홈 / Werewolf / Sold To The Ruthless Alpha Prince / 챕터 91 - 챕터 100

Sold To The Ruthless Alpha Prince의 모든 챕터: 챕터 91 - 챕터 100

105 챕터

NINETY ONE

Nora's POVI hadn't felt so scared in my entire life. Rafael bled so much after being stabbed that I found myself sobbing and begging every healer available to heal him, to save his life. I didn't care about what would happen to Karl, I just kept all my focus on Rafael.Fiona had never seen me in this way. I couldn't even act strong for my daughter. After three days of being unconscious, Rafael finally opened his eyes and I cried tears of joy and relief. Fiona hugged her father before I hugged them both, crying like a child."You're alive, you're alive" I kept mumbling. "You didn't leave us" I sobbed."I promise, didn't I? I would never... leave you" he said, with a small cough. He was so happy and overwhelmed to see his family by his side when he woke up. To know they had been by his side all this time, Rafael felt like the luckiest man alive.It took several weeks before healer finally said Rafael could leave his bed. Before that, he'd only been allowed brief trips to the window. He

NINETY TWO

Third person's POV It was a beautiful sunny day and everyone gathered at the lakeside. The lakeside had been chosen on purpose. Months earlier, Nora and Rafael sat down together to talk about the kind of ceremony they actually wanted. They were finally ready to seal things between them.They didn't want a ceremony that tradition demanded or one that protocol expected. They wanted a ceremony that was good enough for them both. And they both agreed on a quiet one rather than a royal one.After everything they'd survived to reach this moment, a grand royal spectacle held no appeal at all. They wanted something smaller. Something that meant more. So, months later , there was an intimate gathering beside still water at golden hour. The two lovers were surrounded only by the handful of people who had stood by them through every hardship.The guests seated along the simple rows of chairs facing the water numbered barely more than thirty. The local Alpha and his family were among them. A sc

II ONE

Elena's POV A month had passed since Nora and Rafeal's wedding. Since I'd stood in a crowd of pack members and caught Cassian's eyes across the room, for reasons I still couldn't explain. He hadn't reached out since. Probably for the best, given everything else I now had to carry.After the wedding, I couldn't be happier for them. Nora moved out of our home with Fiona as they moved in Rafael. I stayed alone in the house, trying to adjust to this new house. I'd been living with Nora and Fiona for such a long time and now the house felt empty.Cassian on the other hand never reached out again. I couldn't help but think about the times we spent together. Without me realizing this, he had grown on me. Now I subconsciously think about him but I never heard a word from him since after the wedding so I tried my best to push him out of my mind.Life was pretty mundane for me until I received a letter that completely changed things for me. My hands shook as I read the content of the letter an

II TWO

Elena's POV The following days that passed revolved as much around Kennedy's visits as it did around my parents' routines. I found myself noticing things about him I hadn't expected to notice.He had a way of knowing what my father needed before my father even asked. He'd crouch down and check the hinges on the barn door without being told they were sticking. He'd quietly take over the heavy lifting the second my father's hands started to shake from the strain.My mother, for her part, had clearly claimed him as her captive audience. Every story she'd ever collected about me, she told him. And Kennedy never seemed to tire of it. He'd sit at our table, tea going cold in front of him, while she pulled out memories from before I was even old enough to remember them myself."Elena used to hum while she walked," my mother told him one afternoon. Her eyes were bright with the kind of joy that still caught in my throat every time I saw it. "Even as a toddler, before she could talk. Just thi

II THREE

Elena's POVLife took on a pretty unexpected turn from here. Every morning I woke in the small guest room my parents had fixed up for me, and I found myself grateful all over again for how simple, how ordinary, it all was.I would spend the early hours in the kitchen with my mother, learning recipes she'd been saving in her head for thirty years. Listening to her talk about the neighbors and the small dramas of village life while flour dusted our hands. Then I'd move outside to help my father with whatever his knees wouldn't let him manage alone like mending fences and clearing brush, while he supervised from a chair he insisted on dragging out to the yard.Kennedy on the other hand fit pretty well into our mundane life. He showed up most days with some excuse or another, although as the weeks went on the excuses got thinner and more ridiculous. He just began to show up with no real reason anymore. It wasn't a problem with me and most certainly not a problem with my parents who absol

II FOUR

Cassians POVI told myself for months that staying away from her was the right thing to do. The responsible thing. The choice a man with any sense of honor would make.I'd left Nora and Rafael's mating ceremony that night without saying goodbye to Elena. Without trusting myself to look at her one more time and still find the strength to walk out the door. Every week since then, I told myself distance would dull whatever this was I felt for her, only that It didn't. If anything, the time only sharpened it. It turned what I'd hoped would fade into something that gnawed at me in quiet moments. I couldn't stop thinking about Elena. My mind kept circling back to the particular sound of her laugh, the way she used to look at me like I was someone worth trusting and all the moments we spent literally doing nothing together.By the time I finally admitted I couldn't keep pretending otherwise, I'd already decided to go back. I told myself it was just to see how she was doing. Nothing more. A

II FIVE

Elena's POVMy mother had been rubbing at her knuckles more than usual that morning, wincing every time she reached for the kettle. When I finally asked her about it, she admitted her joints had been aching for days. "It's nothing," she said, waving me off the way she always did when she didn't want to be fussed over. But I'd already made up my mind to walk into town and pick up something from the healer before the day got away from us."I'll go pick up some medicine for you. I don't want you to keep on hurting even if it's just a little," I told her, already reaching for my jacket. "It's a short walk. I'll be back before you even notice I'm gone."Kennedy, who'd arrived not long, looked up the moment he heard where I was headed. "I can go for you," he said, setting the last log he was carrying down and brushing off his hands. "There is no sense in you making the trip when I'm already heading that way later." He said and I wasn't even surprised by his words anymore."You weren't headi

II SIX

Elena's POV I found my mother alone in the kitchen later the next day, kneading dough for dinner. I decided it was as good a moment as any to finally say what had been sitting heavy in my chest for a few days. I'd rehearsed the conversation more than once, lying awake at night, trying to find the right way to explain something I could barely put into words myself. But standing in the doorway, watching her work, I realized there was no gentle way into it."Mom, can I talk to you about something?" I called her attention.She glanced up with an easy smile, waving me over without pausing her hands. "Of course, sweetheart. What's on your mind?" She asked, raising her brows curiously."It's about Kennedy." I hesitated, choosing my words carefully. "Lately he's been... I don't know, more intense than I expected. He doesn't like me running errands alone. He gets upset if I'm gone too long. And when I mentioned wanting to go back to my work in the city, he acted like I didn't need to bother

II SEVEN

Elena's POV I heard the sound of horses approaching. When I stepped out onto the porch, I saw Kennedy. He was unloading wooden boxes from the back with a key dangling from a cord around his neck that I didn't recognize. My mother appeared behind me almost right away, drawn by the noise, her face lighting up the second she spotted him. A small knot formed in my stomach even before he'd said a word. Some instinct warning me that whatever this was, it wasn't a simple visit."Good morning Elena," he said brightly, setting the last box down. "I wanted to show you something. Come on, it won't take long." He held out his hand. I hesitated for half a second, but my mother's encouraging smile at my back made it easier to just take it and follow him to his cart, rather than make a scene over something I didn't understand yet.The ride to his house was pretty short. When we got there, he practically pulled me through the front door, looking so eager to show me whatever it was. He led me down a

II EIGHT

Elena's POV I decided that I needed someone to talk to. And it had been a while since I saw Nora too. I might as well make the trip to pay her and Fiona a visit.I hadn't planned on wearing the ring at all when I set out for Nora's the next morning. However, I knew taking it off would warrant questions from my parents and Kennedy if I ran into any of them so I just kept it on.The ride to her new home was a quiet and peaceful one. I got there in a few hours and took a deep breath before knocking on the door. I hadn't seen them since the wedding. "Come in" I heard a familiar voice call out and I pushed the door open.Fiona spotted me first, bursting through the front door with the boundless energy only a child seems able to keep up. I instinctively closed my hand into a loose fist at my side as she barreled toward me. I hid my ring finger to avoid questions from the little overly curious girl."Elena!" she squealed, wrapping her arms around my waist before I'd even fully stepped throu

이전

...

다음

앱에서 읽으려면 QR 코드를 스캔하세요.

DMCA.com Protection Status