บททั้งหมดของ Sold to My Enemy Alpha: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

I felt him before I saw him.The bond pulsed in my chest. Warm. Familiar. Kael was close. He was watching. I could feel his eyes on me, steady and soft, like a hand on my skin. It was a feeling I had grown used to. A feeling I had grown to love. A feeling I had grown to need. It was the feeling of being seen. Really seen. For the first time in my life. It was the feeling of being wanted. Really wanted. For the first time in my life. It was the feeling of being loved. Really loved. For the first time in my life. It was the feeling of being home. Really home. For the first time in my life. It was the feeling of being safe. Really safe. For the first time in my life.I turned. He was standing in the doorway of the kitchen. His arms were crossed. His black eyes were soft. There was a small smile on his face. He looked at me like I was the only thing in the world that mattered. Like I was the sun and the moon and the stars all at once. Like I was everything he had ever wanted and everythin

I didn't read the letter that night.I couldn't. My hands were shaking too much. My heart was pounding too hard. I needed to be alone. I needed to be ready. I needed to be strong enough to face whatever was inside. I needed to be strong enough to face the truth. I needed to be strong enough to face my past. I needed to be strong enough to face my future. I needed to be strong enough to face myself.I tucked the letter into my pocket. Walked back to the house. Elias followed in silence. His footsteps were heavy in the snow. His breathing was slow and steady. He didn't say anything. He didn't ask anything. He just followed. He just waited. He just hoped. He just prayed. He just believed."Are you okay?" he asked finally. His voice was soft. Worried. Full of love."I don't know.""Do you want me to tell Kael?""No. Not yet. I need to read it first. I need to know what it says before I can tell anyone. I need to understand it before I can share it. I need to process it before I can talk a

The storm came without warning.One moment, the sky was clear. The next, the world was consumed by white. Wind screamed through the trees, rattling the cabin's bones. Snow piled against the windows, sealing us inside. The cold found every crack, every gap, slipping through like a living thing.Selene looked at me, her ancient eyes untroubled. "You're not going anywhere tonight."I pressed my palm against the frozen glass. Outside, there was nothing. No path, no trees, no horizon. Only white. Only silence. Only the storm."I don't have a choice," I said."No. You don't."She moved toward the bed — the only piece of furniture that looked like it had ever been used for rest. Narrow, framed in dark, weathered wood. The mattress sagged in the middle. The quilt was patchwork, faded, thin in places from decades of washing."I'll sleep on the floor," I said.She laughed — a dry, knowing sound. "You'll freeze. That floor is stone. The cold rises through it like breath. You'd be stiff by mornin

I woke to the smell of him.It was the first thing I noticed every morning now. The scent that wrapped around me like a second skin, that filled my lungs and settled deep in my chest. Smoke and leather and pine and something else. Something that was just Kael. Something that made my heart ache and my wolf howl with joy. It was the scent of the man who had become my entire world. It was the scent of the man who had captured my soul. It was the scent of the man who had claimed my heart. It was the scent of the man who had given me everything.It was the scent of home. Of safety. Of everything I had never known I needed until I found it. It was the scent of belonging. The scent of love. The scent of the man who had changed everything. The scent of the man who had become my reason to wake up in the morning. The scent of the man who had become my reason to breathe. The scent of the man who had become my reason to believe. The scent of the man who had become my reason to hope.I buried my f

The morning after the study, something had shifted between us.Kael was different. Not in any obvious way — he was still the same Alpha, still carried the same weight on his shoulders. But there was a softness to him now, a warmth that hadn't been there before. He touched me more freely, his hand finding my waist or my back without hesitation. He looked at me longer, his gaze lingering like he was memorizing every detail of my face. He smiled more, and each time he did, it felt like a gift. It felt like a promise.It was like watching a man come back to life. Like watching someone emerge from a long, dark winter into the first light of spring. The change was subtle, but it was there, and it made my heart ache with a sweetness I didn't know how to name. It made me believe that maybe, just maybe, we could have everything we'd been fighting for.But there was still something holding him back. Something I couldn't reach. Something I couldn't name. It was there in the way he hesitated befo