summoned to the council chamber. I didn't get an explanation or a warning, just a message delivered before breakfast, with the same simple instruction I had become far too familiar with.The council requested my presence.Requested. What a funny word, as though they had ever given me the option to refuse.I entered the chamber with my shoulders straight and my expression neutral and the same faces were waiting.Lord Blackwell, Lady Carrington, Lady Voss, Lord Hawthorne, and Elias, especially Elias. His eyes followed me as I walked toward my usual seat, but there was something different in his expression today.I didn't see the usual contempt or disappointment in his eyes. Instead, I saw expectation, and that somehow disturbed me more."Lady Daisy," Lord Blackwell greeted."Lord Blackwell." I returned the greeting, whilst I remained standing.Nobody told me to sit and nobody offered any explanation, they simply watched me. Just when I was beginning to h

Eighty Six

Daisy Pacing was not helping, but unfortunately, that realization did absolutely nothing to stop me.I crossed the length of the sitting room for what had to be the fiftieth time, turned sharply, and walked right back again.The carpet was probably developing permanent damage, but did I care? Not one bit."Daisy." Caspian called, but I ignored him. Instead, I took three more steps, turned and walked again. "Daisy.""I'm thinking." The response slid past my lips before I could catch myself. "You're pacing." Caspian countered."I can do both." I shot back and a low chuckle came from the armchair near the fireplace.I shot Octavian a glare, but his expression remained perfectly innocent.Traitor."It's been a week," I muttered, and neither man responded. That annoyed me even more. "A whole week.""A week," I repeated again when I didn't get a response the last time. "Has it been a week?" Octavian asked mildly.“No.” I pointed at him. "Don't."“What, Daisy?” His mouth twitched at my o

Eighty Seven

Daisy For a moment, I genuinely thought I had misunderstood him, but the longer I stared, the more the words hung in the air, absurd and impossible.The council wished to determine whether I could provide an heir.No, no, that couldn't possibly be what he meant.I stared at Elias after that. Not Caspian, not Octavian, but Elias, because somehow looking at either of the other two felt far more dangerous."You can't be serious." My voice sounded calm, too calm but Elias didn't blink.Unfortunately, that was answer enough and a slow disbelief settled over me."That's not a test." I muttered again, and this time, nobody spoke. Like a maniac, I laughed once, but it was short and completely humorless.."Actually, no." I shook my head. "Forget that. That isn't even something that can be tested."I still didn't get a response, and before long, my pulse began to climb."Did all of you lose your minds?" I yelled, and beside me, I felt Caspian go perfectly still. The room changed, the air ch

Eighty Eight

Daisy The grand library was the last place I expected to end up. Not because I was looking for anything, not because I wanted to read, and certainly not because I suddenly developed a passion for ancient books and dusty shelves.I was there because I had nowhere else to go. The library was quiet, painfully quiet with the kind of silence that settled over your shoulders and forced you to think about things you'd rather avoid.My fingers drifted along the spines of books as I wandered through the towering shelves, not actually reading any of the titles.My mind was elsewhere. Specifically, back in that room, back to the moment Caspian had walked out.The memory still made my stomach twist.The slam of the door had echoed through the room like a gunshot and after that? Silence.Nobody moved or spoke and for several long seconds, the only sound had been my own heartbeat, then Octavian broke it.For the first time since I'd known him, there had been genuine irritation in his voice, not an

Eighty Nine

Daisy I was sitting on Caspian's bed when he finally came back, not our bed, but his. At least that was how it felt tonight. The room was dark except for the warm glow of a single lamp near the fireplace. Shadows stretched across the walls, turning familiar furniture into strange shapes. I hadn't changed, hadn't slept and had barely moved since I got back from the library. Instead, I had spent the last hour replaying every word Elias had said. Every pause, every look and every implication. What the hell did he even mean by that? I was still lost in thoughts when the sound of the door opening pulled me back to the present. My head lifted immediately as Caspian stepped inside. For one brief second, relief hit me so hard it almost hurt, then I noticed what was in his hand. A folded piece of paper. My note, the same one I'd left for him in his study. My eyes locked onto it instantly and for some reason, something inside me tightened, because that tiny detail mattered.

Ninety

Daisy I couldn't do it. I had told myself I would find Octavian in the morning, that I would close my eyes and let the night pass, but the silence in Caspian’s room was a suffocating, living thing. I couldn't sleep, not one wink.I had changed into my nightwear, drank three glasses of water until my stomach felt heavy, and tried to wear myself out by pacing the length of the floorboards until my bare feet ached, but nothing worked. Every time the room went completely still, Elias’s cryptic revelation played on a loop in my mind, instantly followed by the damning image of Caspian freezing, shutting down, and turning his back on me.I wasn't even thinking straight anymore. By the time I slipped out of the room and into the dim, freezing corridor, my feet were moving on pure adrenaline. I didn't want time to think myself out of it. I didn't want to lie in bed and let logic convince me to stay quiet. I wanted answers, and I wanted them right now.Before I could talk myself down, I f

Ninety One

Daisy The next morning, the heavy rumble of Caspian’s car engine echoing down the driveway was my cue. He had left the estate at the break of dawn, with one goal and one goal only; to overturn whatever right the council and Elias thought they had over my body. A part of me couldn't help but feel like I should feel grateful that he was fighting for me, but the other and most stubborn part of me couldn't care less. He was keeping secrets from me, and that was definitely not okay. He hadn’t spoken to me before he left, and I hadn't made a move either. The icy silence between us was still firmly intact and if he wasn't going to give me what I wanted, then there was absolutely no point trying. I deliberately waited until the entire house went completely quiet, the servants retreating to the lower levels after morning chores. Skipping breakfast entirely, I focused on my plan. If Octavian thought his little show of discipline last night had cured me, he was dead wrong. I dressed with a

Ninety Two

Caspian I should have known it would be pointless and the fact that I didn't figure that out until now, only made me all the more mad. The realization sat heavily in my chest as I drove back toward the estate, one hand gripping the steering wheel hard enough to make my knuckles ache.Hours, I had wasted hours of my day when I could have been doing something worthwhile. A closed-door meeting, that was what they had called it.A discussion, a consultation and a chance to review the council's position. What a load of nonsense.The moment I stepped into that room, I had known exactly how it would end. The council sat on one side, the higher authorities sat on the other, and every single one of them had already made up their minds.I had argued anyway, for Daisy, for her right to decide what happened to her own body, for the simple fact that she was a person, not a breeding program wrapped in a pretty dress, but none of it mattered.They spoke about ancient laws, traditions, successio

Ninety Three

Daisy By evening, the embarrassment had finally dulled. Not disappeared and not forgiven either, just dulled enough that I could think without wanting to crawl under the nearest piece of furniture and stay there forever.Unfortunately, thinking turned out to be its own special form of torture.I paced my room again, because apparently pacing had become my entire personality lately.The soft carpet muffled my footsteps as I crossed from one side of the room to the other, arms folded tightly across my chest.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Octavian.His office, his expression, the way he had looked at me, the way he had stepped back, the way he had refused me and a groan escaped my lips."Nope." I pointed at absolutely nothing. "We are not thinking about that."The room ignored me, my brain ignored me and the memory returned anyway, because if I was being honest with myself, there was one part I couldn't stop replaying.What if Caspian had arrived earlier?My stomach twisted.What

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