All Chapters of My Alpha Husband Killed Me, So I Married His Enemy: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

“Daughter.”The word tore through me.For several seconds, I couldn’t move.I stared at the enormous black wolf standing between the trees, my father’s silver pendant hanging from its neck.My father’s pendant.The same pendant I had seen in my mother’s old portrait.The same pendant she had touched whenever she spoke about the man I believed was dead.My lips parted.“Father?”The wolf didn’t answer.Instead, it lowered its head.The silver pendant swung gently against its chest.The stranger beside me grabbed my arm.“Seraphine, don’t go near him.”I pulled free.“You said my father was alive.”“He is.”“Then why is he a wolf?”The stranger’s face tightened.“Because that’s what happens when the Blood Moon curse takes control.”My stomach dropped.“Curse?”The black wolf growled.Not at me.At the stranger.The stranger immediately stepped backward.“He doesn’t have much time.”I looked at the wolf again.His eyes were different from those of an ordinary wolf.They were human.Tired

“Save your father… or save the man you are destined to love.”The voice disappeared, but the choice remained inside my mind.My father was barely conscious.Cassian was somewhere in the Northern Kingdom, possibly trapped by the Shadow King.And Damon—Damon had appeared in the vision with a knife in his hand.I couldn’t tell whether he was helping Cassian or preparing to betray him.For the first time since waking seven years in the past, I felt completely powerless.The stranger tightened his hold around my father.“We need to leave this forest.”I stared at him.“Can you get my father to the palace?”“Not without being seen.”“The hunters are gone.”“The hunters were never the greatest danger.”He looked toward the mountain.“The Shadow King knows where we are now. Every path out of this forest may be watched.”My father groaned.I immediately moved closer to him.“Father?”His eyes opened halfway.“Cassian…”I froze.“You know he’s in danger?”My father struggled to breathe.“The G

The first arrow struck the palace gate.The second pierced the chest of a guard standing beside me.He fell without a sound.For one terrible moment, I stared at his body.Then the courtyard erupted.“Raise the shields!” Cassian commanded.His voice cut through the chaos like thunder.Warriors rushed toward the walls. Archers climbed the stone steps. Wolves snarled as they moved through the courtyard, their eyes fixed on the darkness beyond the gates.I stood beside Cassian, my heart racing.The Shadow King’s words still echoed inside my mind.Marry her, Alpha King. Complete the bond. And you will open the door to my kingdom yourself.Cassian looked at me.“Are you certain about this?”I knew what he meant.The marriage.The Gate.The danger.I glanced at the burning walls.“No.”His expression tightened.“But I am certain that doing nothing will not save us.”A loud crash came from the western side of the palace.The gates shook violently.Cassian turned to Captain Rowan.“Take fifty

Two days later, the bells of the Northern Palace began to ring.Their sound rolled across the mountains before sunrise, deep and solemn, announcing a wedding that had already become the most dangerous secret in the kingdom.I stood before the mirror while Elena fastened the final clasp of my dress.For several seconds, neither of us spoke.The woman staring back at me looked nothing like the frightened girl who had once knelt on a cold stone floor, bleeding beneath her husband’s blade.My dress was white, but it was not delicate.Silver embroidery ran from the neckline to the hem in the shape of twisting crescent moons. Tiny crystals had been sewn into the fabric, catching the candlelight whenever I moved. Around my waist was a narrow silver belt bearing the emblem of the Northern Kingdom.And around my neck hung my mother’s Moonstone.The stone was different now.The crack that had appeared days ago remained visible, but instead of looking broken, it looked as though silver light liv

The Moonstone broke in my hand.One half fell against my palm.The other slipped between my fingers and hit the stone floor.Crack.The sound was small.But the silence that followed was enormous.Cassian stared at the two pieces.Neither of us moved.Outside the palace windows, the howls continued.The shadows were getting closer.And somewhere beneath our feet, the ancient heartbeat continued to pound.Boom.Boom.Boom.Cassian stepped between me and the window.“Stay here.”I shook my head.“No.”“Seraphine.”“I am not hiding while something is coming for us.”His eyes hardened.“I am not asking you to hide.”“Then what are you asking?”“For once, I’m asking you to let me protect you.”I stared at him.Those words should have angered me.Instead, they frightened me.Because I wanted to let him.That was the problem.For so long, survival had depended on me trusting no one.Damon had taught me that love could become a weapon.The Shadow Council had taught me that blood could become