All Chapters of Sold to My Enemy Alpha: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The days after the choosing ceremony were golden.I woke each morning in Kael's arms, the bond humming between us like a second heartbeat. His warmth surrounded me, his breath soft against my neck. The pack treated me like family. Vera teased me about my happiness. Elias looked at me with pride in his grey eyes. For the first time in my life, I was truly, completely at peace. The shadows of the past had faded, and the future stretched before me like a promise.I should have known it wouldn't last.The messenger arrived at dusk. I was in the kitchen with Vera, helping prepare dinner. The fire crackled in the hearth. The smell of roasting meat filled the air. We were laughing about something—I don't remember what—when the door opened, and a young wolf stumbled in.His face was pale. His hands were shaking. He clutched a letter in his fist like it was burning him."Alpha Kael," he said. "I have a message. Urgent."Kael walked in from the study. His black eyes were calm. He took the lette

I barely make it three steps down the corridor before the war room door opens behind me."Aria."I stop.My entire body goes rigid.Kael's voice has always had power over me. One word from him could calm my wolf, make my heart race, make me forget every reason I had ever been afraid of him.But right now, I don't want to turn around.I don't want him to see my tears.I don't want to see the doubt in his eyes again."Aria, wait."I close my eyes."Please."That word nearly breaks me.I slowly turn.Kael stands in the doorway.His black hair is disheveled, his jaw tight, his eyes filled with something that looks painfully close to regret.But the doubt is still there.I can feel it through the bond.A cold, sickening thread running between us."What?" I whisper.He steps into the corridor."I shouldn't have said those things.""Which things?"His face tightens."You know.""No. I want you to say them.""Aria.""Say them."He looks away.I wait.Finally, he says, "I said I didn't know if

Rain falls between us.Marcus stands beneath the trees, surrounded by wolves.For one terrible second, I can't breathe.He looks exactly as I remember him.Calm.Controlled.Cruel.The same Alpha who smiled while my father suffered.The same man who sold me like I was nothing.The same man who has been hiding behind forged letters and dead messengers.And now he's standing in front of me because Kael let me leave.Because I walked straight into his trap.My fingers tighten around the knife."You planned this."Marcus smiles."I planned many things.""Kael will come for me.""Will he?"The question strikes something deep inside me."He loves me."Marcus laughs."Does he?"My wolf growls.I take a step backward.Marcus notices."Still defending him?""He's nothing like you.""Yet he told you to leave."I say nothing."Didn't he?"My silence gives him the answer he wants.Marcus walks closer."He doubted you.""Because of your lies.""Because he knows what betrayal looks like."My eyes b

Kael doesn't wake.For hours, I sit beside him while the healers work.They clean the blood from his wounds.They stitch the deepest cuts.They force herbs between his lips.They whisper to one another whenever they think I am not listening.But I hear everything."His pulse is weak.""The bond is unstable.""We need to keep him unconscious.""He could wake at any moment."Or he might not.Nobody says those words.They don't have to.I can see it in their eyes.I hold Kael's hand beneath the blanket.His fingers are cold.Too cold."Come back to me," I whisper.Nothing.I close my eyes.Our bond feels like a thin thread stretched across a bottomless darkness.Still there.But barely.I don't understand what happened.One moment he was fighting.The next, he collapsed.And before he lost consciousness, he warned me.Don't trust anyone.Why?Who was he talking about?Elias?Vera?The healers?Or me?The thought makes my stomach twist."No," I whisper.My wolf growls.He was afraid."Of

The first thing I smell is smoke.My eyes snap open.For one terrifying second, I don't know where I am.Then I remember the cabin.Marcus.The shrine.Kael.The baby.My hand flies to my stomach."I'm still here."The words come out as a whisper.My body feels heavy, but there is something different inside me now. Something I cannot explain and cannot ignore.A life.Kael's child.Our child.I sit up slowly.The cabin is cold.The fire has died sometime during the night, leaving only grey ashes behind. My clothes are damp from yesterday's rain, and my muscles ache from running.I need food.Water.A safe place.I can't stay here.I push myself to my feet.The moment I stand, the room tilts.I grab the edge of the table."Whoa."My vision blurs.I close my eyes and breathe slowly.It passes."I'm fine."My wolf doesn't answer.Instead, she presses close inside me.You need food."I know."And rest."I know."And we need to protect the pup.I freeze.The word echoes through my mind.Pu