Lahat ng Kabanata ng 30 Days With The Ruthless Alpha King : Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 64

Cressida’s POV The door had barely closed behind Lucian before the room fell into a crushing silence. None of us spoke. I watched Elara sink slowly onto the edge of the bed, her hands trembling so badly she could hardly keep them folded in her lap. Tears still clung to her lashes, though she seemed too exhausted to wipe them away. Alma let out a long breath she had clearly been holding. “I thought…” she whispered, placing a hand over her chest. “I truly thought he already knew everything.” “So did I,” I admitted quietly. No one spoke again for several moments. Outside the window, the last light of evening disappeared behind Blackstone’s towers, leaving the room bathed in the warm glow of oil lamps. Finally, Elara broke the silence. “He hates me.” Her voice was so small it barely sounded like her. I crossed the room immediately and knelt in front of her. “Don’t say that El. He doesn’t hate you” “Maybe he doesn’t right now. But once he finds out….once he fin

For several seconds, neither of them moved. Rowan stood beneath the moonlight, staring at Elara as though he was afraid to blink. Elara was crying silently. I had never seen her look so vulnerable. Not when she had been sick. Not when Lucian had confronted her. Not even when she had told me she was pregnant. This was different. This was the man she loved standing in front of her after believing she might never see him again. Rowan took one slow step forward. “Elara.” Her lips trembled. “Rowan.” That was all it took. She ran to him. He caught her immediately, wrapping his arms around her as though he had been waiting months for this exact moment. Elara buried her face against his chest and broke down. Rowan held her tightly. His eyes closed as he pressed his cheek against the top of her head. “I thought I would never get to see you again” he whispered. Elara cried harder. “Me too.” “They said you were sick. They said you collapsed.” She nodded weakly