All Chapters of The Wolf King and the Wilted Flower: Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

Silence settled over the battlefield. The silence that came when thousands of people forgot how to breathe. Snow drifted lazily between the black blossoms. The flowers looked almost delicate. Their petals were smooth as velvet, catching what little light remained beneath the gathering storm. They were beautiful. So beautiful that Grey couldn't look away. Neither could anyone else. King Astar recovered first. Then— He laughed brazenly. His laugh echoed loudly across the frozen plain. "So..." He threw back his head. "You're a defect!" His laughter grew louder, joined by the soldiers behind him. "I wondered why Valir sold someone with such... unusual abilities." His eyes swept over Maya with open ridicule. "No wonder Grey Stormborn could actually afford you." More laughter. "Even your own king discarded you." He smirked. "And now you expect me to fear flowers?" He looked down at the blossoms curling around his chest. It was beginning to wilt. The petals darkened. Shrank. Coll

GreyGrey was still laughing. Not because the situation was amusing. Not because an arrow had nearly pierced his heart. But because the furious little woman before him had completely forgotten she was standing on a battlefield."Are you crazy?" Maya demanded, her voice shaking.Her hands immediately returned to his shoulder despite her obvious anger. Tiny white flowers bloomed beneath her fingertips, weaving themselves through the torn flesh as soft moss spread around the wound."You could have died!"Grey winced as the flowers gently pulled torn muscles together. "I judged the angle.""You—""I knew it wouldn't hit anything vital.""You did not!" Her glare only deepened. "You don't throw yourself in front of arrows because you 'judged the angle'!"Grey couldn't stop smiling.His wolf, newly awakened after years of silence, rumbled warmly inside him.She cares.He didn't need the mate bond to know that. But the bond… The bond allowed him to feel every emotion blooming inside her like s