Semua Bab Too Tempting for the Lycan King: Bab 61 - Bab 70

amien’s POVSleep refused to come.I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling, the accountant’s words still echoed violently through my mind. “I know who stole the money.”He hadn’t given a name yet, though the hearing had adjourned until tomorrow.Every moment of that delay felt like torture, and dragged me closer toward truths I was not certain I could survive discovering.I then closed my eyes, but instead of sleep, it was memories that flooded through me, and it was sharp and merciless.Our anniversary night.I remembered every detail with painful clarity now.Candles burned throughout the room, black silk slided beneath my hands.And Ariana’s trembled voice whispered words that should have meant everything to me.“You are still my husband.”I remembered that I pulled her against me, and remembered the way her body responded instantly to my touch.I remembered I whispered possessive words against her skin that I meant with every fiber of my being and even as my pride refused to admi

Ariana’s POVPrincess Lyra had insisted on traveling with our royal party for the remainder of the journey.She claimed diplomatic reasons related to the Silver Pack alliance, though I suspected her true motivation had far less to do with politics and everything to do with Kael.She appeared beside him constantly throughout the following days.Materializing at breakfast just as he settled into his chair, walking alongside him during council discussions and finding reasons to touch his arm gently during otherwise ordinary conversations.“Kael,” she said sweetly one morning and rested her hand against his forearm as we all gathered for breakfast within Blackwood’s guest quarters. “You have barely eaten anything. You must be exhausted from all these negotiations.”“I’m fine, Lyra,” Kael replied and his tone was polite but distant.She smiled warmly regardless and completely undeterred by his obvious lack of enthusiasm.Her attention focused entirely on him as though I sat invisible som

Ariana’s POVI woke slowly that morning, still wrapped in Kael’s arms, before quiet knocking interrupted whatever peaceful moment might have followed.A guard’s urgent voice called through the door and something about a discovery within the old pack house archives.And within the hour, I found myself standing beside Kael and Damien in a dusty basement I had not entered since childhood.“The workers found this while repairing the foundation,” an elderly servant explained, and gestured toward a small stone compartment hidden beneath what used to be my father’s old study. “Nobody knew it existed until the wall crumbled during renovation.”Damien knelt carefully beside the opening and reached inside with trembled hands, and retrieved a small wooden box wrapped in aged, weathered cloth.My heart rang violently as he handed it toward me.“It has your father’s seal,” he said quietly.I took the box with shaking hands, and I carefully unwrapped the protective cloth.Inside, nestled among old

Ariana’s POVWord reached us within the hour that Aldric had vanished from his guarded cottage.The door left hanging open, no sign of struggle beyond a single overturned chair and a damp cloth discarded near the hearth.“He’s gone,” the guard reported and his voice was tight with obvious panic. “We checked every room, there’s no sign of him anywhere.”Kael’s expression hardened instantly. “Who was assigned to watch him?”“Three guards, my King, positioned near the front and rear entrances.”“And none of you noticed an intruder entering the cottage?”The guard lowered his head, shame evident across his features. “No, my King. Whoever took him moved silently enough to avoid detection completely.”Kael’s jaw tightened, and fury radiated visibly through his rigid posture. “Search the surrounding forest immediately, he could not have been moved far without leaving some trace.”Guards scattered instantly, and I watched Kael’s hands curl into tight fists at his sides.Frustration was evi

Ariana’s POVKael rose instantly, and his hand was released from mine as he moved toward the scout.And his expression shifted immediately into something hard and dangerous.“Surrounded by whom?”“Multiple kingdoms, my King,” the scout gasped. “I counted at least three separate banners among the warriors gathering along the treeline. They have encircled our entire camp.”Kael’s jaw tightened, and he turned sharply toward his gathered warriors, already shouting commands.“Formation positions! Protect the perimeter!”Chaos erupted instantly throughout our camp, warriors scrambled into defensive positions, and weapons were drawn.Eyes scanned nervously toward the surrounding darkness where shadows seemed to shift and multiply with each passing second.I stood frozen near the fire, and fear crawled through my chest as I watched torches began appearing along the treeline, Dozens of them, illuminatied the grim faces of warriors bearing unfamiliar crests.A tall, broad-shouldered Alpha st