Semua Bab Sentenced to The Ruthless Alpha: Bab 31 - Bab 40

Roman POV"What do you mean you haven't seen her all day?" Worry unfurled low in his stomach as he set his cup of water down harder than he meant to. "It's noon.""She's not assigned to my quarters today, my lord. She might be cleaning one of the rooms on another floor."Matilda's voice stayed flat, but her face gave her away the warmth she still refused to admit she felt for Thora.Roman sat up, a small groan escaping him. "Matilda, that's not good enough. I count on you to keep an eye on her. My position doesn't give me that kind of freedom.""I'll send for her. You should rest."He barely heard her. He shut his eyes and reached for Thora's scent, for any flicker of her through the bond.Fear was always the easiest to catch with her, some low hum of anxiety she carried everywhere.He found nothing. He searched his study, then the hallway outside it, then floor after floor of the mansion.His wolf let o

Roman POVHis face gave nothing away as their eyes met. He couldn’t risk another flare of suspicion between them, not in a dungeon full of guards watching them.But relief unfurled through his chest the second his eyes landed on her. She was whole and unhurt.He'd remembered, halfway through storming around looking for her, that the dungeon sat beneath a layer of old magic. The magic made it impossible for a wolf keen sense of smell to permeate.It was a ward his father had cast a long time ago so that even if enemies breached the pack's walls, no invader could sniff out which cell held which prisoner.It was the one place in the entire mansion he couldn't have tracked her through even if he'd tried all night.Thora straightened the moment she saw him, putting a careful distance between them before bowing formally.Roman hated the picture of a proper human servant, but he understood exactly what she was doing. She wasn't just bowing out of spite. She was keeping the dust that still cl

Thora POVHer heart hadn't fully settled since the challenge at the courtyard. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw it again.She saw Roman transforming mid-stride, bones cracking and fur erupting all over his skin, until the man she'd been falling for stood replaced by something massive and terrifying.And it all happened in the span of one breath.She'd been surrounded by wolves for months now, had been chased by them, threatened by them, forced to live among them.But watching Roman shift, knowing exactly how much her heart had come to ache for him, hit different.One moment, he was a man with tired eyes and an apology on his lips while he craved her in his bedroom. The next, an animal capable of tearing Devlin apart. She wasn't sure her nerves would ever fully recover.And yet, underneath the fear and the disorientation, one thing stayed constant; her feelings for him hadn't wavered.If anything, they'd

Roman POV"Ember root." Regan sniffed the air outside the study. "Whoever stood here used it to mask their scent, layering it under every other scent trail that's crossed this hallway in the last two hours."Roman's jaw tightened. "Then it's your job to sift through all of them until you find the one that doesn't belong. Report to me the moment you do."He turned sharply to the doctor. "For your own sake, make sure your research is untraceable. Destroy anything that could point back to the details or to Thora.""Already done, Alpha. I took precautions from the start. No one outside the three of us has ever had access to my findings."Roman nodded, a small measure of relief loosening his shoulders."What do we do?" Regan asked. "Someone could have heard everything.""No, they didn't." Roman scrubbed a hand down his face. "Even with enhanced hearing, listening in on sensitive conversations held inside my office takes a

Roman POVRoman took his first fiery sip of the old wine, letting his eyes settle on Kade with unwavering steel as the warmth spread through his chest."The matter of my divorce is a private one, Alpha Kade. It will be decided between my wife and myself. Everyone else will hear the verdict after it's done."His hand closed over Thora's possessively, before his eyes slid to hers with a small, reassuring smile. Warmth bloomed in his chest when relief washed over her face instead of excruciating disappointment.For the longest time, she'd held him to his promise of setting her free. And once upon a time, that was all he'd wanted too; to end their marriage before it ever truly began.But that was before he stopped fighting their bond and let himself embrace it. Before he understood she wasn't a punishment at all, but the best sentence a man in his position could ever hope for.Now, he only hoped she'd be willing to give them a real chance. Not just as alpha and human Luna, but as mates. I