Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bound to the Alpha King: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

"Every kingdom remembers the day it was founded. None remembers what came before." --- The Mountain Bleeds The mountain groaned. It was not the grinding of stone against stone, nor the distant rumble of an earthquake. It sounded alive. Ancient. Agonized. The vibration rolled through the sanctuary in slow, heavy pulses, shaking the marble beneath every foot. Dust drifted from the vaulted ceiling, floating lazily through shafts of pale moonlight before settling upon the broken White Throne. No one spoke. Even Kael, who had faced armies without flinching, remained perfectly still, his eyes fixed on the fractured marble before him. Then the walls began to bleed. Thin silver veins appeared between the white stones, glowing faintly beneath the surface like moonlight trapped beneath ice. Slowly the cracks widened, releasing streams of brilliant liquid silver. The metal did not drip. It climbed. Like living veins searching for a heartbeat, the silver crawled upward a

> The enemy standing before you is terrifying. The one who refuses to fight is worse.---The light did not vanish.It unfolded.The impossible brilliance that had flooded the ancient sanctuary no longer blinded the eye. Instead, it softened, dissolving into the air like drifting snow. Every corner of the High Gallery shimmered beneath its pale glow until the distinction between stone and light seemed to disappear.Then...someone stepped out of it.She wore no crown.No jewels.No armor.Only a simple white gown that moved gently around her bare feet.She walked as though the mountain had been waiting for her.One step.The fractured marble beneath her foot sealed itself without a sound.Another.The silver blood staining the floor evaporated into glittering mist.Another.The broken White Throne slowly drew itself together. Splintered marble floated upward, each fragment returning to its rightful place until the throne stood whole once more.Around the chamber, ruined murals restore

> A memory can be stolen. A name can be erased. But a bloodline remembers what the mind was forced to forget.The first thing Kael remembered was screaming.Not his own.Caelan's.He was standing beneath the silver tree again.Snow covered the ground.The woman in white was kneeling several feet away, tears running down her face.And in her arms was a dying boy.Caelan.Kael staggered backward.“No…”The memory changed.He saw himself holding a sword.He saw Caelan on his knees.He saw blood.He saw himself driving the blade into Caelan's chest.But there was something wrong.Someone else stood behind him.A figure concealed beneath a black hood.A hand rested on Kael's shoulder.And a voice whispered:“Do it, little prince.”Kael's eyes widened.He knew that voice.He had heard it his entire life.His father.But Kael's father had died before Kael was born.The memory shattered.Kael collapsed onto the marble floor.---“Kael!”Selene dropped beside him.His body was shaking violentl

> When the world remembers its creator, someone must remember the lie.The heartbeat came again.Thum.The entire High Gallery trembled.Thum.Dust fell from the vaulted ceiling. Cracks raced across the marble floor beneath the feet of the surviving Guardians.Thum.This time, everyone heard something inside the sound.A whisper.Not a word.A name.Selene pressed both hands against her ears.“Make it stop.”Kael reached for her instinctively, but the moment his fingers touched her shoulder, she recoiled.Not because she feared him.Because she suddenly remembered him dying.Not once.Hundreds of times.Kael collapsing beneath a burning sky.Kael bleeding beside a frozen river.Kael kneeling before a woman in white.Kael holding a newborn child.Kael standing over her grave.Selene gasped.“You…”Kael stared at her.“What?”“You've died before.”His face went pale.Then another heartbeat struck.Thum.Kael suddenly clutched his chest.“I remember.”His voice broke.“I remember you.”S

> The cruelest lie is not the one that makes you hate your enemy. It is the one that makes you love them.“She was the first one who betrayed us.”Caelan's words hung over the High Gallery.No one breathed.Selene remained suspended above the shattered floor, silver light twisting around her body like living smoke.Kael stared at Caelan.“What did you just say?”Caelan didn't answer.Kael grabbed him by the throat.“You said she betrayed you.”“I said what happened.”“You're lying!”Kael slammed him against the marble wall.“You expect me to believe Selene destroyed everything?”Caelan's eyes remained fixed on Selene.“I expect you to believe what you see.”Kael turned.Selene was crying.Real tears.They rolled down her cheeks despite the terrifying silver light surrounding her.“Kael…”Her voice was still hers.“Please.”He released Caelan.“Selene?”She reached toward him.“Come to me.”Kael took one step.Caelan seized his arm.“Don't.”Kael ripped himself free.“She called my nam