Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Fated Mate Is My Fiance's Godfather : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

Amara opened her eyes to sunlight pouring bright across unfamiliar sheets, and turned onto her other side with a groan, shielding her face from the glare.So it wasn't a dream. She stared at the other end of the large room—much too grand than she's used to. I'm Kael's Luna now, all in less than eight hours.Voices drifted from just outside her door."She should be up soon. The Alpha King wants her dressed and ready before midday.""I still can't believe it. A First Wolf, Luna to the Alpha King." A pause, quieter. "You've heard what the witch told the elders, haven't you? About the prophecy?""Of course I have. She was never meant to be passed as Luna. Not to him. Not to any Alpha. It's practically a curse waiting to happen.""If she's not careful, she'll bring this whole kingdom down with her and the Alpha king."Amara sat up sharply. "Who's out there?"The door opened at once, both maids stepping in with practiced, immediate composure, as if they hadn't just been caught. "Forgive us,

Kael didn't answer right away. He studied her instead, something unreadable moving behind his eyes, and when he finally spoke, it wasn't the answer she wanted. "Darius isn't to be trusted, Amara." "That's not what I asked." "I know what you asked." His voice stayed even, deliberate. "I'm telling you what matters more." "You don't get to dodge my question by insulting him." She crossed her arms, refusing to let the moment slip past her again. "I just lied to him, to protect myself and my people, on that call. The least you owe me is an answer." "Whatever loyalty you still feel toward him," Kael said, ignoring her entirely, "you should let it go. He's not who you think he is." "And you are?" The words came out sharper than she meant. "At least I know what Darius wants. I have no idea what you're playing at." "Do you?" A slow, dangerous smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. "Because as I recall, you ran straight into a stranger's arms the same night you caught your fianc

Amara arrived at the top of the stairs in a stunning red gown, a beige coat trimmed with fur at the collar draped over her shoulders, an ancient necklace resting against her collarbone—the mark of a true Luna, Kael's own recommendation. The butler received her coat with a bow, and she descended the staircase alone, chin high, accepting a flute of champagne offered at the bottom.She didn't take her seat at the table. Not yet. Every pack member she passed had been giving her the same look since she arrived—sharp, assessing, unwelcoming—and she wasn't about to hand them a reason to whisper louder by claiming the chair beside Kael's before he'd even entered the room.Murmurs followed her anyway."The Luna necklace. She's actually wearing it." A woman near the table, not troubling to lower her voice said to her male partner beside her. "As if the Alpha King would ever truly claim her. She's just trying to work her way into his favor—into his kingdom. You know what the prophecy says about

Kael's grip didn't loosen. Darius clawed uselessly at the hand locked around his throat, eyes bulging, feet barely finding purchase on the marble floor."Godfather—" Darius choked out. "Let me go—""You laid a hand on my mate." Kael's voice came low, guttural, the beast still riding close beneath the surface. "In front of my entire court."Slowly, deliberately, he released him. Darius staggered back, gasping, one hand at his bruised throat, the other bracing against the nearest chair."The land isn't yours to move against anymore, Darius." Kael's voice had gone cold, flat, absolute. "I bought the charter before I ever walked into your engagement party. Her people belong to my kingdom now. Not yours."Darius straightened slowly, disbelief warring with something colder settling into his gut. How? His mind raced backward, searching in vain for the moment it could have happened—some meeting, some signature he hadn't read closely enough. “No—He did this on purpose.” Darius muttered, coward

The gold light didn't fade. It spread.Amara's body arched, spine bowing at an angle no human frame should have survived, and where a woman had knelt a moment before, something vast began unfolding instead—bones cracking and reshaping too fast to watch, fur sweeping across her in a wave of deep, bottomless shadow-black, darker than the smoke still curling off the burning houses around them, black against the deepening orange of evening sky.By the time it finished, nothing remained of the woman who'd been sobbing over her mother's body. In her place crouched something the size of a small house, shadow-furred, eyes still burning that same molten gold, a low sound building in her chest that vibrated through the ground itself.The soldiers who hadn't already fled dropped where they stood, knees buckling under an invisible weight, weapons trembling loose from hands too weak to hold them."Get down!" Darius's beta screamed, already flat against the dirt. "Everyone down—now!"Darius didn't