Lahat ng Kabanata ng I slept with the Wolf King : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 17

Aria POVThe wards screamed at dawn.A high, thin sound like metal scraping bone rolled through the stone walls. Nyra’s head snapped up. Her solid black eyes narrowed.“They are not testing anymore,” she said. “Someone is forcing the outer seals with consecrated silver.”Kael was already on his feet, Leo half-asleep against his shoulder. “How many?”“One signature is enough if it carries the High Priest’s blood.” Nyra moved to the iron door. “He is here.”The door did not open by force. It opened because the wards themselves recognized an authority older than Kael’s temporary claim.Silas stepped into the room as if he owned the air.He was tall and thin, almost gaunt, with skin the color of old parchment. His hair was pure white, worn long and bound at the nape with a single black cord. Deep lines carved his face, but his eyes were the worst part milk-white, clouded, yet somehow still sharp enough to cut. He wore layered robes of ash-gray and bone-white, the High Priest’s crescent st

Kael POVThe listening disc was still warm when Nyra crushed it.Silver dust settled on the stone floor like ash. Aria stood with Leo half-hidden behind her, eyes burning. Branna the scarred woman with one milky eye and the old royal-guard brand watched the far wall as if more ears might still be hiding there.I had three choices left, and all of them ended in blood.Public claim under the full moon. Open war with Silas and Lucien tonight. Or something quieter.I chose the third.“Everyone out,” I said. “Except Aria and the boy.”Nyra’s black eyes narrowed, but she obeyed. Maya followed, amber gaze lingering on Aria with something like respect. Branna paused at the threshold.“You will need more than secrecy,” she said. Her living eye was steady. “The priest already has the transcript of every word spoken in this room. He knows the cub’s aura is First Pack. He will not wait for the moon.”“I know.”She left. The iron door sealed.Aria turned on me the moment we were alone. “If you

Kael POVThe chamber we stopped in had once been a cistern. The air was cold and wet. Water dripped somewhere in the dark. Liora sealed the last entrance with her key and a whispered word that made the stone groan.Cassian sat against the far wall, pale gold hair falling into his green eyes, wrists still raw. Branna kept one milky eye on him at all times. Torren checked the outer passage for the fifth time. Leo slept fitfully in Aria’s lap, gold flickering under his lids with every dream.I stood in the center of the room and felt the weight of every secret I had carried for six years press against my teeth.Aria looked up at me. “You’re doing that thing again. The one where you almost say something important and then swallow it.”Liora gave a short, humorless laugh. “He learned that from me. Spit it out, Kael. The priest and the snake are less than twenty minutes behind. If you die with the truth still in your mouth, I will dig you up and make you finish the sentence.”I met Aria’s e