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025 || The Visitor
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The Blood Alpha’s Captive Mate 027 || Wild Games
EMBER His voice was weak, but the command beneath it was unmistakable. I glanced around the hall. At the guests staring at me like I was filthy. At Liora's rigid face. At the guards waiting for permission to chain me. At the blood staining Azai's mouth."I need to tell you—""Not here."His eyes shifted briefly towards the gathered nobles."Go," he said again. "Lock the door."My lips trembled. I wanted to tell him about the masked man. About the maid who knew exactly where the pie was hidden. About the warning that had been whispered against my ear.But the entire hall was watching and waiting for me to confess to a crime I didn't commit.I curled my hands into fists. “Fine."I turned before anyone could see the tears filling my eyes. The whispers followed me across the hall."Murderer.""Traitor.""She finished what she started."I kept walking. My nails dug into my palms until they stung, but I refused to look back. I would not let them see me cry.The moment I reached the cor
The Blood Alpha’s Captive Mate 026 || The Second Attempt
EMBER My fingers went numb around the broken piece of crust. "What did you say?"He stepped out of the shadows, slowly. "I wouldn't touch that if I were you."His voice was deep and strangely calm. I rose slowly, keeping the pie balanced on the bench."Why?"He tilted his head towards it. "Look beside the cut edge."I stared at him, my pulse roaring."Go on."My instincts warned me not to look away from him. But my gaze lowered to the pie anyway.At first, I saw nothing. Then I leaned closer.My breath caught.Once I saw the first mark, I found another. Then another. Small holes scattered beneath the apples, almost invisible beneath the cinnamon.Warmth vanished from my body."That wasn't there before," I whispered."You’re right," the masked man agreed. "It wasn't."I looked at the tiny puncture again. A faint bluish stain had soaked into the syrup beneath it. Poison.My head spun as a strong wave of dizziness hit me.Azai had eaten it. My stomach hollowed out instantly."No."
The Blood Alpha’s Captive Mate 025 || The Visitor
EMBER His unnerving gaze dipped to my wrapped wrists. "Did you bake the pie yourself? With these hands?" He caught my wrist before I could pull away. Pain shot through the bruises, making me gasp. "What are you—” He turned my hand over, studying the cloth wrapped around it. "These are the hands that nearly killed the Blood Alpha?" The second man leaned closer. "Hard to believe, isn't it? She looks far too soft." My stomach twisted. Across the hall, the laughter continued. No one was looking. Or perhaps everyone was pretending not to. I tried to wrench my hand away, but his fingers dug into the bruises beneath the cloth. "Let me go," I hissed. The narrow-faced man caught my other wrist and I cried out. The sound was small beneath the music. But Azai heard it. A growl rolled across the hall. Every conversation stopped, and even the hands around my wrists froze. I looked towards the highest table. Azai was standing. His chair lay overturned behind him. His cri
The Blood Alpha’s Captive Mate 024 || Flavours Of The Past
EMBER My feet nearly betrayed me, freezing in the middle of the grand hall. Liora noticed me. Her polished smile shattered in an instant, her lips pressing into a thin line. "What are you doing here?" she demanded, her voice slicing through the music and chatter. Every head in the room snapped towards me. Heat flooded my face. Gods, why did I think this was a good idea? I forced my legs to move anyway, clutching the covered plate tightly. Azai's face stayed blank, but I saw the way his fingers tightened around the arm of his ornate chair, his knuckles whitening. Liora stepped forward, blocking my path. "She was forbidden from attending." A ripple of murmurs swept through the guests. My pulse hammered in my ears, drowning out everything except the voice screaming in my head: Turn around. Run. You're making a fool of yourself. I stopped at the foot of the short steps, my chin lifted even as my knees shook. "I only came to give him something." Liora's sharp eyes dipped to
The Blood Alpha’s Captive Mate 023 || Where Her Heart Lies
EMBER The door flew open so hard it slammed against the wall. Liora stormed into my room wearing a dark red dress, her hair braided tightly down her back. Her face was pale with fury. Two guards stood behind her. Nara immediately rushed in front of me. "Lady Liora—" "Move." Nara hesitated. Liora's eyes sharpened. "Unless you wish to share her punishment." My stomach knotted. I pushed the blankets aside and climbed out of bed, ignoring the ache in my knees and wrists. "What happened?" I asked. Liora looked me over slowly. Her gaze lingered on the flour still dusting the edge of my sleeve. "You tell me." "I don't understand." "Of course you don't." Her mouth twisted. Nara's shoulders stiffened. "Lady Liora," she said carefully, "Ember has only just woken up." "And yet half the kitchen has been ruined." I froze. “What?" Liora drew closer. "Three trays of meat were left outside the cold room. Two sacks of flour were split open. The ceremonial wine meant fo
The Blood Alpha’s Captive Mate 022 || Midnight Baking
EMBER Later that night, when the fortress had gone quiet, I returned to the kitchen. Everyone should have been asleep by now. That was the plan.I would bake the pie in secret, hide it somewhere safe, then return before anyone noticed I was gone. Simple.Except when I reached the kitchen door, my hand froze over the handle. Kairos's words crept back into my thoughts.My gaze rested on the ring around my finger.What was the point? Why spend the entire night baking for a husband who might already be preparing to replace me?My thumb moved slowly over the ring.Perhaps Kairos had lied. He had lied before. But what if he hadn't? What if Azai had already chosen another woman and simply hadn't bothered to tell me?I almost turned around. Then my fingers closed around the ring.No.I had already spent too much time running from things I didn't understand.If Azai wanted another wife, he could look me in the eyes and tell me himself. Until then, this ring was still on my finger.I wa
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