Semua Bab The Alpha Heiress they Auctioned : Bab 1 - Bab 10

Elder Melisande.One of my Dad's most trusted allies.Why is she in our bed?I remembered that day I was in the meeting. She was the one that pushed me the most to get married.Seeing her lying there shamelessly,made me so mad.I staggered back as the pain shot through my chest.He dragged me out of the room, closing the room shut.“You don't want your mistress to hear the rubbish you have to spit out,huh Alpha” I mocked,tired of being used like a pawn in a game.He then shoved me aside as we got to the hallway.“How dare you,Derek” I exploded.My throat tightened painfully. I refused to cry in front of him,but the humiliation burned through my chest.Hot tears streamed down my face.“How dare you do this in our matrimonial bed…with an elder?You didn't even see a slut to do it with …”I ruffled my hair in disgust as I paced hard. Then it dawned on me.“ Wait, you used her to get to the throne?,no wonder you were acting suspicious”“Yes and so fucking what? What are you going to do abou

Emerald POVI didn't sleep.Not a single wink.After he finished, after his breathing slowed and his grip around my waist loosened, I just lay there. Staring at the ceiling. Listening to the silence.He slept like the dead. No nightmares. No tossing. Just deep, empty darkness.I should have been terrified.The maids whispered about him. I heard them before they brought me to his room. He kills them. Every single one. No one survives the night.And yet here I was. Breathing well. Bruised, but alive.I turned my head slowly to look at him.Even asleep, he was dangerous.His ash-blond hair fell across his forehead. His jaw was sharp enough to cut glass. His chest rose and fell slowly beneath the thin sheet.He looked like a predator resting between hunts.Emerald, get a hold of yourself.I needed to escape. Find a way out of this kingdom. Back to Black Moon? No. There was nothing there for me anymore.But somewhere. Anywhere but here.I tried to move. His arm tightened around my waist.I

Cassius POVThe door clicks shut behind me.I stand in the hallway, my back to her room, my hand still tingling from where I touched her stomach.What the hell was that?I walk. Fast. My boots echo against the stone floor. Guards step aside when they see my face. They know better than to speak to me right now.I do not know where I am going. I just need to move. Need to think.Her heartbeat.I have heard thousands of heartbeats. Soldiers dying in my arms. Enemies begging for mercy. Lovers lying beside me after. I know what a normal heart sounds like.Hers is not normal.It is faster. Stronger. But also deeper. Like two drums beating inside her chest.That is not possible.Unless something is wrong with her.Unless something is growing inside her.I stop walking.The thought hits me like a blade between the ribs.A child.No. That is not possible. I have only been with her once. One night. One time. And she was bleeding after. A virgin. The maids told me. There was blood on the sheets.

Cassius POVThe war room smells like old paper and older men.I sit at the head of the table. My counselors sit on both sides. The Grand Adviser sits at the opposite end. His face is smooth. Calm. Like still water hiding sharp rocks beneath.I do not trust him.But I cannot prove anything yet."Let us begin," I say.The room goes quiet.Elder Octavia speaks first. She is old. Older than my father would have been. Her voice is dry like autumn leaves."The werewolves are gathering at the border," she says. "Three packs. Maybe four. They are preparing for something.""Preparing for what?" I ask."War, my Lord. What else?"I lean back in my chair. Stare at the map spread across the table. Little wooden figures mark troop positions. Blue for us. Red for them.Too much red."How many soldiers?" I ask."Fifteen thousand. Maybe more.""And how many do we have?""Twelve thousand ready. Eight thousand in training.""Then we are outnumbered.""For now."The Grand Adviser clears his throat.Every

Emerald POVThe sun rises. I do not.I have been sitting on the edge of my bed since they dragged me back inside. My knees still ache from hitting the stone floor. My wrists still burn where the guards grabbed me.But worse than the pain is the shame.I tried to escape. And I failed.Now everyone knows. The guards. The servants. Him.Especially him.I press the heels of my palms against my eyes. The darkness behind my lids is kinder than the sunlight creeping through the window.What am I going to do?The lock clicks.I look up.Cassius walks in. No knock. No announcement. Just his boots on my floor and his shadow on my wall.He is alone.No guards. No Massimus. Just him.I stand. My legs are weak. I do not sit back down. I will not look weak in front of him."Good morning," he says."Is it?""I slept well.""I do not care how you slept."He walks to the window. Opens the curtains. Sunlight floods the room. I squint. My eyes burn."You tried to escape last night," he says."You alread