All Chapters of I Refused my Alpha : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Nobody moved.King Alaric stood in the doorway.A black crown rested on his head.It looked ancient, older than Lunaris itself. Dark lines ran across its surface like cracks in stone, and a faint red glow pulsed from the center.Lyra stared at her father.“No…”Alaric lowered his eyes.“I didn’t want you to find out this way.”Karl stepped in front of Lyra.“Take that crown off.”Alaric looked at him.“You don’t understand what you’re asking.”Lucien raised his weapon.“Then explain.”Alaric slowly stepped into the chamber.“I am the bearer of the Blood Crown.”Lyra’s heart sank.“But you’re my father.”“I am.”“You were imprisoned for twenty-one years.”“Yes.”“You fought the Blood King.”“Yes.”Lyra’s voice trembled.“Then why are you wearing his crown?”Alaric looked toward the floor.“Because someone had to.”A silence followed.Master Thorne stepped forward.“The Blood Crown isn’t a symbol of the Blood King’s power.”Alaric nodded.“It is the prison.”Everyone stared at him.“The

Lyra couldn’t breathe.Her mother stood at the entrance.Alive.Not a spirit.Not a memory.Not a vision.Alive.Evelina’s silver eyes met hers.For several seconds, neither of them spoke.Then Lyra whispered,“Mother?”Evelina’s lips trembled.“My little moon.”Lyra ran toward her.Evelina opened her arms.They held each other tightly.For the first time in twenty-one years, Lyra felt the warmth of the woman she had spent her entire life believing she had lost.“I thought you were dead,” Lyra whispered.“I know.”“Why didn’t you come back?”Evelina pulled away and touched Lyra’s face.“Because I was being watched.”“By the Blood King?”Evelina shook her head.“By someone much closer.”Lyra’s expression changed.“Who?”Evelina looked toward Selena.Selena lowered her eyes.Lyra immediately understood.“You knew.”Selena swallowed.“I knew your mother was alive.”Karl stepped forward.“Why didn’t you tell Lyra?”Selena looked at him.“Because I was afraid.”Lucien’s expression hardened

The golden doors opened completely.Lyra stood at the entrance, staring into the chamber beyond.It was enormous.A circular throne rested at its center, carved from white stone and surrounded by floating rings of silver light.But there were two seats.One was silver.The other was black.Lyra slowly stepped forward.Karl followed.Elias remained behind them, his Blood Crown glowing faintly.Aren’s voice echoed through the chamber.“The Moon Throne has awakened.”Lyra looked at the two seats.“Why are there two?”Master Thorne stared in disbelief.“I don’t know.”Evelina’s voice came from behind them.“I do.”Everyone turned.She stepped closer.“The throne was created when the first Moon Queen discovered that the Moon power and Blood power could never truly be separated.”Lyra looked at Elias.“So the two thrones…”“Belong to you and Elias,” Evelina said.Elias shook his head.“No.”Everyone looked at him.“I don’t want a throne.”Lyra walked toward him.“Neither do I.”Elias looked

The gates of Lunaris opened before sunrise.For the first time in twenty-one years, the ancient banners of the kingdom rose above the walls.Silver wolves.A crescent moon.And beneath them, the newly forged symbol of the united throne.Lyra stood on the highest balcony, watching thousands of warriors gather below.Werewolves.Lycans.Humans.Royal Guardians.They had once been enemies.Now they stood beneath the same banner.Lucien approached her.“The army is ready.”Lyra nodded.“How many?”“Enough to defend Lunaris.”She looked toward the horizon.“Not enough to defeat the Blood King.”Lucien remained silent.Lyra turned to him.“We aren’t going to defeat him with numbers.”“What are you planning?”“To destroy the reason he’s fighting.”Lucien studied her.“The Blood Crown?”“The Blood Crown. The Heart. Everything.”Before Lucien could answer, footsteps approached.Karl appeared wearing light battle armor.Lyra smiled.“You’re ready.”Karl nodded.“I’ve been ready since you decide

The ground beneath the village continued to tremble.Lyra stared at Elias’s wrist.The silver crescent and blood-red crown glowed together, forming a strange symbol neither she nor Lucien recognized.Then the earth cracked.A deep sound rose from beneath them.Not an explosion.Not an earthquake.A heartbeat.Boom.Everyone froze.Boom.Elias suddenly grabbed his chest.“It’s calling me.”Lyra stepped closer.“What’s calling you?”“The throne.”Lucien’s expression darkened.“There is no throne beneath this village.”Elias looked at him.“There wasn’t supposed to be.”Another tremor shook the ground.The abandoned houses began to collapse around them.Karl shouted,“Everyone out of the village!”The army quickly moved toward the edge of the valley.Lyra stayed beside Elias.“We’re leaving together.”Elias nodded.But Cassian suddenly grabbed Lyra’s arm.“Wait.”She turned.Cassian pointed toward the ground.“There.”A thin silver line had appeared beneath their feet.It formed the shap