Semua Bab BOUND BY THE ROGUE ALPHA: SWORN TO THE LYCAN KING: Bab 1 - Bab 10

RIYA’s POVThe auction was over, but its echo lingered in my bones. I didn’t know where my next step would begin but I knew it was just starting. The chains on my wrists had been removed, yet the weight of them remained. Every step I took from the cold marble stage to the shadowed hall outside felt heavy, as if I was walking deeper into a life I hadn’t chosen.Kael Draem didn’t look back to see if I followed. He didn’t need to. The way he moved—broad shoulders cutting through the crowd, head held high—made it clear: wolves obeyed him. Even me. Especially me.The murmurs of the other bidders trailed after us like smoke. I could feel their stares, their whispers. The girl who fetched the highest price. The human-blooded wolf. The one Kael Draem claimed.But there was one gaze sharper than all the rest. Darius Draem—Kael’s stepbrother—stood at the edge of the hall, his arms folded, his jaw tight. Unlike Kael, Darius had no tattoos, no obvious scars, but his eyes burned hotter than fire

RIYA’s POVThe tower felt different that night. But I remember the warning carved deeply into my bone, every word my mom uttered as she lay dying. They were supposed to be our enemy, not one I’ll be acquainted with. My eyes snapped towards the hot burning wood. The fire snapped in the hearth, casting shadows across the stone walls, but the warmth did nothing to calm the restlessness inside me. My wolf paced beneath my skin, ears pinned back, claws digging, restless.The corridors outside thrummed with life—boots on stone, voices muttering, the occasional bark of laughter. I wasn’t alone in this fortress, not really, but I’d never felt more isolated.And then, like always, I felt it before I heard it.Kael.His scent curled into the room before he did—smoke, cedar, and something darker, something that wrapped around my lungs until I couldn’t breathe without thinking of him. The door creaked, and he stepped inside as if it belonged to him. Which, technically, it did.He didn’t speak

RIAKael dragged me up the stone stairs by my wrist, his grip tight enough to leave a mark. My clothes were still dripping wet from the bathhouse, leaving a trail of dark water behind us on the floor."You are not going back to the tower," Kael said. He did not look at me as he pulled me down the hallway."That is my room," I said. I tried to pull my hand free, but he did not loosen his grip. "I have my clothes there, and I am not living in your quarters like a kept woman.""Not anymore," Kael said, stopping in front of the massive double doors. "You sleep in my bed from tonight onward. I am not leaving you in an isolated tower where Darius can walk in whenever he pleases, whispering poison into your head while my back is turned.""I do not care about Darius!" I yelled, pulling against his grip with all my strength. "I care about the fact that you drag me around this fortress whenever you lose your temper! I am not a piece of furniture you move from one room to another!""You will sle

RIAI pressed my back flat against the cold surface of Tonia's glass coffin, using every bit of strength I had left to push his massive shoulders back."Step back from me, Kael," I said, my voice shaking with raw fury. "Just get your hands off me.""I am not moving a single inch," Kael said. He didn't budge. He stayed right where he was, his bare, bloody chest crushed against mine, trapping me between his heavy body and the glass."I told you to back off," I said, raising my hand to slap him across the face.My open palm hit his cheek, but in doing so, the open scratch on my hand pressed directly against the fresh blood dripping down his neck. The second our blood mixed, the world stopped.A sharp, violent shockwave exploded in the exact center of my chest. It felt like a white-hot wire snapped inside my ribs, pulling tight between his heart and mine with blinding speed. The air blew out of my lungs all at once, leaving me gasping.Kael stiffened instantly. His gray eyes dilated until

RIAThe steam in the bathhouse was thick and warm. Steam rose off pool, I sat on the wide stone bench inside the shallow end of the water. Kael sat directly behind me in the water. His broad chest was pressed flat against my back. His heavy legs were wrapped around my hips under the warm water, keeping me pinned against his front.He held a wet cloth in his hand. He wiped the dried blood and dark ink off my shoulders with slow movements. His lips dragged along the side of my neck, kissing the red mark where he had bitten me hours before."You are quiet," Kael said into my skin."I am tired," I said. I looked down at the clear water over my lap. "And I am waiting for you to tell me what happens next.""Nothing happens next," Kael said. He ran the wet cloth down my arm, his fingers tightening on my wrist. "You are here. You are in my bath. You are staying in my bed.""I am not talking about where I sleep, Kael," I said. I turned my head slightly to look back at him. "I am talking about