All Chapters of The Mad Lycan Plus-Size Mate : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Valerius PovThe study was quiet after the Blackwood eviction. Rain tapped against the tall windows, and the room was darker than usual.I sat behind my desk, staring at the fire. My hands were still warm from holding Serenity earlier. I kept thinking about the way she had stood in front of Gideon, her voice steady and her chin raised. I was proud of her. She was no longer the quiet girl who always tried to stay out of everyone's way. She was starting to stand up for herself.The door opened, and Beta Marcus walked in. He wasn't carrying the ripped ledger from the regional archives. Instead, he had a dark leather folder in his hand and a tablet under his arm."Your Grace," Marcus said as he closed the door. "The head librarian came to me through the private royal wing."I looked up. "The archives?""When the council sent the order to seal the secondary banking files this morning, they didn't know the head archivist had kept duplicate records in the deep vault." He placed the folder on

Serenity PovThe courtyard went completely silent the moment Emily’s voice echoed across the gathering.Every conversation around the tables stopped at once. Regional lords, bank executives, and socialites turned their heads, their eyes moving between Emily’s shaking finger and where I stood. Emily had a smirk on her face. She was waiting for the reaction she was used to, the flushed cheeks, the lowered head, and the stupid apology from a girl who knew she belonged in the basement.I looked around the situation in less than three seconds.Emily thought she had just exposed a dark secret.She thought calling me a servant or fat in front of all these high society people would make me cry and bring me back to the girl I used to be. But she had forgotten one thing. I was no longer depending on the Blackwoods for anything. Her opinion had no power over my money, the one they thought they would get, nor my position beside the king, or my life here.Instead of stepping back or lowering my he

The door to our bedroom clicked shut behind us, blurring off the quiet sounds from the penthouse corridor.I stood in the center of the room, my heart hammering so hard against my ribs. Everything was moving too fast. In just few short weeks, my whole world had completely changed. Two weeks ago, I was an abused maid hiding in a cold basement, starving and believing I was…some wolfless stray. Now, I was standing in a royal suite, my wolf trying to come out under my skin, with strength and speed I never knew I had. Even though it's still a bit weak now, not too stable at least I felt her.Two weeks, I thought, staring down at my hands. Two weeks of living in luxury, two weeks of being treated with both insult and respect, and yet I still know nothing about who I actually am.Valerius stepped into the room, taking off his velvet jacket and tossing it onto a chair. His eyes were filled with worry as he watched me."Serenity," he said softly, stepping closer. "You're trembling. Talk to

I slid into the opposite leather booth of the Obsidian Lounge, keeping a rigid, deliberate distance between us. The atmosphere reeked of imported whiskey and the sour scent of panic.Tristan didn't wait. He immediately shoved his side of the table, sliding closer with a desperate, jerky motion. His clothes were unkempt, his tailored jacket wrinkled like he had been sleeping in it for days. He smelled of cheap liquor and a hollow, consuming regret that radiated off his skin."Serenity," Tristan breathed, his voice cracking as he reached a trembling hand across the wood table toward me. "Please. You have to listen to me."I didn't flinch. I didn't pull back in fear or shrink down like I used to when he loomed over me in the narrow hallways of the Blackwood pack estate. I simply looked at his outstretched hand, then up at his bloodshot eyes, letting the silence stretch between us until his fingers curled back into his own lap. A few weeks ago, his touch would have sent a spike of a

Serenity Pov The doors of the penthouse study clicked shut, blocking out the noise from the lower levels. I walked straight to the small private kitchen, my legs feeling strangely heavy. It was like the short walk from the lounge had suddenly taken all my strength.I dropped my small leather clutch on the counter and let out a long breath.For the past two months at Frost Palace, my body had felt lighter and stronger since my wolf started awakening and the mate bond settled between Valerius and me, which I definitely don't feel the strong bond but I agreed already to it. But today, a strange tiredness had taken over me. It was not the kind of exhaustion I used to feel after spending hours scrubbing Blackwood floors until my hands hurt. This felt different. It was deep inside me, and I could not explain it.I opened the refrigerator and stared at the rows of sparkling water, fresh fruits, and chilled meats. Nothing looked good. My stomach turned the moment I looked at the food,