Chapter 288 Brenna’s POV I spilled tea on him within the first five minutes. Not a delicate splash, either. The full cup. Straight across his chest. The pale amber liquid bloomed across his shirt like a map of my inadequacy. “Oh no. Oh no, no, no—” I grabbed a napkin

Chapter 287 Kaelen’s POV The sky burned amber and rose above the backyard garden party celebrating Brenna and Finnian’s engagement. Lanterns swayed from the oak branches, casting warm pools of light across the flagstones where children darted between tables like fish in a stream. I leaned against the garden wall,

Chapter 286 Elara’s POV It had been a year since the war ended. The afternoon sun warmed my shoulders as I walked down the stone path of the estate, shifting my six-month-old daughter, Aurora, higher on my hip. “Claire, I need you to double the medical supply order for next

Chapter 285 Elara’s POV “If you check the gate one more time, your neck is going to snap off.” Brenna’s head whipped back toward me so fast I heard the crack. “I wasn’t looking at the gate.” “You’ve looked at the gate seventeen times. I’ve been counting.” “You have not

Chapter 284 Elara’s POV “You’re doing it again.” Brenna whipped her head toward me. “Doing what?” “That face.” I gestured vaguely at her entire expression as we stepped out of the tea house and into the afternoon sun. “The dreamy, faraway, ’I’m-thinking-about-a-tall-golden-haired-man’ face.” “I am not—” She clutched two shopping

Chapter 283 Elara’s POV “Start from the beginning, or start from the end?” Finnian sat across from me in the corner booth Brenna had secured. The tea house was small, warm, tucked away from the main street. Candles flickered in amber jars along the walls. The noise of the market

Chapter 282 Elara’s POV The mirror didn’t lie. I had been standing in front of the mirror for a long while. I turned sideways, pressing both palms against the gentle swell beneath my navel. Still small. Still barely there. But undeniable. Two lives curled inside me like seeds waiting for

Chapter 281 Elara’s POV I pressed my back against the wall just beyond the doorframe, both hands clamped over my mouth. His roar shook the paintings. Not the Alpha’s Command. Not the battlefield voice that had brought entire armies to their knees. This was something else entirely—raw, unfiltered, cracked wide

Chapter 280 Kaelen’s POV The morning air tasted like iron and endings. I stood on the palace steps, arms crossed, watching the transport wagon creak to a halt at the bottom of the stone staircase. Two imperial guards flanked the gate. The sky hung low and grey—fitting weather for a

Chapter 279 Elara’s POV (Trigger warning: This Chapter contains explicit content and is suitable for mature readers.) His kiss devoured me. There was nothing gentle about it. Nothing careful. His mouth moved against mine like he was starving—like those years apart had hollowed him out and only this could fill