All Chapters of Billionaire Alpha's Plus-Size Mate : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

I began pacing around the apartment, my heart refusing to settle. What if he regretted choosing me? What if he wanted to explain the rules? Or worse… What if tonight was the reason he had bought me?I stopped walking and pressed both hands against my face. There was no point frightening myself.Alpha Hayes Denzel was a man powerful enough to buy another person's future with a single sentence. Whether I was ready or not changed nothing. He would do as he pleased. And there was nothing I could do to stop him.With trembling hands, I finally sat down and forced myself to eat. The food was still warm. The bread was softer than anything I had ever tasted, and the soup carried a rich flavour that almost made my eyes sting.I couldn't remember the last time I'd eaten until I was full. Perhaps… Perhaps I never had.The moment I finished, another knock sounded at the door. It was as though someone had been waiting outside, counting every minute.Lola stepped inside with the same calm expressio

Hayes' POVI had been sitting in my office for nearly an hour, yet the document in front of me remained on the same page.That alone irritated me.It wasn't like me to lose focus, especially over something that had already been decided. The Elders had questioned my choice from the very beginning. To them, Lillian was nothing more than a rejected, wolfless, plus-size woman with no place carrying the bloodline of Arrowfang. Every argument they had made was based on logic, and under normal circumstances I would have agreed with them.Yet something about her had made me choose differently..I still couldn't explain why.Perhaps it was because every instinct told me there was more to her than anyone could see. Or perhaps I simply refused to believe that someone so ordinary could survive the auction, stand before me without collapsing, and then do something no one else in our history had ever done.Whatever the reason was, it refused to leave my mind.A knock sounded on the office door, pull

Lillian's POV"Xathura..."A soft feminine voice drifted through the darkness, gentle enough to sound like a whisper and yet powerful enough to pull me out of my sleep."Xathura..."My eyes flew open.I sat upright in bed, gasping for air as my heart pounded violently against my chest. The room was quiet. The morning sunlight poured through the curtains, casting long golden streaks across the floor, and apart from the sound of my own breathing, there was nothing.I looked around the room in confusion."Who's there?"No one answered. The voice had sounded so close, almost as though someone had leaned down and whispered directly into my ear.I searched every corner of the room, but I was alone.A strange feeling suddenly settled over me. It started in the middle of my chest before spreading through the rest of my body like cool water flowing beneath my skin. I frowned, surprised by how... light I felt.Yesterday, I had prepared myself for the worst. After everything people had said abo

Just outside it stood dozens of clay pots arranged neatly on wooden shelves. Several herbs filled them. Their leaves swaying gently in the afternoon breeze.My heart pounded. Please… Please let there be something here.I carefully laid the boy on the grass before dropping to my knees beside the pots.My eyes darted from one plant to another."No...""Not this one.""That won't work."Panic clawed at my chest as precious seconds slipped away.Then I saw them. Moonleaf. Right beside it was Silver Fern.Relief washed over me so suddenly that I almost cried."Thank you..."My fingers worked as quickly as they could, plucking several leaves from each plant before crushing them together between two smooth stones lying nearby. A cool green paste slowly formed.I hurried back to the boy."I'm sorry," I whispered, even though I knew he couldn't hear me. "This is going to hurt."Taking a deep breath, I pulled the sharp metal hairpin from my hair.For one brief second, my hand hesitated.Then I

Lillian's POVI still couldn't believe I was standing inside the Sacred Conservatory.I had seen large gardens before, at least in pictures and books, but this was nothing like them. The Conservatory stretched farther than I could see, divided by stone pathways and tall glass partitions. Flowers, herbs, vines, fruit trees, and plants I had never seen before filled every section.I kept looking around, afraid I'd miss something.Alia noticed and smiled. "You can take your time. Your first day isn't an examination.""I'm sorry. I've just never seen anything like this.""Most people haven't." She led me down a pathway."The Sacred Conservatory has existed for generations. Some plants were brought here by the previous Alpha's ancestors, while others were collected from distant territories. We have medicinal plants, poisonous species, rare flowers, ritual plants, and species found nowhere else.""Poisonous plants?""Quite a few."My thoughts immediately went to Andrian. "Is that where the