Marked By Pain, Crowned By Power のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

Caelrix POVMy jaw muscles ticked wildly as I did the only thing I could do, stare right back at him.His face didn't give much away, but it was clear as day what he meant by those words.I didn't need to be told twice, Valdremis isn't the type to play with words, he has drawn the line, and it's my job now to keep it that way.“I under—” And again, before I could get anything out, he turned and walked out from where he entered, slamming the door behind him.I stared at the door, twitching slightly as my chest burned from his words that still echoed in my skull even now he has left the room.“Settle this with my daughter… or I will settle it for you.”Like I was some sort of puppet, like I had no trace of royalty in me.He doesn't even act like I'm an Alpha, he treats me like some sort of peasant.Just because of a little agreement.I stormed over to the back of my desk, clenching my fists by my side so tightly, my knuckles turned white and my nails dug into my palms. The threat wasn

Caelrix POVDid she just say that?I should kill her?Like, kill Seravyn?Her words tore deeply through me as I stared at Thessaly with my mind refusing to process what she had just said. The bracelet was still dangling from her fingers, but it no longer mattered. Those three words had erased everything else.I felt a cold, paralyzing feeling spreading through my back and legs, spreading to my chest and freezing the breath in my lungs. My body had gone rigid at her words. The room now felt smaller, like the walls closing in around me. Then, before the thought could burn any further, I shook my head violently.No. No, she can’t possibly mean that. Thessaly is just angry, hurt, lashing out. This is just a threat born from jealousy. She wouldn’t actually ask me to murder someone. Not like this. Not Seravyn.Right?My jaw clenched so hard it ached. “What did you just say?” I managed to ask.Thessaly’s eyes which had gone red from crying stared right back at me, her gaze suddenly stea

Seravyn's POVOne moment, I was fighting it, the other? I was leaning into it.I had gotten to that point where I could literally think and do different things.Gawd. What's wrong with me?My heart thundered so violently I was certain he could hear it. The world had suddenly narrowed down to the heat of Zoriven’s lips on mine, firm yet achingly gentle, like he was afraid I might shatter beneath the weight of what we both wanted. For one dizzying second, I completely melted into it. Into the solid wall of his chest pressing against me, into the corner of the dimly lit corridor shielding us from possible prying eyes. His hand cupped the side of my face with a tenderness that made my knees weak while his thumb brushed my cheek equally so gently, just running slowly along my jaw line and below.His scent, but not his lingering scent, but the one I could only hear from within me, that unmistakable Alpha power pull, it wrapped around me, drowning out everything else.Good lord, what am I

Caelrix's POVIt had come to this, every moment, every thought, every action, it all led to this one moment.This one last stroke of my weapon.I raised my hand to the air, warming up the men as they prepared to charge. This is your fault, Seravyn. You should never have walked away, you should never have come here, and you should never have turned me down.And with that, I dropped my hand back low and the signal was given with a sharp whistle that cut through the morning air. My men moved like shadows, spreading out exactly as we had mapped in the hidden clearing. There was no wasted moment, no unnecessary noise. This was not a full-scale war—yet. This was an ambush, a warning. A quick strike to take back what was mine.I raised my hand again and the first wave launched. Several warriors hurled the prepared explosives—small but powerful bundles of black powder carefully put together for destruction—towards the outer buildings and storage sheds near the eastern border of Sun Flower

Seravyn POVToday was meant to be just like any other.Just another easy day.The morning had started so quietly it would have been easy to take it as still night. I was just about making my way to Lirvae's when I saw one of the younger pack members who served in the palace looking so tense.I walked over to him at once. “Hey, anything the matter?” I asked, taking in the sight of him standing a few corners from a particular room.“A peaceful delegation came to see Zoriven today,” he replied.I raised a brow, gesturing out my hands wide. “Okay? I fail to see where the problem there is.”He went still for a second, looking around afterwards.“They are from the Moon Stone Pack, everyone outside has been instructed to stay on alert,” he whispered and my hands froze right where I had them.Moon Stone Pack? Caelrix?The words hit me like a hard stab to my chest as I felt the blood drain from my face with a heavy weight settling deep in my tummy. Caelrix. He had sent people here. A peacefu