Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bound To The Lycan King : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 14

It is the Matron. Her severe, dark robes are immaculate, her hair pinned into a flawless, rigid bun. She carries her silver staff, her face a pale, unreadable mask as she steps over the rubble. She does not look at the dead rogue near the wardrobe. She does not look at Mira’s body. Her eyes are fixed entirely on Lucien."Your Majesty," the Matron says, her voice echoing through the quiet room. She bows her head in a calculated show of reverence. "The transition is complete. The true blood has stabilized, and the head kingdom remains unbroken. The lower courts are already sweeping the remaining rogues from the perimeter."Lucien does not move. He stands tall, the massive, terrifying shadows of his Lycan form still lingering around his broad shoulders. His metallic gray eyes remain fixed on the Matron, cold and unyielding."The defenses were breached," Lucien says, his voice a low, gravelly rumble that makes the iron light fixtures vibrate. "The outer walls were bypassed.""A security

LUCIEN'S POVI took the stone steps three at a time.I told myself it was a routine check. A king confirming his asset was secured. That was all.I told myself that the entire way up the eastern spire, and I didn't believe a single word of it, I threw the oak doors open.The room was still destroyed. Shattered glass, broken chairs, ripped curtains across the floor. The smell of smoke and rogue blood still clung to the stone. And Aylin was standing by the cold fireplace with her back to me, completely still.When the door hit the wall, she spun around.My chest did something I did not have a name for.She was white as bone, shaking. Her hands curled into fists at her sides. She looked like she hadn't slept, like she had been standing in that exact spot holding herself together by pure force of will since the moment everything ended. Tairn my wolf surged forward inside me, practically vibrating with relief at the sight of her.I pushed him back hard. He ignored me completely."Why?" sh