The Rogue is a Female Alpha novel Chapter 139

Chapter 139

Zephyrine

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It was a very cold night, the breeze swirling around the corridor as I stood with my arms folded across my chest, staring out at the horizon.

I had been surprised at how much Moon paid for the room until I saw it had a corridor of its own. My thoughts wandered back to the Mirror Monger, the man who claimed to know my brother’s whereabouts. To be honest, I was… nervous.

I lowered my gaze with a quiet sigh. I was running out of time. I could feel it. The claw mark from Lycannar still burned on my skin, a dull, relentless pain. I had believed it would heal soon, but now I wasn’t so sure. Why wouldn’t it fade? Why was Lycannar’s slash so deadly?

Blinking, I looked out again at the endless night. My thoughts betrayed me. What would he be doing at this very moment? Sitting in his black tower, perhaps reading, or already in bed, or… My throat tightened when a darker thought settled. What if he was with another woman?

No. No, he wouldn’t do that to me.

I was still wrestling with the ache of my own thoughts when I heard soft footsteps. Moon came to stand quietly at my side.

“You’re sure you won’t take any dinner?” he asked.

I nodded. I had no appetite anyway.

Silence stretched between us as we both stared into the night. Then I felt his gaze shift, lingering on me. His sigh was soft, almost lost to the wind.

“You miss him, don’t you?”

I turned my head slightly, meeting his searching eyes. I knew exactly who he meant.

“I have nothing more to do with Nyroth,” I said at last. “We’re more like strangers now.”

Moon studied me, then asked again, more carefully this time.

“You must love His Majesty so much, to let him erase even your first love. Is he really that good?”

A small smile curved my lips despite myself, I turned away, but Moon’s eyes followed me,

“Tell me, Zephyr,” he pressed softly. “What is he like with you? In public he’s so… strange. He keeps his head down, rarely speaks. I still don’t understand how you fell for him.”

I breathed out slowly, then gave him a small smile.

“Lycannar is… romantic, in his own obsessive way. He’s beautiful, powerful… and so….” I broke into another helpless smile. “I don’t even know why I love him so much. All I know is he makes me feel alive. And I get jealous when he so much as mentions another woman.”

Moon went very quiet. Too quiet. It made me turn fully toward him, reading the pain etched across his face.

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“You’re a woman of power and wealth,” he murmured. “I know you don’t love him for that. It must be… how he treats you.”

His eyes dropped, a sigh escaping his lips.

“How I wish I had treated you like that sooner. Maybe then…” He gave a small, sad smile, shrugged, and finished softly, “As long as you’re happy, Zephyr. As long as you’re happy and safe.”

Time dragged, yet the moment my head touched the pillow, I drifted into a deep sleep. When I woke, it was with a scream and a violent jerk. Moon was beside the bed, worry carved into his face as the morning sunlight poured into the room.

“Are you okay?”

“I am,” I lied smoothly, though his frown told me he didn’t believe me.

“You were murmuring his name in your sleep,” he said quietly. “The Lycan King’s.”

My heart lurched, but I forced my face blank, brushing past him before he could see through me.

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