บททั้งหมดของ Crowned in Ash : The Alpha's Ultimate Regret: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

The trees of the Bloodwood border had not changed in five years, but I certainly had. The damp pine needles muffled my quiet footsteps as I slipped through the heavy, low-hanging fog. I was dressed in form-fitting black leather, my silver hair braided tightly back out of my face. In the dark, I was practically invisible. I had left Leo safely tucked away at a small, human-run motel about three miles back from the border. He had tried to argue, pointing out that his memory of the guard patrol schedules made him an invaluable asset on the ground. I had simply kissed his forehead, handed him his favorite math notebook, and locked the door from the outside. No matter how smart he was, I was not bringing my son anywhere near the monsters who had killed my brother. A quiet hum clicked in the small, custom earpiece I wore. "Mama, the eastern guard patrol just finished their sweep," Leo’s small, filtered voice came through the static. "The gap in their perimeter is currently open. You hav

​The royal transport wasn't a standard wolf pack SUV. It was a sleek, armored dark sedan with tinted bulletproof glass and a custom interior that smelled of expensive leather and polished mahogany.​Leo sat in the leather back seat, entirely absorbed in a high-tech tablet Ethan’s personal guard had handed him upon arrival. His tiny fingers flew across the screen at lightning speed, analyzing the royal estate's network schematics.​"The security encryption on this vehicle is surprisingly outdated," Leo remarked casually from the back, not looking up. "A basic brute-force bypass could crack your door locks in under forty seconds."​Ethan, sitting beside me in the back seat, turned his head slowly to look at the four-year-old. "Kid, that sedan is built with military-grade dwarven-steel plating and anti-magic warding."​"Which is irrelevant if your digital relay runs on an unencrypted sub-frequency," Leo replied primly, pushing his round glasses up his nose. "I have alre

Hearing my real name roll off Ethan’s tongue felt like a bucket of ice water dumped over my head. ​"Aria is dead," I whispered, forcing every ounce of weakness out of my tone. "She died in the northern river five years ago when her mate decided a corrupt alliance was worth more than her life. I am Shadow." ​Ethan didn't back down. He took one deliberate, heavy step forward, his immense frame blocking out the overhead light. "A ghost doesn't bleed, Shadow. And a ghost certainly doesn't raise a four-year-old child with eyes that look suspiciously like a Bloodwood Alpha's." ​My heart did a violent flip inside my chest. ​"He is not Jaxon's," I snapped instantly, stepping in front of Leo to completely cut off Ethan's view. "He is mine. End of story." ​Behind me, Leo adjusted his round spectacles, completely unbothered by the suffocating Lycan aura filling the room. "Technically, Mama, genetic inheritance dictates that I am fifty percent yours and fifty percent an undisclosed seco

The Bloodwood Pack House looked vastly different under the cover of a moonless night. Five years ago, this place was a gilded prison where I cleaned floors and took insults from lower-ranking wolves. Tonight, it was a target. I crouched on a thick oak branch twenty feet above the wet mud, my black leather gear blending seamlessly into the dark canopy. Through my tiny earpiece, the quiet, steady click of Leo’s connection came through. "Mama, I have intercepted the estate's secondary closed-circuit feed," Leo whispered, his voice crisp and completely devoid of panic. "The eastern courtyard cameras are currently looping a static six-second delay. You have a clear window to cross to the ivy trellis on the main study's outer wall." "Copy that, chief," I murmured softly. "How's your host holding up?" "His Majesty is currently standing in the command trailer three miles back, glaring at my laptop screen because I refused to give him administrator access," Leo replied dryly. A dee