Rebirth and Revenge:Lycan King’s Feisty Luna のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

[Kade’s POV]I didn’t slow down until the garden gate came into view, and even then my hand hit the iron latch harder than it needed to.The council room was still ringing in my ears. Beta Hayden on his knees in front of half the court, finally choosing his daughter after years of choosing everyone else first. Watching that undid something in me I hadn’t planned on. If a man that stubborn could run out of time to say the right thing, so could I.Lumi was exactly where I hoped she’d be, kneeling in the dirt with her sleeves pushed up, transplanting something green into a clay pot like the world outside this garden wasn’t currently deciding whether it wanted a war.She looked up before I said a word, and whatever she saw on my face made her set the trowel down slow, careful, like sudden movement might spook whatever this was.“Kade. You look like you ran here.”“I did.” I crossed the last few feet and dropped down in front of her, dirt and all, our knees nearly touching. “Council’s over

[Alaric’s POV]She was already in the yard by the time I got there, barefoot in the dirt, rolling her shoulders like she’d been waiting on me instead of the other way around.“You’re slow,” she said.“I’m punctual. There’s a difference.” I pulled my shirt over my head and dropped it on the fence post. “Wooden blades first. Then we shift.”“We’ve done wooden blades a hundred times.”“Then it should be easy for you.” I picked up the practice sword, tossed her the other one, watched her catch it without looking, wrist already turning to test the balance. “Thirty riders tonight. Thirty thousand eventually, if Lucian brings everything he has. I need you fast enough that speed stops being the thing that gets you killed.”“I know how to fight.”“You know how to fight someone who wants you alive to answer questions. This is different.” I circled her once, slow, watching her feet more than her hands. “This is someone who wants you dead in the first three seconds and doesn’t care how.”She str

[Alaric’s POV]I hadn’t slept, and it showed enough that my steward mentioned it twice before I told him to stop.“Alpha Vale’s carriage passed the outer gate ten minutes ago,” he said instead, wisely. “Full retinue. He’s not sending an envoy this time.”“Good. I’m done negotiating with men who aren’t authorized to actually promise anything.”Eileen fell into step beside me on the way to the receiving hall, dressed in formal furs, though the dark hollows beneath her eyes matched my own exhaustion.“You didn’t have to come,” I said.“He’s here because of a promise I made him. I’m not hiding upstairs while you collect it.”“I wasn’t going to ask you to hide.”“Good. Because I wasn’t going to listen.”“Did the guards find anything?” I kept my voice low, for her alone. “After we searched the corridor.”“Nothing. Whoever it was knew exactly which halls don’t have eyes on them.” She matched my pace without slowing. “We’re not telling Vale about any of it, are we?”“Not unless he already kno

[Eileen’s POV]The great hall hadn’t been this full since my own wedding, and this time nobody in it looked like they were attending a funeral.Alaric stood at the front with Kade beside him, both of them dressed properly for once, and the whole court had gone quiet waiting to hear why they’d been summoned on a night nobody expected good news.“Three days ago my brother asked a woman to be his mate in the middle of a garden, with a war bell ringing over both their heads.” Alaric’s voice carried easy across the hall. “She said yes anyway.”The room made a sound I hadn’t heard it make in months, something between a gasp and a laugh, warm and real.Lumi stood off to the side in a dress someone had clearly finished sewing an hour ago, her hands twisted together until Kade reached over and pried them apart, holding one in his.“Lumi.” Alaric said her name like he meant the respect behind it. “Welcome to this family properly. You’ve earned it twice over.”She didn’t manage words. She just n

[Eileen's POV]"I'm coming with you.""Eileen, no." Alaric was already pulling his boots on, moving fast, not looking at me. "You're pregnant. That village is still burning.""I'm pregnant, not made of glass." I grabbed my own cloak off the hook before he could argue further. "I've spent months learning to fight exactly for a night like this one. You don't get to decide I sit it out now that it's actually happening.""This isn't training.""I know that." I met his eyes, steady, giving him nothing to push back against. "Which is exactly why I'm not staying here to imagine it instead."Kade appeared in the doorway behind the runner, already half-dressed, sword already in hand. "Riders are saddled. I'm coming too.""Fine. Both of you." Alaric didn't waste breath arguing twice in one night. "Eileen, you listen to every order I give out there. Not half of them. All of them."He held my gaze a long moment, jaw tight, then exhaled hard through his nose. "Stay behind me the entire time. I mea