Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Ran Away with the Alpha's Baby: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I should have known that nothing good ever came from being summoned to the Alpha's estate after midnight. Especially when the Alpha was Kael Draven. The most feared wolf in the North. The man whose name was whispered rather than spoken. And, unfortunately for me, the man my father had spent years teaching me to hate. I stood outside the enormous black doors of the Draven estate, trying to calm my heartbeat. It wasn't working. “Miss Valen.” The Beta standing beside me stepped forward. “Alpha Draven is waiting.” Of course he was. I took a breath. Then I entered. The first thing I noticed was how cold the place was. Not literally. The fireplaces were burning. The halls were warm. But everything about the estate felt intimidating. Dark marble floors. Tall windows. Silver wolf insignias carved into the walls. Guards standing at every corner. This wasn't a home. It was a fortress. And somewhere inside it was the man who had summoned me. I followed the Beta through s

The morning of my wedding, I woke up wishing it was a dream. Unfortunately, it wasn't. The dress hanging beside my bed was proof. White. Elegant. Expensive. Beautiful enough to belong to a woman who was marrying the love of her life. Not the enemy of her family. I stared at it for a long moment. Then whispered, “Three years.” That's all I had to survive. Three years as Kael Draven's wife. Three years of pretending. Three years of remembering that this marriage had an expiration date. After that, I'd be free. At least, that's what I told myself. The wedding ceremony was held at the Draven estate. Of course it was. Everything about Kael seemed to happen on his territory. The moment I stepped out of the car, I felt hundreds of eyes on me. Werewolves from different territories had gathered for the ceremony. Alphas. Betas. Lunas. Council members. Everyone wanted to witness the impossible. A Valen marrying a Draven. The daughter of Kael's enemy becoming his Luna.

I learned three things during my first week as Luna. First, being married to an Alpha didn't mean everyone respected you. Second, being a Valen made it worse. And third... Kael Draven had a terrifying way of making everyone shut up without raising his voice. I discovered the third one on a Tuesday morning. We were sitting inside the council chamber. I had been married to Kael for exactly seven days. Seven days of formal dinners. Seven days of meetings. Seven days of sleeping in the same room while pretending that my heart didn't beat faster whenever he came near me. And today was the first day I was officially being introduced to the council as Luna. I should have been nervous. I was. But I refused to show it. The doors opened. A dozen council members entered. Most of them were older wolves. Powerful. Experienced. And clearly unimpressed. I sat beside Kael. His hand rested casually on the arm of his chair. He looked completely relaxed. I envied him. “Luna Elar

I used to think the most dangerous thing about Kael Draven was his power. I was wrong. The most dangerous thing about him was the way he made me forget I was supposed to hate him. Because every day, I discovered something new. The Alpha everyone feared was the same man who quietly covered me with a blanket when I fell asleep. The man who could silence an entire council with one look was the same man who carefully wrapped my injured ankle. The man who married me for revenge was the same man who looked at me like he was afraid of losing me. And that terrified me. Because I was starting to wonder... What if Kael Draven wasn't my enemy? What if he was the person I was supposed to find all along? The morning after we discovered the hidden records, the entire estate changed. The guards doubled. The council meetings became more serious. And Kael became even more protective. Too protective. I noticed it when I tried leaving for the village. “No.” I looked up from the documen

The hardest truth to accept wasn't that someone had lied to us. It was realizing that the people who raised us might have known more than they ever admitted. I stared at the message on my phone. Ask him what happened to your mother. Those words had been haunting me for hours. My mother. A name that had always been connected to warmth. To kindness. To the only person in my childhood who made our cold household feel like home. My father told me she died when I was young. A sickness. A simple explanation. A painful memory. But now... I wasn't sure if it had ever been the truth. “Do you trust him?” Kael's voice pulled me back. I looked at him. We were still inside my room. The same room where, just hours ago, he had admitted that I mattered to him. Now we were standing across from each other with another secret between us. “My father?” Kael nodded. I looked down. “I don't know.” The answer hurt more than I expected. Because no matter how complicated my relationsh