All Chapters of The Alpha's Secret Witch : Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Lucian's povWe walked through the corridors and the torches flickered and the tapestries moved and the wolves stepped aside.My hand was in hers and her fingers were cold and her grip was tight. I could feel her tension and her fear and her anger. She was trying to be brave and she was trying to be strong and she was trying to hold herself together. But I could see the cracks. I could see the way her shoulders were tense and her jaw was tight and her eyes were bright.The council chamber was cold and the walls were stone and the table was heavy. The elders were seated at the head of the table and their faces were stern and their eyes were sharp. Elder Marlow sat in the center with her gray hair coiled tight and her fingers steepled beneath her chin. Elder Thorn was on her left with his broad face carved from stone. Elder Whitmore was on her right and his spectacles were perched on his nose and his eyes were unreadable.Elder Marlow looked at Cressida and her voice was steady. "Cressi

Cressida's povThe greenhouse was destroyed.I had walked here without thinking and my feet carried me through the snow and my hands were shaking and my heart was pounding. The glass walls were shattered and the plants were black and the soil was frozen. The warmth was gone and the life was gone and the peace was gone. I stood in the center of the ruin and my breath was fogging and my eyes were burning and my chest was tight.I had done this.I had felt it happen. The pressure building and the magic rising and the world tilting. The wards shattering and the academy shaking and the snow turning black. I had felt it all and I had been powerless to stop it.The ice was still there. Clinging to my skin and my hair and my clothes. I could see it in the cracks of my nails and the frost on my sleeves and the cold that radiated from my body. It was stronger now and wilder now and I could not control it.I dropped to my knees and the frozen ground was hard and the cold seeped through my clothe

Cressida's pov I woke up heavy.That was the only word for it. Heavy. Like someone had filled my bones with lead and my veins with sand and my lungs with stone. Every part of me ached and every thought was slow and every breath was a struggle. The weight pressed down on my chest and my limbs and my mind and I could not shake it.The ceiling was stone and the fire was crackling and the candles were flickering. I was in Lucian's bed and his scent was everywhere and his warmth was gone. I turned my head and the pillow was cold and the sheets were empty and the room was quiet. The absence of him made my chest ache and my throat tighten and my eyes burn."Lucian?" My voice came out weak and thin. It cracked on his name and the sound echoed off the stone walls.No answer.I tried to sit up and my body screamed and my head spun and my hands shook. The room tilted and the fire blurred and the walls closed in. I pressed my palm to my forehead and the skin was cold and the sweat was clammy and

Lucian's pov The observation began at dawn.Two enforcers appeared outside my quarters and their faces were hard and their eyes were cold and their hands were steady. They did not speak and they did not smile and they did not move from their posts. They just stood there and watched and waited. Their presence was a weight and their silence was a threat and their stillness was a promise.I stood at the window and looked out at the frozen gardens. The snow was falling and the trees were bare and the sky was gray. The world was quiet and still and cold. But the tension was there. The pressure was there. The fear was there. It hung in the air like smoke and settled in my chest like stone."They are outside," I said.Cressida was sitting on the bed with Ember in her lap and her dark hair loose and her face pale. She looked up and her eyes were tired and her voice was soft. The firelight caught the edges of her face and the shadows deepened the hollows under her eyes."I know.""They are no

Lucian's pov I had been pacing for hours and the floor was worn and my boots were loud and my hands were shaking.The council had been meeting all morning and the enforcers were everywhere and the tension was thick. I could feel the walls closing in and the weight of their suspicion pressing down on me. Cressida was in my quarters and she was safe and she was warm. But the frost was spreading and the cold was deepening and the fear was growing. Every time I looked at her I saw the ice creeping across her skin and I saw the fear in her eyes and I saw the weight of everything pressing down on her shoulders.Kade appeared in the doorway and his face was pale and his eyes were dark. He had been running between the council chamber and my quarters all morning and the exhaustion was etched into his features."The council is meeting," he said."About what?""About Cressida. About the observation. About moving her to the cells."My blood went cold. "The cells?""Some of the enforcers are push