All Chapters of Stealing My Best Friend's Alpha: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Chapter 81We veered into the ballroom, commotion an inseparable dye in the atmosphere. The entire royal family was here, and just outside the doors were the paparazzi, carrying along with them the newscasters.Tonight's event was definitely one that wouldn't go without being broadcast.My eyes met Kai's as he approached me. "How do you feel?""It hasn't kicked in yet," I said, my voice a whisper to the third ear, carrying a meaning only the two of us knew of.I picked the white handkerchief stuffed into the chest pocket of my suit. Kai's lip twitched to the side as I helped clean off the blood stain.When I was done, Kai reopened his eyes. "A little longer, yes?"I nodded in agreement. Indeed, only a little longer.Kai went back to meet Clawface and Marcellan, who currently had Nathan pinned to the floor, his knees scraping against the tiles and drawing blood. His clothes were tattered against his skin, a reminder of Kai's brutality whenever the matter concerned me.Kai turned to the

Chapter 83LEO's POVThe crackling of fire as it burned wood into ash was unmistakable. Its constant flickering met Leo's stare. He was more lost in the flames than he was in his own thoughts.The damage done was more than his heart could take, and so anything was a distraction from the pain. Perhaps the flames could burn those flashbacks into faded memories, just as the wood was being turned to ash."It's been more than three days, My Luna." A guttural voice came from behind.Leo shifted, the semblance of the wood snapping within the flames serving as his recognition of reality."Are we close?""Yes, a few more hours," the man behind him replied.Leo nodded and picked up the bowl. The fire had done its job, leaving ashes in place of the wood he had carved out by himself. Leo stood, passing by the man as he veered towards the forest."For how long do you wish to do this?" the man complained, and Leo only glanced at him once."They wouldn't even allow me to retrieve his body to perform

Chapter 85KAI's POVThe first light of dawn met me outside. It shone directly upon my face, glistening against my skin as its colour shifted to gold. My lashes scattered the beams as I lowered my gaze and bestowed my attention upon the tent from which Clawface emerged.He was heading towards me."What's the news?"Beyond where I stood, upon a boulder feasted upon by moss, leaving the poor rock slippery, stood the House of Steele. Beyond the swamp and the rocks surrounding us."Count Aaron is around. Our outreach to Count Frederick proved to fail," Clawface reported, and I nodded. "However, your war draft is ready for your review.""I'll soon be there," I said, and Clawface immediately left me be.With my hands folded, they rested behind my back. I knew a naturalist who'd relish this natural beauty. The allure this scenery harboured.Except we did not leave each other on good terms.My heart hardened as I turned towards the tent. My men had taken over the area, the clearing transforme

Chapter 87The highlight of Marcellan's shenanigans was covering my eyes with a blindfold. The hand towel, thick and with its wool faded, itched against my face, but I couldn't complain.He was wickedly starting to become more of a bully than a teacher now, and I blamed myself because I had deliberately signed up for it, thinking Clawface's training had been the worst.I had thought wrong."So, what's next?"My ears picked up Marcellan's footsteps as he receded. The sound of metal clattering in a drastic collision with the ground kept me on alert, wary and painfully anticipating his next move.He cleared his throat."I've had the weapons rearranged. Find them without your sight and conjure them to bend to your will and appear in your hand."Though he spoke clearly, I found his imagination amusingly delivered."You act like you know a lot about magic.""I was an advocate before I left the palace. That required being a scholar too, so I learned quite a lot from MoonBlade's archives."I

Chapter 89Alex's POVIt was a day the sun was shadowed by the moon and darkness had overtaken the light, and I hadn't been there.I failed to save them. Or perhaps I brought the wraith.This was no ordinary massacre. People didn't die this way.Bodies lined the rugged ground. In fact, there was no path anymore. The stench of death was suffocating, and it made my muscles ache from the amount of shivering and fidgeting I'd been trapped in.Yet my focus remained, most expectedly, on one person. The love of my life. The father of my babies. And it was all because I hadn't saved him. All because I failed to be the Peace-bearer Aetherblood.I failed woefully."I'm sorry," I broke. Tears blurred my vision. Like rain, they slipped down my lashes. I sat beside Kai's lifeless body. The side of his face that wasn't crushed told me of the pain he'd endured and the disappointment of me not being there for him."I'm so sorry."I repeated the words like a mantra. There was nothing more I could do.