Todos os capítulos de The Alpha’s Greatest Blindness: Capítulo 31 - Capítulo 40

The fighting had quieted for the first time in days.I sat on the edge of the bed in the inner chamber with my arms resting loosely on my thighs. The deep burn from repeated suppression had settled into a dull, constant ache. The Burden still moved under my skin, but the continuous pressure from outside had eased enough that the current no longer climbed with every distant sound. I could finally breathe without fighting it for every second.The outer bolts turned without urgency. Kael entered and closed the door behind him. He looked tired in a way I had not seen before. Dirt still marked his clothes, but the fresh blood from earlier had been cleaned away. He did not immediately give orders or demand a report on the Burden. He simply stood there for a moment and looked at me.“The groups have pulled farther back into the tree line,” he said. His voice was quieter than usual. “Scouts report they are waiting for more numbers before they try again. We have a few hours at most. Possibly u

I remained seated after the bolts locked, the place where Kael’s hand had rested against my face still warm.The demand from the tree line changed the air in the chamber completely. They were no longer only leaving marks and testing the walls. They had sent a formal request for me by name, wrapped in the false courtesy of a white banner. Deliver the silver-haired girl before nightfall, and the keep would be left untouched. Refuse, and the hunt would continue.The Burden stirred restlessly under my skin in response to the cold fear that settled over me. I held it down and waited.It did not take long.The outer bolts turned again with sharp purpose. A Beta I recognised from the inner rotation stepped inside.“Alpha King Kael requires your presence in the strategy room. Immediately.”I rose and followed him through the sealed corridors. The keep felt different under the weight of the formal demand. Guards stood at tighter intervals. Voices were lower and more controlled. When the strate

The sound of the keep shifting into full defence reached me even through the reinforced doors.I stood in the centre of the inner chamber and listened to the rapid movement of boots, the short commands, and the low horn that signalled the secondary lines had engaged. The Veilbreakers had stopped negotiating. They were coming in force, exactly as the captain had reported. The Burden rose at once in response to the tension, warm and restless under my skin. I held it down with controlled breaths and waited for the familiar pattern of Kael returning with updates or new orders.That pattern broke.The outer bolts turned, but the person who entered was not Kael, nor one of the usual inner-rotation Betas. It was a visiting Alpha I recognised from the earlier councils, the iron-gray-haired King who had questioned my silence in the hall. Two of his own wolves flanked him. The Beta assigned to my door lay crumpled against the corridor wall outside, still breathing but unconscious.My pulse slam

The latest push lasted longer than the one before it.I remained in the inner chamber through the full length of the fighting; the Burden held under constant control while the sounds of the keep shifted and tightened around the reinforced doors. When the noise of active engagement finally began to ease, the light at the narrow window had gone fully dark.The outer bolts turned with heavy, deliberate movement. Kael entered alone. The double escort remained in the corridor. He closed the door and stood just inside the chamber without speaking at once.He was more marked than the last time I had seen him. A deeper cut crossed his upper left arm, still seeping slowly through a rough binding. Dirt and dried blood marked his throat and the side of his neck. Fatigue sat heavily in his posture, yet the intensity in his golden eyes remained sharp and focused when they found me.“Both lines held,” he said. His voice was rough from command and smoke. “The southern push was the heavier one this t

The new rooms were quieter than any place I had been kept since the siege began.I sat on the edge of the larger bed and stared at the solid stone wall across from me. The absence of a window facing open ground made the space feel heavier, more final. The Burden moved under my skin in low, unsettled waves, reacting to the grief that sat thick in my chest. The woman who raised me was dead. She had hidden me. She had never told me the truth. And the Veilbreakers had killed her for it, then sent her pendant as a message.I did not cry. The shock sat too deep for that. It simply occupied the space where ordinary feeling should have been.Time passed without clear shape. The outer door of the adjoining rooms eventually opened and closed with controlled movement. Kael entered the private chamber alone and shut the heavy door behind him. He had cleaned away most of the blood and dirt, though fatigue still marked his face and the fresh cut on his arm had been properly bound.He stopped a few