All Chapters of The Alpha's Secret Heir: The Ward's Revenge: Chapter 61 - Chapter 64

Silas’s POVThe heavy oak wardrobe in the royal quarters stood open, its grand shelves mostly bare. My heavily bandaged hands, still raw and weeping clear fluid from the brutal, suicidal sprint through the northern crags, moved with slow, deliberate precision. I wasn't reaching for the ceremonial robes of state. I wasn't packing the velvet-lined cases meant for the royal crests or the ancestral signet rings.I placed a thick, worn wool sweater—a human garment—into a single, battered canvas duffel bag resting on the bed.Beside me, Cora sat on the edge of the mattress, her arms wrapped tightly around Leo. Our son was sleeping deeply, his breathing soft and rhythmic, his skin warm and flushed with a normal, healthy baseline. The lead-colored tracer lines under his skin had entirely faded into faint, silvery shadows, dormant and peaceful.Cora watched me, her dark eyes wide and glassy, tracking the movement of my hands. She didn't flinch away from the reality of wha

Silas’s POVThe echoes of the vanguard’s unified roar slowly drifted into the jagged peaks of the northern mountains, leaving the grand marble courtyard filled with a profound, heavy silence. The warm, golden rays of the morning sun illuminated the crimson-stained stone, a stark and brutal reminder of the transition that had just taken place.Five hundred elite warriors remained on one knee, their heads bowed, their weapons angled toward the ground in absolute submission. Behind them, the omegas, the kitchen staff, the pack elders, and the palace guards who had spent years hiding in the shadows of the old court’s strict pure-blood laws stood shoulder-to-shoulder, their eyes fixed on us.I looked down at my hand, still tightly interlaced with Cora’s. The raw, bleeding lacerations from my midnight sprint had stopped weeping fluid, the dominant Alpha gene in my blood already beginning the slow process of cellular regeneration. Beside me, Cora’s chest heaved with a quiet, breathless sob.