Lahat ng Kabanata ng CAGED BY THE ENEMY ALPHA : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

chapter two I didn't even have time to scream. Blood poured down like a river. My vision went entirely white, a high, piercing ringing filled my ears, drowning out the roar of the fire.I crashed forward, my face hitting the stone, choking on the smell of my father's blood as it pooled toward my knees. The world blurred into a sickening smear of red. The man who had promised to protect us from everything was suddenly just a twitching corpse in the dirt.Beside me, Caleb went insane. A guttural, agonizing roar tore from his throat—a sound raw with a young wolf's helpless fury. He thrashed frantically against the three guards pinning him down, his fingernails clawing uselessly at the stone,"You monster! I’ll kill you! I’ll tear your throat out!" He shrieked.One of the guard slammed a heavy boot directly into his spine, crushing his face into the dirt, but his chest kept heaving with broken, breathless sobs. Ragged groan ripped out of my mother. She watched in absolute horror as my f

Chapter FourA small clay bowl of water was pushed through the bottom slot of the heavy iron door. The sharp scraping noise sounded incredibly loud in the quiet, dark cell. For a long moment, I just stared at it, my body pressed flat against the cold stone floor.My chest throbbed with pain every time I took a breath. But soon, the burning thirst in my throat became too much to handle. I crawled over on my knees, dragging the heavy chains behind me. They made a loud, scratching sound against the dirty floor.The girl on the other side of the door couldn't have been older than sixteen. She wore traditional Nightbane blue beads in her hair, and they clicked softly because she was shaking so hard. Her wide eyes were filled with pure terror. She stared at me like she was looking at a ghost."Drink, please," she whispered quickly, looking nervously over her shoulder down the dark hallway. "The Alpha will know if you don't. Please, you have to.""Is it poisoned?" My voice sounded rough and

Chapter SixKieran was on Thorne in a blink.No one in the Great Hall even saw him cross the stone floor before his fingers locked tightly around Thorne’s throat. His sharp claws ripped right through the thick, decorated fabric of Thorne's collar, tearing the skin and digging deep into the muscle beneath. With a terrifying show of brute strength, Kieran lifted the massive Alpha a full inch off the floor."Say that again," Kieran whispered. The sound didn't come from his throat; it scraped through the silent room like a rusted blade dragged over ice. "Suggest you will touch my wife. I dare you ."Thorne’s hands clawed frantically at Kieran’s wrists. His thick fingernails dug into Kieran's arms, but Kieran didn't even flinch. Thorne’s face shifted from a dark red to a bruised, suffocating purple. His heavy boots kicked uselessly in the empty air, scraping against the stone steps. For a terrifying heartbeat, it looked like Kieran was going to snap his neck. The veins in Kieran’s hand bul

Chapter Eight: The Table of EnemiesMy new room was not bad at all. It featured a large bed piled high with thick white furs and a real stone fireplace that threw orange, dancing light across the walls. There was even a glass window that looked out over the training grounds below, where shirtless Nightbane warriors were busy sparring with heavy wooden blades.Beside the bed stood a large wooden closet. But when I pushed the heavy doors open, I found absolutely nothing inside. No extra dresses, no leather armor, and no weapons. I was completely at their mercy.Looking out the window, a heavy wave of memory hit me. I remembered the afternoon of the attack, right before everything went wrong. I had peeped through my bedroom window back home and noticed something unusual moving in the tree line. But I hadn't raised the alarm. I had thought it was just a false alarm.Had I spoken up, I thought bitterly, maybe our soldiers would have been on high alert. Maybe my father would still be alive.

Chapter Ten: The Rules of a QueenHer hands felt ice-cold against my skin as she helped me out of my sweat-damp nightdress."The purpose of this is to teach you how, where, and what a Luna does," Nira recited quickly, sounding like she had stayed up all night memorizing the words. "And the pack elders will test you in three days to see if you really fit the role. If you fail their test, they can reject you completely. If they reject you..." She didn't finish the sentence."Who are the elders?" I asked, my voice still hoarse from sleep."They are the Alpha's extended family," she replied, carefully lacing up the back of the grey dress she had chosen for me. It was a plain dress with long sleeves and a high collar that scratched uncomfortably against my throat. "His uncles. His great-aunts. His father's cousins. They run the Nightbane pack with strict blood law. And they hate outsiders more than anyone. Especially anyone from Blood Moon."By mid-morning, the lesson was in full swing. Th