Semua Bab Divorced Mate: Now Untouchable: Bab 71 - Bab 80

Aria’s POVThe kiss lingered.I hadn’t realized how tense my body was until Astra’s hand slid gently over mine.The healer’s words still echoed in the back of my mind, but the moment no longer felt like a medical decision. It now felt… personal.Astra didn’t push me. He paused every few seconds, almost as if checking whether I was still comfortable.His lips brushed mine again, slow and patient. The bond between us reacted instantly, the mark at my neck warming as our wolves stirred.“You’re thinking too much,” he murmured.“Maybe,” I admitted quietly.His thumb brushed lightly across my wrist.“You don’t have to.”Slowly, the tension left my shoulders. Astra lowered his forehead against mine, his breath warm against my skin.“Tell me if you feel weak,” he said.“I will.”But the truth was, I didn’t feel weak.Not the way I had before.The bond between us had already begun to mend the fractures inside my wolf. Every time he touched me, I felt something inside my chest settle more firm

Lycus’s POVThe alarm came from below the pack house.The blood-scent resonance system I had ordered years ago, which I had never turned off.A system tied to one archived signature. One name.I was already moving before the second pulse hit.The sound cut through the silence. My wolf surged forward, every instinct alert.My heart slammed hard.No. It couldn’t be.I dragged the door open and stepped into the corridor, half-dressed, my aura hitting hard enough that servants pressed themselves flat against the walls.“Who triggered the resonance grid?” I demanded.No one answered.They didn’t even know it existed.I took the stairs two at a time.My wolf was pacing now, restless with hope.By the time I reached the control chamber, three technicians were already there, scrambling over glowing rune panels.They straightened quickly when they saw me.“My lord!”“What happened?”“The old blood-linked system was triggered,” the lead technician said.“I know that. By what?”He hesitated. My

Lycus’s POVI had changed phones three times in the last month.New devices. New numbers. New handlers. New trackers are assigned to every channel that could leak information back to me.None of it mattered.Because every time I closed my eyes, I still saw her.And no matter how many reports I read or graves I stared at or ashes I was told belonged to her, something inside me had never accepted it.That was why, when the anonymous text came, my heart stopped for a full second before it started beating again.I stared at the screen.“You’ve been looking into Aria’s remains. Are you sure the one who died was really her? If she truly had no one left in this world, then who would risk stealing what was left behind?”My fingers tightened around the crystal.The room went completely still.Then my wolf surged so hard I had to brace one hand against the desk.I read the message again, slower this time.My breathing turned shallow.Whoever sent this knew exactly where to strike.I typed back

Sandra’s POVWe had just returned, but the tension from the confrontation with Lycus still clung to the air. “I’m your daughter. As long as I’m Luna Vane, this family won’t truly fall. So what if we’re bankrupt right now? Didn’t you hear what Lycus said? As long as I remain by his side, the Sauders will still survive.”That shut mom up for a moment.I was tired of everyone acting as if I was the problem when I was the only thing keeping us from ruin.Yes, Lycus had humiliated us and nearly crushed the family with a flick of his hand.But things are different now that he has acknowledged me. There was no way he could completely throw me away.My mother swallowed hard before speaking again.“I was only anxious,” she said, voice thinner now. “Didn’t you see your father? He’s barely holding himself together. His hair has gone white overnight.”She sighed and continued. “If the family truly falls, then even if you stay beside Lycus, what do you think people will think of you? How long can

Astra’s POVI should have known the silence wouldn’t last.Peace never stayed long in my territory. Not when too many people had too much to lose, and I had finally found something I refused to lose.Aria had only just stabilized.That thought had barely settled in my mind when the first report came.A border flare.Minor, according to the messenger. One of the southern watch posts had triggered an emergency rune after an attack on a supply convoy headed toward the lower settlement. Two wolves were injured. One storage house was set on fire. The alarm had spread fast enough to shake the outer tribe, but not enough to reach the inner grounds before my people contained it.Contained was the word they used when they wanted me to calm down.It didn’t work.I stood in my office with the report open in front of me, while my Gamma waited three steps away and Venus read through a second copy.“Too neat,” she said at last.I didn’t answer.Because she was right.Felix had returned.And this h