Chapter 5 — The Alpha King Is Cooked
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“The Alpha King found you.”
My brain immediately rejected the information.
Like absolutely not.
Return to sender.
“What the hell is an Alpha King?” I whispered.
Kael’s expression darkened.
“The strongest Alpha alive.”
Selena crossed her arms nervously. “Not just strong. Ancient.”
Ancient?
BRO WAS HE A VAMPIRE DLC TOO??
Another howl echoed outside the tunnel.
This one shook the walls.
Dust rained from the ceiling.
And for the first time since meeting him—
Kael looked genuinely tense.
Oh we were FINISHED finished.
“What does he want with me?” I asked carefully.
Silence.
Nobody answered.
My anxiety upgraded to premium membership.
“Hello?? Communication??”
Kael’s jaw clenched.
“You.”
Not the way he said it making my soul evaporate.
“What does THAT mean?”
Selena looked at Kael bitterly.
“Tell her the prophecy.”
The prophecy.
Of course there was a prophecy.
Every unhinged fantasy situation always got a prophecy attached like bonus trauma.
Kael stared at me for a long moment before finally speaking.
“When the Blood Moon rises,” he said quietly, “a female wolf will awaken with enough power to either unite the packs…”
He paused.
“…or destroy them.”
The tunnel went silent.
I blinked twice.
Then pointed at myself.
“You think THAT’S ME?”
Kael didn’t answer.
Which was answer enough.
I laughed nervously.
“No because respectfully? You’ve clearly got the wrong girl. My wolf barely loads. I cried opening a pickle jar last week.”
“You survived suppressants.”
Suppressants?
My stomach dropped.
“What?”
Selena looked furious.
“Your father gave them to you your entire life.”
My chest tightened painfully.
“What are suppressants?”
Kael’s eyes softened slightly.
“They stop wolf powers from awakening.”
Silence.
Then everything clicked at once.
The weakness.
The strange fevers as a kid.
The way I never shifted.
My father knew.
THAT MAN REALLY NERFED ME SINCE CHILDHOOD??
Anger exploded inside me.
“So everybody just lied to me my whole life?!”
Kael stepped closer carefully.
“It was to protect you.”
“By drugging me???”
Suddenly pain ripped through my chest.
Sharp.
Burning.
I gasped and stumbled backward.
My heartbeat became erratic.
Hot energy spread beneath my skin.
Kael’s eyes widened instantly.
“No…”
Selena looked horrified.
“The Blood Moon…”
I looked down at my hands.
Veins of silver light glowed faintly beneath my skin.
UH???
EXCUSE ME???
The tunnel started shaking violently.
Outside, every wolf suddenly howled at once.
Not normal howls.
Terrified howls.
Kael grabbed my shoulders immediately.
“Ava, look at me.”
But my vision blurred.
Something inside me was waking up.
Something ancient.
Something hungry.
Voices suddenly echoed in my head.
Mine.
But not mine.
QUEEN.
The word slammed through my skull.
I screamed.
Silver energy exploded outward from my body—
BOOM.
The tunnel walls cracked instantly.
Every lantern shattered.
Kael shielded me with his body as debris rained down around us.
And girl—
his eyes were glowing now too.
Not gray anymore.
Pure silver.
Linked to mine.
The bond between us pulsed violently.
I could FEEL him.
His heartbeat.
His rage.
His obsession.
Everything.
It was too much.
“Kael—”
He pulled me against him immediately.
Strong arms around my shaking body.
“You’re okay,” he whispered.
Except his voice sounded strained.
Barely controlled.
Like he was fighting himself.
Then I smelled it.
Smoke.
Forest.
Blood.
And something dangerously addictive underneath.
Mate.
The word appeared in my head instantly.
Kael froze.
Oh no.
OH NO.
His eyes slowly lifted to mine.
And the look on his face?
Absolutely catastrophic.
Possessive.
Hungry.
Terrified.
Like the universe had just handed him the one thing capable of destroying him.
Selena whispered behind us:
“…The Moon Goddess chose.”
Silence.
Kael’s grip tightened around me.
Then very softly—
like he hated himself for it—
he said:
“You’re my mate.”
My soul disconnected from the server.
Because there was no way.
NO WAY.
The terrifying alpha psychopath with anger issues and murder hobbies was my soulmate???
The Moon Goddess needed psychological evaluation immediately.
But before I could process another ounce of emotional damage—
A terrifying voice echoed through the tunnel entrance.
Deep.
Ancient.
Powerful enough to freeze the air itself.
“Well,” the voice said calmly.
“Now I understand why Kael was hiding you from me.”
Every instinct in my body screamed danger.
Slowly…
Kael turned around while keeping me behind him.
And standing in the darkness—
was another Alpha.
Taller.
Older.
Wearing a black crown.
Silver eyes glowing like death itself.
The Alpha King smiled at me.
And somehow…
that smile was scarier than violence.
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