The Wolf King's Reluctant Mate의 모든 챕터: 챕터 51 - 챕터 60

The silver light from Rowan’s eyes did not simply shine. It poured across the courtyard in cold, hard rays and turned the bloody snow into a strange white moonscape. Every torch flame bent away from him. The air itself felt thinner, as if the mountain were holding its breath. Veda stopped mid-step on the stone stairs. The repeating crossbow shook in her hands for the first time since she had appeared on the ledge. The intricate first-era markings that covered her gold armor flared bright purple, then clicked and hummed in uneven bursts, as if the power rolling off the silver-eyed figure was about to burn the anti-magic circuits out from the inside. “No,” she whispered. The flat, empty voice finally cracked. A thin edge of human fear leaked through. “The anti-magic bolt was meant to split the core. The timeline should have killed him already. The silver poison was calibrated for exactly this

You are lying! I yelled over the heavy thumps of the mountain-breaker and dust came loose from the ceiling with each pulse.“Your father tried to trade me; you opened the gates for the mutant wolves. Why should we believe a single word from you now?”Theresa did not lower the silver key. Her hands shook, but her green eyes stayed locked on mine.“That is because the Alliance vanguard tried to put a bolt through my throat in the lower tunnels the moment my father fell into the canyon,” she said. Her voice was raw; all traces of her courtly polish were gone.“They do not want an alliance with Dravenwood. They want every independent northern bloodline erased from the maps or subservient to them. If this weapon detonates, they will achieve their

The jade crossbow stayed pointed at my chest, but Rowan didn't wait. He moved before the lead hunter could fire.The glowing bolt hissed through the cold air. Rowan twisted, caught the shaft with his bare hand, and snapped it in half. Purple sparks died against his palm."Behind me," he said.I stepped back. My legs still felt weak from the dual lock, but the bond between us burned steady and bright, the memory of our brief kiss was still an obvious sensation on my lips. This was not what I pictured my life would look like if I had taken that last dose.This was not...The three hunters were spread out; their black cloaks shrouded them in darkness. The one in the center spoke first.

The word hit me like a physical blow, slicing through the freezing mountain air and straight into the center of my skull.I stopped so hard that Rowan’s hand, still tightly locked in mine, nearly pulled my entire frame forward into the snow."What is it, wild cat?" he asked instantly.He didn't just speak; his entire body turned defensive. His left arm swept outward, blocking my chest, shielding me from the open expanse of the range before he even knew what threat had caused my breath to hitch.The raw heat of his newly stabilized aura flared, warming the draft that whistled between our cloaks."She called," I whispered. My voice came out thin, little more than a gravelly scrape against the howling wind.

RowanI stayed low behind the rocks and kept my eyes on the tent.The bond was open. I could feel Adele the same way I felt my own heartbeat. She was scared. The fear came through clear and sharp. But under it there was something else—something she was holding back on purpose.I did not like that.“I am here;” I told her through the bond. “Talk to me.”Her answer came soft and careful. “I am all right. Elara is alive. The man inside calls himself the Speaker. He wants both of us. Just like