All Chapters of Bought The Alpha Prince For 30 Silver Coins : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

ARABELLA POV For several seconds, nobody moved.The music had stopped and a sudden silence washed over the party. Every wolf stood frozen, staring at Kael’s hand wrapped around Adrian’s jaw and Adrian’s feet hanging several inches above the ground.I could not breathe.I had known Kael was strong. I had felt his domineering aura when faced with my parents at the pack house, and I had watched him intimidate the servants without raising his voice. Even injured and cursed, there had always been something frightening about him.But I had never imagined this.Adrian was one of the strongest wolves in the Blue Moon Pack. He had trained since childhood, defeated older warriors, and earned the respect of everyone who believed strength determined a person’s worth.Yet Kael held him as though he weighed nothing.Adrian’s legs moved uselessly in the air while his hands gripped Kael’s wrist. His face had turned red, and the confidence he had worn moments ago had disappeared behind barely control

ARABELLA POV I climbed down the cliff as carefully as I could, gripping the exposed roots and uneven stones to keep myself from slipping. The drop was not too deep, but the slope was steep enough to make every movement dangerous. Loose soil shifted beneath my feet, and several sharp rocks tore at my palms as I lowered myself toward the narrow ledge below. “Celine!” I called again, my voice echoing faintly against the rocks. “Celine, can you hear me?” She did not answer immediately. My heart hammered as I searched for her between the trees and jagged stones. Then I saw her. She was hanging on a lower ledge, one leg twisted beneath her and one hand wrapped tightly around a thick tree branch that had prevented her from falling farther. Her hair had come loose, and dirt streaked her pale face. She looked frightened, fragile, and completely unlike the woman who had been standing over me moments earlier, cruelly reminding me that Adrian had never loved me. Despite everythin

KAEL POV I woke before dawn.For several seconds, I remained still beneath the trees, staring into the darkness while the memories of the previous night slowly returned to me. The cliff. Arabella crying. The heat that had come over her on our journey through the woods. The way she had looked at me when she reached for my hand.Then I noticed something.Something was wrong.Or perhaps, for the first time in months, something was finally right.I looked down at my hands.My breath caught.The blackness that had covered my skin ever since the curse had taken hold of me was gone.I slowly raised my arm, staring at the familiar skin beneath the faint morning light filtering through the trees. My hands looked exactly as they had before I disappeared, strong and unmarked, and when I touched my face, I felt the sharp features I had known all my life instead of the distorted appearance the curse had forced upon me.I stood immediately.The pain that had followed me for so long was gone.I rol

ARABELLA POV The moment I entered the ceremonial grounds, I was instantly bedazzled by the grandness before my eyes. The entire Blue Moon Pack had gathered for the Moonbond Choosing. Hundreds of wolves filled the open space, dressed in ceremonial colors and arranged according to family and rank. Elders stood near the sacred choosing box, their silver robes embroidered with the symbols of the Moon Goddess. Musicians played softly near the stone altar, and dozens of lantern hung aloft, glowing with pale blue light. At the center of everything stood the choosing box. It was older than anyone could remember. The box itself was made of dark enchanted wood, covered in silver markings that moved faintly whenever someone stepped close to it. According to tradition, every unmated she-wolf between eighteen and twenty-five was given one final chance to draw a silver token from it. The Moon Goddess would decide whether she was destined to marry. A name meant acceptance. A blank t

ARABELLA POV For several seconds, I couldn’t understand what I was seeing. There was writing on it. Actual writing. Not the smooth, empty surface I had become so familiar with over the years. Not another blank token that would force me to walk back to my place while everyone whispered about the girl the Moon Goddess had rejected for the tenth time. There were letters engraved across the silver. My fingers tightened around the token. The entire ceremonial grounds had gone silent. Nobody seemed to breathe. Everyone had expected another blank token. After nine years, why would this year be any different? Then someone gasped. “Arabella got a name!” The silence shattered. “What?” “She actually received a Moonbond!” “After nine rejections?” “Who did she get?” “Show us!” People began talking over one another, and the suspense spread through the crowd like wildfire. I heard someone laugh in disbelief. “Impossible.” Another voice shouted, “She final