Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Alpha Ethan Pov

“Why would you have to request something like that?” Lasked her after a long, heavy silence.

Her eyes didn’t waver as she replied, “That’s my only request. And perhaps I’ve done yours, so it’s only fair you grant mine

Her voice was calm, too calm, like she’d already accepted the outcome. But that only angered me more

She was playing this game again, being brave and composed, while I was the one tracking from within

“No,” I muttered, barely audible even to myself. “I can’t

Her brow twitched, her lips tightening into a faint line, “Can’t or won’t!”

I didn’t answer. I turned my gaze to the wineglass in front of me, then to the chessboard. Her knight still stood defiantly where she had left it, victorious.

“I can’t let you go free ater what you’ve done,” said finally, my voice low and guttural

“How do you expect me to stand before the council and ask them to ignore everything that’s happened? What am I supposed to say?

She leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms tightly over her chest. “What evidence do they have?” she asked sharply. “What have I done that is worth a death sentence. Ethan? Tell me.”

I glared at her, feeling my control slipping. “You wo

i were seen outside that night. Right before the rogues attacked. That alone is enough.”

She laughed not a sound of joy, but something hollow, tired. “So that’s all it takes now? Being in the wrong place at the wrong time?”

“it’s not just that!” I snapped, my fist slamming into the table. The wineglass jumped, nearly tipping over. She didn’t flinch.

She stood now, her eyes blazing “And you think that’s enough to kill me Tically, Alpha? You think that’s justice?”

Trose too, my height casting a shadow over her, but she didn’t back down. There was fire in her now.

Thated it. I hoped that she could still stand there and look at me like I was the monster. Maybe I was.

“You said it yourself,” I growled. “You knew I wouldn’t let you go out, and yet you want anyway. You knew it was dangerous

“I went to see a friend,” she replied, her voice quieter now but steady.

“I knew you wouldn’t let me go.

me go, but i needed to. I wasn’t doing anything wrong. You have to trust me, Ethan. I’m not a traitor.”

istared at her, searching for something guilt, hesitation, anything that would confirm the fears gnawing at me. But there was nothing. Just that

maddening sincerity in her gaze.

“Trust you?” I whispered bitterly. “You think it’s that easy?”

“You’re the Alpha,” she said firmly. “The council listens to you. You can stop this.”

I shook my head slowly. “They listen, yes. But they’re not fools. Even I can’t just snap my fingers and erase suspicion,

She stepped closer, her voice softening. Then don’t erase it. Ask them to investigate properly. Ask them to delay the sentence. At least give me the chance to prove I’m innocent.”

I looked down at her, so small yet so strong. Her eyes weren’t pleading. They were demanding

“I can’t lie for you,” I said finally

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Chapter 111

“I’m not asking you to lie,” the replied. “I’m asking you to do what’s right”

The silence that followed was suffocating. I turned away for

The moonlight poured through the glass, casting shadows across the polished floor. Tran a hand through

“I don’t know how to fix this,” I said, more to myself than to her. “Every path leads to more chaos

“Then take the path that doesn’t lead to blood,” she whispered behind me.

Iturned back, watching her as she stared at the chessboard again.

“You think this is a game, don’t you?” I said. “All of this. You keep challenging me, provoking me, like you know something i don’t

“I know that whatever you feel for me is real,” she said quietly. “You wouldn’t be this torn if it wasn’t.”

Her words struck me like a blade. I wanted to deny it, I wanted to laugh and tell her she was imagining things. But my silence betrayed me.

“You don’t want me dead,” she added.

“No, I admitted. “But that doesn’t mean I can save you

“You can,” she said firmly. “You’re just afraid.”

Inarrowed my eyes. “Afraid?”

“Yes,” she said, stepping forward, her voice rising again.

“Afraid of what the council will say. Afraid of the truth. Maybe even afraid of how you feel about me.”

I took a step back, almost stumbling, “Don’t push me,

Raven.

She stopped. “Why not? You’re not the only one who’s scared, Ethan.

your eyes.” y day wondering if you’ll decide I’ve run out of chances. I know what you think of me. I see it in y

Hive every

I turned away again, clenching my fists.

“You think I betrayed you,”

“she continued. “But you’ve never once stopped to think that maybe, just maybe, I’ve been the one betrayed.”

That made me swirl around. “Betrayed by whom? Me?”

“Yes,” she snapped. “You. The one person I thought would see me.”

My breath hitched, my chest tightening in a way i hadn’t felt in years.

She wasn’t crying.

She wasn’t begging. But something in her eyes something raw and broken made me feel like the air had been sucked out okhe room

“I trusted you, Ethan,” she said. “Even after everything And you’ve done nothing but throw me to the wolves.”

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