Chapter 71: The Quiet Between Heartbeats

NIKOLAII shut the chamber door behind me, and the corridor noise finally stopped.Anaiyah stood beside the window. She didn’t speak when I approached. She looked at my hands first, then my shoulders, then my face. She saw more than most people did without demanding permission.“That bad?” she murmured.“Worse. They came prepared to defend themselves, not to find the person responsible.”She held out her hand.I crossed the room and took it.Her fingers closed around mine. The simple contact loosened something I had carried through the entire council meeting.“You look exhausted,” she murmured.“I have survived worse than a room full of suspicious Alphas.”“I didn’t say you wouldn’t survive it.”The answer stopped me.I looked down at our joined hands. “The attack exposed weaknesses I should have seen.”“Recognizing a weakness isn’t the same as failing.”“It is when people were hurt before I recognized it.”“You can grieve that without deciding it makes you incapable.”Her thumb moved

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Chapter 72: The Art of Being Forgotten

MISSYI fastened the necklace at my throat and watched Silver Crest repair itself beneath my window.Warriors crossed the courtyard with bandaged arms. Servants carried linens, water, and crates of supplies. Someone had begun rebuilding the eastern wall, though the hammering sounded distant enough to ignore.The pack was recovering.So was I.Before the coup, people had sought my opinion. Invitations arrived before I needed to ask. Women saved me a place at their tables. Warriors treated me with respect because they believed I might one day stand beside Nikolai.Now, every conversation circled back to Anaiyah.The abused Crescent Omega had become the woman everyone wanted to see, praise, or protect. She stood beside Nikolai during crises. She helped wounded warriors. She listened to grieving families.She had not even tried to claim the space.She had simply occupied it.My fingers tightened around the necklace.The coup changed everything, but it had exposed something useful: frighte

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All Chapters of Destined to Save the Cursed Alpha: Chapter 71 - Chapter 72

Chapter 71: The Quiet Between Heartbeats

Chapter 72: The Art of Being Forgotten