All Chapters of SOLD TO THE ALPHA KING: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Declan's POV “Say it again,” I said, but my voice did not sound like it belonged to me anymore, it sounded like something held together by effort alone, and I stayed seated because standing up felt like it would break the last bit of control I still had over my body.Callum did not hesitate, he just kept speaking like he had already carried this truth for too long to care how it landed, “Hera was twenty two years old,” he said, “and Voss selected her personally.”Rider did not move, Declan was completely frozen, and Bailey was the only one still watching Callum like she was trying to decide whether the ground itself had shifted under her feet.Callum continued, “He constructed a partial mate bond into her against her will and used her as a controlled variable to test whether he could place influence inside a bonded system without triggering detection.”I felt my throat go dry, but I still listened.“He intended her to reach you,” Callum said, “and to become Luna under conditions wher

Declan’s POV“I did not plan to say it,” I told them, even though nobody had asked and even though it was already obvious from the way my mouth felt like it had betrayed me without permission.Rider was looking at me like this was a conclusion he had reached weeks ago and simply waited for me to arrive at, and Raven was staring at the floor with something on his face that was not quite relief and not quite amusement, maybe recognition, and I suddenly felt like I had emptied my pockets in a room where everyone else had already seen what I was carrying.Bailey nodded once, slow and careful, like she was taking the words and placing them somewhere that mattered, not reacting, not retreating, just filing it away with the rest of the things she refused to let overwhelm her.“The full moon is coming,” she said calmly, and the steadiness of her voice almost hurt more than if she had reacted emotionally, “the council session is in three weeks, so whatever this is, it does not erase the timeli

Bailey’s POVI did it that night because if I waited until morning I knew fear would get a hold of me and I'd chicken out.“I am not sleeping first,” I told them, standing near the door with my arms folded tight against myself, “if I sleep I will talk myself out of it and I am done letting that happen.”Rider opened his mouth immediately, concern already forming, but Raven spoke before he could, voice calm and deliberate, “Then we do it now, but not with all of us in the room.”Declan’s eyes flicked between the two of us, then settled on me, “You are sure.”“I am not sure,” I answered honestly, “I am just not waiting.”Raven nodded once, then looked at his brothers, “Wait outside, both of you.”Rider frowned, “I should stay.”Bailey shook her head, “I need you not here for this, I need one voice and I need it steady.”Declan hesitated, then nodded slowly, “We will be right outside.”Rider did not argue again, which told me more than any reassurance would have, and the door closed soft

Declan's POV “The alternative is a blood moon ritual,” Callum said, “no preparation period, no ceremonial buffer, full consent from all parties and all three marks in one night.”I felt the tension in the room shift as the temperature droppedRider’s head tilted slightly, already calculating, already pulling threads together, and I could see Bailey watching all of us at once like she was trying to decide where the real danger was sitting.Callum continued, “It is also where Sera Voss becomes a problem.”That made my attention snap fully onto him.“Sera,” I repeated, slower than I intended, “what does she have to do with this.”Callum did not look away, “Voss brought his daughter into Thorne territory six days ago under diplomatic cover, my sources flagged it immediately.”Rider’s expression hardened instantly, “You are telling me this now.”Callum lifted a shoulder slightly, “It was not relevant until the ritual options became immediate.”Bailey’s eyes moved between us, sharp and alr

Raven's POVDeclan told me in the corridor like it was something he was still processing himself and not something he had already accepted, and I remember looking at him and thinking he was watching my face more than he was trusting his own words.“Hera is coming,” he said, and he stopped walking like he expected me to react more than I did.I did not.I just nodded once, slow, controlled, like that would keep everything inside me from shifting too quickly.“Through Callum,” he added.I nodded again, “I see.”Declan kept watching me like I was going to break open or explode or do something that required interruption.“You are not surprised,” he said.“I am past surprise,” I answered, and I meant it more than I liked.He hesitated, then continued, “Rider called for her to be brought in.”That one landed heavier, not because it was unexpected, but because of what it meant.“I understand,” I said again, because understanding was easier than reaction.Declan studied me a moment longer, th