All Chapters of I Refused my Alpha : Chapter 261 - Chapter 270

The creature’s words settled over the chamber.My name is the End Before Beginnings.Nobody moved.Even the First Root seemed afraid to breathe.Elyara stared at the enormous silver eye.“You were never supposed to have a name.”The creature shifted beneath the staircase.Names were given to me before your first dream. You simply forgot.Vaelith stepped forward, her white hair floating around her shoulders.“What are you?”The silence that existed before the first thought. The ending that waited before anything began.Avaron dropped to his knees.“Please. I did what you asked.”The creature turned its attention toward him.You did what you wanted.“I followed your instructions!”You took my name and gave it to your children. You divided what belonged to me.The golden-haired woman stared at Avaron.“You told me you created their names.”He lowered his head.“I was trying to protect you.”“From what?”The creature answered.From remembering me.Asha felt the little boy’s fingers tighte

The silver doorway pulsed.Asha stood with Aethon beside her, staring into the light where Avaron had disappeared.“What did he mean?” Lyra asked.Nerissa approached the doorway cautiously.“Aethon’s name was not simply hidden. It was sealed with a purpose.”Aethon looked down at his hands.“Why would anyone give me a name that could awaken something?”The golden-haired woman knelt before him.“Because I allowed someone else to decide what you were meant to become.”Aethon looked at her.“Did you know?”She shook her head.“I knew your power was unusual. I knew you could hear the Root before it spoke. But I never understood what Avaron intended.”Vaelith’s expression remained troubled.“Perhaps neither did he.”Elyara turned toward her.“You recognize that doorway.”Vaelith nodded slowly.“It leads beyond the first boundary. To the place where the earliest laws were written.”Karl stepped closer.“Can we destroy it?”“No,” Vaelith answered. “It isn’t a prison. It is a passage.”Asteri

The creature stepped into the First Root.Every golden branch bent toward it.The silver doorway vanished behind its body, leaving a black scar in the air.Elyara stood motionless.The creature looked at her with a face that now resembled a young woman with silver eyes.“Mother,” it whispered. “You finally let me come home.”Elyara’s expression hardened.“This is not your home.”The creature glanced around.“Everything here came from your dreams. Every heartbeat, every soul, every world. Why should I be excluded?”“Because you wanted to keep everything exactly as it was.”“I wanted to protect what you created.”“You wanted to prevent anything from changing.”The creature smiled.“Is that not what every mother wants?”Vaelith moved beside Elyara.“Do not let it confuse love with ownership.”The creature turned toward her.“You gave me my first heartbeat. You taught me how to feel. Then you helped her abandon me.”Vaelith lowered her eyes.“I made a mistake.”“You made me.”“I know.”“A

Asha landed on a field of silver grass.Above her stretched a sky without stars. There was no moon, no sun, and no horizon. Only endless mirrors stood in every direction.“Elyara?”Her voice travelled through the emptiness.No answer.She turned and found a little girl sitting beneath a silver tree.The child had golden hair, bright eyes and a familiar crescent mark on her forehead.Asha froze.The girl looked up.“You took your time.”Asha approached cautiously.“Who are you?”The child smiled.“You already know.”Asha studied her face.“You look like me.”“Because you were made from the part of me that survived.”Asha’s heart tightened.“Are you another version of me?”The child shook her head.“I’m the first dream.”Before Asha could ask another question, the mirrors began glowing.Images appeared inside them.She saw Elyara creating the first stars.She saw Vaelith holding a tiny silver creature.She saw Avaron standing beside the golden-haired woman, placing a glowing object into

Lyra heard Asha’s voice again.This time, it was weaker.“Asha!”Karl caught Lyra’s arm as the First Root shook violently.“What’s happening to her?”Elyara’s body remained suspended inside the golden branches, her eyes closed and the black mark spreading across her chest.Nerissa examined the roots surrounding her.“Asha has entered the original dream. The creature is trying to connect their souls.”“Then open the passage,” Lyra demanded.“I cannot. The dream has sealed itself.”Karl stepped forward.“Then we’ll break it.”Asterion placed a hand against his shoulder.“Be careful. If you destroy the passage while they’re connected, you could destroy both of them.”Damon looked toward the golden branches.“There’s another way. The First Root responds to the hearts inside it. We can send a heartbeat through.”Karl nodded.“Then let’s do it.”Inside the dream, Asha stood among broken mirrors.The little girl who had called herself the first dream was gone.Vaelith stood beside Eryndor, w