جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 10

The bells of the Mooncrest Palace rang twelve times.Across the kingdom, wolves lifted their heads toward the palace as the sound traveled through the night.A child had been born.Not just any child.The firstborn of the Alpha King.Inside the royal chambers, Queen Elara lay exhausted against the pillows, her newborn daughter sleeping peacefully beside her.The baby was different.Her tiny body was covered in soft, snow-white fur.Even her little ears were white.And when she opened her eyes, they glowed an unusual silver.The old midwife froze.She had delivered hundreds of pups during her lifetime, but she had never seen anything like this.“Your Majesty…” she whispered.Queen Elara looked at her daughter.“What is it?”The midwife swallowed.“She is a White Wolf.”The room went silent.The Alpha King, who had been standing beside his mate, stared at the baby.“A White Wolf?”The midwife nodded slowly.“According to the old legends, a White Wolf is born with extraordinary power. An

Aria stared at the black rose on the floor.Her heart was pounding.She looked down the empty corridor.“Hello?”No answer.She turned around again.Nothing.Who had spoken to her?And how did that person know there was something about her that the King wasn’t supposed to discover?Aria slowly crouched and picked up the rose.The moment her fingers touched it, a sharp image flashed through her mind.A dark room.A wooden cradle.A crying baby.And a woman standing beside the cradle, holding a black rose.Aria gasped and dropped the flower.The vision disappeared.She grabbed the wall to steady herself.“What is happening to me?”She had never experienced anything like that before.She looked at the rose again.Something about it felt familiar.Too familiar.“Aria!”She jumped.The head maid was standing at the other end of the corridor.“What are you doing there?”Aria quickly picked up the rose.“Nothing, ma’am.”“Then get back to work.”“Yes, ma’am.”Aria hid the rose inside the poc

Aria couldn’t hear anything.The room was full of people, yet everything sounded distant.The guards.The servants.Prince Kael.Even the Queen’s quiet sobs.All she could hear were three words repeating inside her head.The lost princess.She stared at King Darius.“No.”The word came out barely above a whisper.Darius didn’t move.“You are my daughter.”Aria shook her head.“No, I’m not.”“You are.”“I can’t be.”Her voice grew louder.“I was a servant.”Elara stepped toward her.“You were never a servant.”Aria looked at the Queen.“You don’t understand.”“I do.”“No, you don’t!”Everyone went silent.Aria’s eyes filled with tears.“You can’t suddenly tell me I’m your daughter after eighteen years!”Elara’s expression broke.“I know.”“You don’t know anything about me!”“I know you were taken from me.”Aria stared at her.“I know I searched for you every day.”The Queen’s voice trembled.“I know I kept your room exactly the way it was because I couldn’t accept that you were gone.”

Chapter 7: The Voice in the DarkThe palace went completely silent.Not the peaceful kind of silence.This was the kind that made every breath feel dangerous.Aria stood frozen beside Queen Elara’s bed, her heart pounding violently against her ribs.The candles had gone out.Every single one.A cold breeze moved through the room, lifting the curtains even though every window was locked.“Guards!” Alpha King Darius shouted.Boots thundered outside.Within seconds, the doors burst open.Several palace guards rushed inside with their weapons drawn.“Light the torches!” Darius commanded.One of the guards hurried toward the wall.A flame appeared.Then another.The room slowly returned to light.But Lady Seraphine was gone.Aria stared at the empty space where the woman had been standing.Only one thing remained.A black rose.It lay on the floor beneath the window.Aria’s stomach tightened.“The rose again…” she whispered.Kael stepped closer.“Don’t touch it.”Aria looked at him.“Why?”

Chapter 9: The Second Pendant“Now that she remembers…”The mysterious voice echoed through the palace corridor.“…we can finally begin.”Aria stood completely still.For a moment, she forgot how to breathe.The palace had gone strangely quiet. Even the guards seemed afraid to make a sound.The torches that had been burning only seconds earlier were now completely extinguished.Darkness surrounded them.Kael immediately moved in front of Aria.“Stay behind me.”Aria stared into the darkness.“Who are you?” she demanded.There was no answer.Darius stepped forward.“Show yourself!”His Alpha command shook the corridor.The sound traveled through the palace walls.Still nothing.Then—A soft laugh came from somewhere in the darkness.Aria’s heart dropped.She knew that laugh.Not completely.But it reminded her of something buried deep inside her childhood memories.A memory she couldn’t quite reach.“Father…”Darius turned toward her.“What?”“I think I’ve heard that voice before.”Kae