All Chapters of I Accidentally Married The Billionaire Alpha: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Kai’s POV“Her eyes are silver!” someone shouted from the front of the gallery, and every face near the barrier turned toward Elara.I could see the change even from where I stood. Elara was on one knee, holding her injured arm close to her body, and both eyes reflected a pale silver that had not been there when she entered the ring.My wolf surged toward Elara as the silver appeared in her eyes. I held the barrier, watching Selene approach while Elara struggled to get up.“Stop the assessment,” the senior marshal ordered, raising his flag. “Miss Ashford, return to your position immediately.”Selene ignored him. She lunged while Elara was trying to stand, and the second marshal blew his whistle so sharply that people in the front row covered their ears.I crossed the barrier before Selene reached her. I caught Elara beneath the shoulders and pulled her clear of the attack, putting myself between them as the marshals closed around Selene.“Get her out of the ring,” I told the nearest m

Elara’s POVI stared at Kai, trying to find a way to tell him what the voice had said about my mother. He waited while I gathered the words.I told him what I'd heard, including the accusation against Margot. He didn't look surprised that I was frightened, but he didn't pretend that a voice only I could hear was proof of what my mother had done.“Do you know how she kept you apart?” Kai asked. “Can you ask whether she remembers the treatments?”I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate. “What did Mother give me? Were you there when I was taken to Briarwood?”*I remember being unable to reach you,* the voice answered. *I remember her knowing you were different. The rest is difficult to find.*“She doesn't remember the medicine or the clinic,” I told Kai. “She remembers Mother knowing about her, but she can't tell me what happened.”“Then we'll continue with the records,” he said. “You shouldn't have to confront Margot with an accusation we can't yet support.”I agreed, though I wanted

Elara’s POVGideon kept his pen poised over the note from the council. I watched him write down my objection before he looked up again.Kai stayed beside the desk. “The chair hasn’t invited Margot. Your objection will reach him before he decides.”“Mother signed those forms because I was a child,” I told Gideon. “I won’t have her answering questions about my body now.”Gideon wrote down my objection and asked whether I wanted the complaint reviewed without any childhood records being discussed in open session. I said yes, although I understood that the council might still ask questions about my claim that I hadn't known I had a wolf.“I can tell them I’ve never transformed,” I said. “I don’t need to read out every appointment to say that.”“Have counsel check the privacy rules,” Kai told Gideon. “Send the draft to Elara.”After Gideon left, I tried to finish my written response. I managed three paragraphs before the words began to run together. My elbow hurt, and the thought of hearin

Kai's POVElara placed her phone facedown after reading Margot's message. “I'm not meeting her,” she said. “If she has my records, she can send them to Dr. Vale.”“You don't owe her another visit,” I replied, sitting beside her without disturbing her injured elbow.She rested against me for a while before taking my hand. “Kai, I want to stay with you tonight. Not because of our agreement. Because I want to.”I brushed my thumb across her fingers. “Are you sure?”She nodded and led me upstairs.She got the door shut behind us and turned on me, nothing shy left in her. Her good hand went flat to my chest and shoved until my back hit the wall; she kissed me with her teeth in it, and I let her have the lead, because watching her take it beat anything I could have planned. The lamp was low and I left it that way.Her bad arm kept bent and clear of me, close against her ribs, while I worked her shirt up over her shoulders and eased the cotton past the elbow slowly so it wouldn't catch.“Car

Elara's POVI looked at Kai, unsure how to answer. He had asked the question so calmly, but the way he held my hand told me he cared about the answer. Until tonight, I had assumed we both understood that our marriage would end eventually.“Do you want me to leave?” I asked.“No.” His answer came without hesitation. “But I want to know what you want, Elara. You've spent months worrying about everyone else's expectations. I'm asking about yours.”I glanced at the employment conditions on the desk. A few hours ago, I'd been excited about the possibility of working in Westhaven. Now I was wondering whether taking the job meant risking the happiest part of my life.“I wanted to leave when we first married,” I admitted. “Not because you treated me badly. I just couldn't imagine staying somewhere I wasn't supposed to belong.”“And now?”“Now I look forward to having breakfast with you. I wait for you to come home, and I get annoyed when your meetings run late.” I gave him an embarrassed smil