The witch among wolves: Cursed to crave you 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 21 - 챕터 23

Lucian's pov The tower burnt with such an intensity I've never witnessed before.Frost crawled up the walls like literal living veins. The stones themselves groaned under the weight of it all. Moonlight poured through the shattered windows, catching every frozen surface, turning the ruin into a cathedral of glass and shadow.And at the center of it all, Cressida stood naked and glowing.God, she was beautiful and the mate bond pulsed stronger.Her dark hair spilled over her shoulders, tangled with frost. Her skin was too pale... almost luminous. But it was her eyes that stopped my heart. They were not dark anymore. They were pale blue, swirling with light, the color of winter storms and strong ice.She had made wings.Not griffin wings in the way the old stories told. These were ice...shards of frozen light that arched from her shoulders like cathedral windows, dark as obsidian, translucent as smoke. They pulsed with her heartbeat. They dripped frost like tears.She was the most bea

Lucian's pov The council chamber was at the end of the east corridor.I had walked this path a hundred times. As a child, summoned by my father. As a young wolf, called to account for my curse. As Alpha, summoned to answer for my pack.Never had I dreaded it more than this moment.Cressida walked beside me, her shoulder brushed against mine. Her hands were clasped in front of her, fingers white-knuckled. She wasn't trembling...she was too stubborn for that...But she's terrified.My little witch. Here I was standing right next to my cure and acted like I didn't need it.Need her.I stopped outside the door.The enforcers flanking the entrance watched us. Their faces were stone and their hands rested on their blades."Wait here..." I told them.They didn't move for a second before marching inside.I turned to Cressida and she looked up at me. Her dark eyes were steady, but I could see the crack beneath.She was holding herself together by threads and I could see that. "Come here," I