Semua Bab Claimed by his bully brother in law: Bab 21 - Bab 30

Larry's povEveryone turns to look at me.Not slowly, but Instantly. Like someone had pressed pause on existence.The older woman’s eyes widened slightly as she looked between Sasha and Rowan, but the man did not react the way I expected him to; he did not look shocked, did not look surprised, instead he just exhaled slowly and repeated, almost to himself, “So it is true.”Then louder, more directly to Rowan, “You got married.”Rowan nodded once.“Yes.”The tension shifted slightly after that, like the anger in the room lost just a fraction of its edge, and the man’s expression changed, not soft exactly, but less explosive, and he muttered, “At least something has not completely fallen apart,” before his eyes returned to me again, sharper now.“And you,” he said, pointing slightly, “who are you exactly?”Rowan hesitated.Just for a fraction of a second.But I saw it.And I did not know why that hesitation made my stomach tighten, but it did.The man noticed too, and his voice dropped s

Larry's povI blinked, trying to process that, “Like… kids?”“Yes.”I opened my mouth slightly, then closed it again, because that felt like a very personal thing to suddenly be discussing, but before I could decide how to respond, he glanced at me in a way that made something in my chest tighten for reasons I could not explain.He looks away again quickly, “It’s not just kids,” he adds, almost as if correcting himself, “it’s everything that comes with it.”I nod slowly, because I don’t know what else to do with that.“You don’t want it,” I say quietly.He doesn’t answer.Which is an answer in itself.The silence that follows feels heavier than before, and I try to ease it by shifting slightly, “If you’re stressed, I mean… I don’t know, you could just… I don’t know, talk, or something. Or even bully me again if that helps, I’m pretty used to it at this point.”That actually gets a small sound from him, something that is almost a laugh, “You’re ridiculous,” he says.“I’m serious,” I ins

Larry’s POVBy the time I finally drifted into sleep, it hadn’t been planned or intentional, it had just happened the way exhaustion and adrenaline eventually collapse into each other when your body gives up arguing with your brain.Because one second I was lying on the balcony cot with Rowan still kissing my neck and the entire world glowing underneath us like some kind of impossible dream, and the next I was slumped against him with his arm somehow still around me like it belonged there, and I remember thinking very vaguely that I should move, I should get up, I should absolutely not fall asleep on the balcony of a foreign magical castle city with a man I barely understand, but then everything just went quiet and I was sleeping.Now I wake up like I’ve been thrown back into reality.Sunrise light was already bleeding through the edges of the sky, and my first thought was not beauty or even confusion, it was fucking panic! Pure and sharp fucking panic, because for a second I had no i

Larry's povAfter Rowan stopped that awkward conversation, everyone around the table gradually returned to their food as if nothing unusual had happened at all, which unsettled me more than the actual interruption itself because it felt like I had just watched something important get neatly folded away and ignored on command.After a few minutes of tense eating, Rowan finally set his utensils down and leaned back slightly, his gaze shifting toward Alice, and he spoke.“We have a lot to catch up on, Cousin,” he said calmly. “We should go to the training ground.”The woman—Alice—snorted immediately, crossing her arms with a grin that looked far too sharp for comfort. “You? Take me to the training ground? Rowan, I could kick your ass without breaking a sweat.”A few servants around us made small, awkward sounds like they weren’t sure whether they were allowed to laugh, but Rowan actually let out a short chuckle, shaking his head slightly as he stood up.“No,” he said simply, like it was a

Larry's POV My first instinct when I saw the Alpha king glaring down at me, was to sit up. I don't know what I was thinking —probably that lying flat on my back in a medical bed was somehow a disadvantageous position to be caught in by a man who had punched his own son across a room without blinking. Whatever the reasoning, my body had already started pushing itself upright before my brain caught up with the fact that I had approximately zero strength to do it with. The Alpha King moved faster than I expected. He held up one hand, and said in a low voice, "Stop human. Be still." I stopped, more out of shock than obedience. He wasn't looking at me when he said it. He was looking across the room, and when I followed his gaze, I understood why. Rowan was asleep in a chair against the far wall. Not restless, not half-awake — he was properly, deeply asleep, his head tilted back and his arms folded across his chest, his breathing slow and even. He looked younger like that, somehow. U