Semua Bab MY FATHER'S DRIVER IS MY ALPHAMATE : Bab 31 - Bab 40

CHAPTER 31THE KING WHO COULDN'T LET ME GOAlexanderI watched until Amelia disappeared beyond the trees.I kept telling myself she would turn around.She didn't.The sound of her horse slowly faded into the distance until there was nothing left but the morning wind.I stood beneath the gates long after she was gone.Marcus approached quietly."Your Majesty."I didn't answer."Alexander."Still nothing.He stopped beside me."You should go inside.""I can't.""Why?"I finally looked at him."Because she's out there."Marcus sighed."She chose to leave.""I know.""She told you she needed to find her mother.""I know.""Then you have to trust her."I looked toward the forest."That's the problem.""What?""I trust her."I swallowed."I don't trust the people hunting her."By midday, I had searched every map in the royal library.By evening, I had questioned every guard stationed near the eastern border.By midnight, I had stopped pretending I was going to sleep.Amelia had been gone fo

The light disappeared.For several seconds, nobody moved.Dust floated through the air.Broken stones covered the floor.The silver energy that had exploded from my body was gone, leaving only a faint warmth beneath my skin.Alexander's hand was still wrapped around mine.My mother stood across the ruined corridor.And the Council elder...was gone.I looked around."Where is he?"Alexander's eyes scanned the destruction."He escaped."My mother's voice trembled."No."I turned toward her."He didn't escape."She looked toward the shattered wall."Someone helped him."A chill ran through me."Who?"She didn't answer.Instead, her eyes moved toward the darkness behind us.Then I heard footsteps.Slow.Calm.Familiar.A man stepped through the broken doorway.My heart stopped."Marcus?"Alexander immediately drew his sword.Marcus froze."Your Majesty?"Alexander's eyes narrowed."Don't move."Marcus raised his hands."What happened?""Where were you?""Searching the eastern corridor."

The pain came without warning.It tore through my body so violently that my knees gave way."Amelia!"Alexander caught me before I hit the ground.I gripped his shirt, fighting for breath.The moon above us had turned crimson.Every instinct inside me screamed that something terrible had begun.My mother was crying.Not silently.Not gracefully.She was sobbing.And somehow, that frightened me more than the pain."Mom?"She stepped toward me."I’m sorry."I stared at her."For what?"She couldn't answer.The Shadow Alpha laughed from across the courtyard."Tell her."Alexander turned toward him."Tell her what?"The man smiled."Tell her what happened to her father."My eyes moved to Richard.He stood motionless."Richard?"He looked at me.For once, he didn't have an answer.My heart cracked."You said my father died protecting me."Richard swallowed."Yes.""Was that true?"He closed his eyes."Partly."I felt Alexander stiffen beside me."Partly?"Richard finally looked at me."You

The emergency assembly began before sunset.By the time Alexander and I entered the Council chamber, every seat was occupied.Elders.Pack leaders.Warriors.Nobles.Even representatives from territories I had never heard of.Hundreds of eyes turned toward me.For once, I didn't look down.I had spent eighteen years being hidden.I was done hiding.Alexander walked beside me.Our hands were intertwined.The room immediately erupted in whispers."The Moon Queen.""She's dangerous.""Look at her eyes.""She's too young.""She doesn't belong here."I heard every word.And for the first time, they didn't frighten me.The High Elder rose."Amelia Sterling."I stopped."That is not my name."The room went silent.The elder frowned."What?""My name is Amelia."I lifted my chin."My family name may be complicated, but I will not be ashamed of it."Alexander's lips curved slightly.Pride.I could feel it through the mate bond.The elder's expression hardened."You have awakened a power that c

The bells didn't stop.They echoed through Moonfang territory until the sound became unbearable.One announcement after another.The eastern packs had defected.The Council had called for my coronation.Alexander had been declared unfit to rule beside me.And somehow, everyone expected me to stand calmly while my entire world collapsed around me.I couldn't.I walked to the balcony.Below, thousands of wolves had gathered in the courtyard.Some wore Moonfang colors.Others wore the silver insignia of the Council.They stared up at me.Waiting.For what, I didn't know.Alexander came to stand beside me."Don't look down.""Why?""Because they're waiting for you to be afraid."I looked at him."I am afraid.""I know.""Then what am I supposed to do?""Be afraid and stand anyway."His words settled somewhere deep inside me.I turned toward the courtyard.A Council messenger stepped forward."Amelia Sterling!"His voice echoed."By decree of the Lunar Council, you are commanded to surrend