Chapter 149 Chapter 149 Caelum’s POV 2 +8 Pearls The applause that followed my presentation rang hollow in my ears. For a moment, I thought I had survived it–the quiver in my voice, the crack in my delivery. The officials clapped, and Director Leo’s words had sounded like salvation. Then
Chapter 148 Chapter 148 Freya’s POV +8 Pearls Caelum looked as though the ground had opened beneath him. For once, it wasn’t me who wore the mark of abandonment. It was him. He was the one stripped bare in front of the packs–pitiful, exposed. Aurora, ever eager to stitch her
Chapter 147 Chapter 147 Freya’s POV 豆 +8 Pearls I met Caelum’s gaze across the crowded chamber, his silver–grey eyes sharp as forged steel. He had the gall to demand, “Freya, why are you here p> I laughed softly, though my wolf bristled beneath my skin. “If you can be
Chapter 146 Chapter 146 Freya’s POV O +8 Pearls I watched Silas settle onto the sofa with that easy, unshakable calm of his, pillow tucked beneath his arm like he belonged here. I should have argued longer, but the words dried on my tongue. “Then, good night?” I said at
Chapter 145 Chapter 145 3 O +8 Pearls Third Person’s POV When Caelum lifted his gaze and collided with those cold amber eyes, his throat locked. Words–sharp and practiced, meant to wound–died before reaching air. “Caelum Grafton,” Freya Thorne said, her voice a blade honed by disdain, “do me a
Chapter 144 Chapter 144 Third Person’s POV “Mm. Yes. I will save you. Always p> +8 Pearls Freya’s voice rang steady, strong–like steel cloaked in velvet. The words, fierce in their oath, smoothed the trembling of the child clinging to her, calming the frantic beat of his small heart. And
Chapter 143 Chapter 143 D +8 Pearls Third Person’s POV Silas‘ voice cut through the gathered hall, calm yet carrying the edge of command that marked him as an Alpha. “The one who deserves your gratitude is Freya,” he said evenly. “She was the one who dove in to save
Chapter 142 Chapter 142 Third Person’s POV O 0 0 +8 Pearls If Silas were truly the monster the world whispered him to be, he would never have lowered his proud Alpha head and offered three solemn bows before the urns of Arthur and Myra at the funeral hall. Nor
Chapter 141 Chapter 141 Freya’s POV +8 Pearls Silas‘ body stiffened when my words left my lips. His head, which had been bowed low, lifted slowly until his eyes locked with mine. “I don’t make jokes about things like this,” he murmured, his voice low, raw. His gaze–dark as the
Chapter 140 Chapter 140 Third Person’s POV +8 Pear’s Aurora’s voice cut sharp through the salt–washed air, her expression taut, her eyes flicking toward the distance where Freya stood with Silas. “Then let us never speak of this again,” Aurora said, her voice edged with frost. She turned her face
Chapter 139 Chapter 139 Third Person’s POV The fear lingering in Silas‘ body did not fade. It clung to him, bone–deep, muscle–deep–a primal, choking terror. +8 Pearls His arms tightened around her as if the storm itself might rip her away again. Salt water dripped from his hair, slid across
Chapter 138 Chapter 138 Silas‘ POV She cannot be harmed. +8 Pearls The thought rips through me like a command from the marrow of my bones, more primal than the voice of any Alpha before me. “Alpha Whitmor!” My guards burst from the shadows, loyal wolves of the Ironclad Coalition
Chapter 137 Chapter 137 Third Person’s POV T +8 Pearls “Even if she once knew how to fly,” Jocelyn snapped, her chin lifted in stubborn defiance, “she’s been out of service for Skills fade. She’s nowhere near as sharp as Aurora. For her to nitpick like that–what else could it
Chapter 136 Chapter 136 Freya’s POV “It’s nothing more than favors handed down from the Whitmor line,” I said, my tone deliberately flat, deliberately unflinching. +8 Pearls The words hit Jocelyn like claws across her pride. Her face cracked, the smug confidence shattering in front of Silas‘ gaze. She hadn’t
Chapter 135 Chapter 135 Third Person’s POV Jocelyn had once believed herself the woman closest to Silas. +8 Pearls For years, she had convinced herself that his aloofness toward females was simply his nature–that the Ironclad Alpha’s blood ran too cold for passion, too controlled for affection. He was a
Chapter 134 Chapter 134 Third Person’s POV 0 0 +8 Pearls On the trail leading toward the ceremonial grounds, Silasr’s voice broke through the coastal wind. His tone was low, steady, yet carried the weight of an Alpha whose words rarely fell without purpose. “You’ve truly severed all ties with
Chapter 133 Chapter 133 Freya’s POV +8 Pearls Caelum just stood there, staring at me and Aurora. His throat worked, as though something heavy and jagged was lodged there, strangling his words. Aurora’s face flushed with humiliation, her hair plastered against her cheek, seawater dripping down the cheap fabric of
Chapter 132 apter 132 Freya’s POV +8 Pearls Caelum’s hand trembled. The two silver bands slipped in his palm, nearly tumbling to the stone beneath our feet. The cheap metal caught the sunlight in a way that mocked us both. Aurora stiffened at his side, her eyes blazing as she
Chapter 131 Chapter 131 Freya’s POV +8 Pearls Two days later, I boarded the ferry with Silas. The sea wind was sharp, carrying the brine of the waves and the weight of something inevitable. We were bound for the island where the Halston Dominion had organized the groundbreaking ceremony–a show
Chapter 130 Chapter 130 Finished Third Person’s POV Caelum hesitated, his wolf restless beneath his skin. His jaw tightened, his eyes darting between Aurora and Jocelyn. The two women’s gazes weighed heavily upon him, demanding, cornering, pressing him to an answer he could not freely give. The truth was simple: