บททั้งหมดของ I Kissed The Supreme Alpha By Mistake : บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

Maya's POVThe border clearing felt deliberately unremarkable — flat, open ground with clear sightlines in every direction, exactly the kind of location that made ambush considerably harder to execute successfully."Security's fully positioned," Elias confirmed through the earpiece, voice tight with focused professionalism rather than his usual teasing energy. "Selene's protective wards are active. Damon's within immediate response distance, though staying back per your request.""Thank you," I said, standing alone in the clearing's center, deliberately vulnerable despite the considerable protection surrounding me from a careful distance.Marcus Kade arrived precisely on time, emerging from the treeline alone, no visible entourage despite what I'd assumed would be considerable rogue escort. He was younger than I'd expected, perhaps early forties, with the weathered look of someone who'd spent considerable time outdoors, dressed simply but with obvious quality, nothing flashy or perfor

Maya's POVThe rogue settlement Marcus led us toward three weeks later looked nothing like the desperate, lawless territory I'd half-expected — modest but clean structures, children playing in a central common area, the unmistakable signs of genuine, if resource-limited, community."This is considerably more organized than I anticipated," Damon admitted quietly, walking beside me as Marcus led our small delegation deeper into the settlement."I told you," Marcus said, overhearing despite the quiet comment. "We're not the chaotic threat traditional pack propaganda typically portrays. Simply people surviving without proper resources, doing our best with what little we've managed to build."An elderly woman approached first, leaning heavily on a crude wooden cane, her leg twisted at an angle that suggested improperly healed old injury."This is Grandmother Yara," Marcus introduced. "She's led this particular settlement for over twenty years, ever since her own pack cast her out for age-r

Maya's POV"How confident is Selene in this intelligence?" Damon asked, the study filling quickly with the household's core circle despite the late hour."Considerably confident," Constance said, having already reviewed Selene's report herself. "The magical signature matches Vesper's known patterns precisely. She's been drawing power steadily for weeks, according to residual traces her scouts detected.""Drawing power for what purpose?" I asked, though dread already suggested the likely answer."Unclear specifically," Constance admitted. "But given her demonstrated pattern — patient accumulation followed by decisive action — I'd assume she's preparing something considerably more sophisticated than her previous forced ritual attempt.""She learned from her failure," Selene said, arriving shortly after the initial briefing began. "My contacts within opposing witch factions report she's recruited considerably more coven members since the failed ritual, alongside acquiring several artifac

Maya's POVSelene arrived unannounced three days later, her usual measured composure replaced by something considerably more urgent."I have confirmation," she said, barely waiting for the study door to close behind her. "Vesper's plan. My contact finally managed to extract genuine details, at considerable personal risk.""Tell us," Damon said, immediately alert."She's not planning another ritual attempt against Maya directly," Selene said. "She's learned that lesson thoroughly from her previous failure. Instead, she's targeting something else entirely — the ceremonial stone circle itself.""The convergent ley lines Constance mentioned," I said, understanding beginning to dawn with cold clarity."Precisely," Selene confirmed. "She intends to corrupt the sacred site's natural energy, transforming it from a place of pure convergence into something considerably darker. If she succeeds, she believes she can use the corrupted site to forcibly draw and bind your power from a distance, with

Maya's POVChaos erupted the moment Damon's massive silver form surged toward the circle's edge, Vesper's coven witches moving to intercept with practiced, coordinated defense."The pulling sensation—" I gasped, the drain intensifying as dark energy continued building around the corrupted stones. "I can feel her trying to establish full connection.""Fight it," Selene called, already engaged in magical confrontation with two coven witches simultaneously. "Focus on your own center, your own power. Don't let her establish complete drain!"I closed my eyes despite the surrounding chaos, reaching inward toward the familiar warmth beneath my skin, deliberately, forcefully resisting the invisible pulling sensation trying to draw it outward toward Vesper's corrupted circle.It required more effort than anything I'd previously attempted — considerably more demanding than even the forced ritual months earlier, Vesper's improved preparation clearly proving genuinely formidable against my resist