All Chapters of BOUND TO THE ALPHA KING: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

KATHERINE The morning sun was barely hitting the palace windows when I woke up, and I didn't bother waiting for a maid to bring me tea or water. My mind was already back in that dusty archive room, and I needed to finish what I started before anyone else decided to take another "walk" near the restricted wing.When I reached the archive doors, I paused. I pulled the key out and slotted it into the lock, but something felt different. I pushed the door open and stepped inside, my eyes immediately moving to the shelves where I had caught Leona the night before. I frowned, and I walked closer to inspect the brass drawers.The dust on the floor had been disturbed again, and some of the folders on the lower shelf were pushed back further than I remembered. Someone had definitely been here after I left last night. They hadn't taken much, and it didn't seem like they had found what they were looking for, but the fact that they were trying made my skin crawl. It didn't affect my plan, thoug

ROWAN I drove the fast scout vehicle hard along the muddy tracks, and after an intense ride through the wilderness, I could finally see the dim light of the royal pack grounds.It was exactly at this moment that the clouds opened up, and the heavens decided to deliver their contents in full force, sending down sheets of water that blurred my vision. I wasn't fazed by the sudden downpour, though, since I only had a few miles left to cover before reaching the main gates, and the vehicle had enough power to go through the mud without getting stuck. Instead, my mind was entirely focused on what Katherine was up to back at the palace, and I found myself wondering if she was still quietly sitting in her room or if she was still trying to poke around areas where she didn't belong.I let out a short, quiet laugh to myself as I turned the steering wheel, because I guessed that with what I and Elder Cassian, along with the other key members of our group, had put into plan, she shouldn't be a

KATHERINE I stood perfectly still, trying to get my breathing under control as the panic threatened to squeeze my throat. I opened my mouth twice to say something, but my voice just wouldn't work at first, and I could feel the hot blood rushing to my ears. When I finally stopped stammering and came up with a simple sentence to defend myself, Rowan just chuckled softly and raised a hand in front of my face."Don't even bother denying it, Katherine," he said, and his voice sounded entirely too confident as he looked down at me. "I already saw the exact letter you were holding when I walked in, and there is no point in trying to lie to me now."His words immediately validated the terrifying thoughts I had been having in my head for the last five minutes, and everything became painfully clear to me. The first thought was that he was definitely among the specific list of corrupt people who were directly related to the brutal massacre of my family, and the second thought was that he had

STEPHEN I muttered a loud curse at the rain that seemed completely endless tonight. The water was pouring down in thick sheets, making the ground muddy and heavy under my boots, but I didn't slow my pace for even a single second. If I was being completely honest with myself, I hadn't been okay with Rowan’s sudden eagerness to head back to the pack grounds alone earlier tonight, and my gut had been screaming at me that something was entirely wrong. I felt like my brother had a hidden motive or some secret business to attend to at the palace, so I had immediately taken action to secure the situation. I had told my personal messenger to ride ahead and tell the high nobles at Oslo that we would be arriving a few days late for our scheduled meeting, and then I had turned a large portion of my men around.I had taken exactly half of my army back toward the palace with me to act as backup, while the remaining half of the soldiers were still stationed securely at the borderlands camp to ho

KATHERINE Rowan dragged me backward.I knew I couldn't just let him hold me like a hostage, so I clenched my fists and bent my legs, and I did my best to kick him away with all the strength I had left in my body. My heel connected with his shin, but he barely even flinched at the impact, and he let out a sharp grunt of annoyance before he released his grip on my collar and swung his hand forward.The back of his hand hit me straight across the face, and the force of the blow made my head snap to the side, and I lost my balance completely. I fell down hard onto the cold floor, and the impact sent a sharp pain through my hip and wrist as I hit the stone, and for a second, my vision went blurry.At the exact same time, Stephen saw me fall, and he let out an angry growl that sounded completely deep and animalistic. He was fighting hard against the new cloaked assailants who were swarming him from every side, and he threw two of them off his arms with a violent jerk of his upper body."I