The Rogue is a Female Alpha novel Chapter 198

Chapter 198

Nyroth

:

47

+10 Free Coins

“So now, Nyroth. You’re telling me you’ll give up your fight for the woman the Moon Goddess fated for you to a man the same goddess abandoned and condemned?”

The question hung heavy between us. I could only stare at her, helpless. She had a point. A piercing one. Zeph belonged to me. She always had.

All the years I knew her, she was never daring, quiet, never one to cause havoc. But these past months, as Apex’s woman… he had whispered death into her veins. And wait… Kaela.

“Mother… Zeph won’t yield. After I went to her yesterday, thank the Moon Goddess she granted me audience, but she won’t kneel. She won’t yield. I… I don’t know what to do, Mother. And I don’t want her to perish. I want her… here.”

That last word slipped out, laced with goosebumps. If only she could come back. If only she could be mine again. I’d guard her, protect her, quietly, the way I should have.

My mother lay there in bed, still recovering from whatever sickness the gods had laid upon her. She coughed softly, and I reached for her hand.

“If only Kaela hadn’t come into your life and lied to you, we wouldn’t have gone so astray. Kaela is the villain.”

Her voice was weak, her eyelids already falling. She drifted into sleep again.

I sat there, her words echoing in my chest. Kaela.

And it struck me like lightning. The day Zeph appeared at the Wolf Fortress, Kaela stood with the Imperium Council. The moment they declared Zeph impeached, Kaela was named the next ascendant. Why?

Dark blood ran between them. Something I didn’t yet know.

Anger flooded me. I rose, storming from my mother’s chambers, and rode without pause toward Blackbridge. It took time, but when I arrived, I dismounted in silence, chest heaving.

She would hear me today. All of it.

I followed her scent through the hall, ignoring the stares of maids, guards, and pack members. They wondered why I was here, why I still came, when Kaela now lay with another man. I ignored them all.

1/4

15:58 Thu, Sep 11

Chapter 198

:

47

+10 Free Coins

I was about to turn toward her bedchamber when a voice from the meeting chamber made me

stop.

“Listen, I didn’t know the letters I was delivering were meant to instigate war. All I did was follow orders from the council. They said the letters were to the Demon King and I obeyed. That’s all. I swear it. I never knew they would slaughter Ashmere warriors and Blood armies.”

I froze. My blood ran cold.

What… did I just hear?

“We need to move quickly, Everyone,” an elderly woman’s voice answered. “Zephyr is a clever woman. With Apex at her side, she’s more dangerous than anything. Days ago, she requested an army. And no Ashmere requests an army unless it’s for war.”

I crept closer, peering through the slit of the door.

It was her. The woman I had seen at Ash Pack’s party. Zeph’s aunt.

My heart sank. My eyes moved to the man speaking now. Yadev. He sat in the Alpha’s seat as though it belonged to him.

“Why would she want an army?”

“I heard she intends to strike Blackwater. But why…?” the aunt pressed, until Kaela suddenly stilled. All eyes turned to her.

“What do you mean, Blackwater? Why would she…” Kaela cut herself short. Her face shifted as realization dawned.

“If that war back then was to wipe out the Ashmeres… then the last order I received was to kill the last surviving Ashmere warrior.” She murmured, pale.

Zeph’s aunt frowned deeply.

“What do

you mean?”

“From that war, Every warriors died. All of them died except one survivor. He was saved by a beast. A demon, they said. Railan was sent to finish the job. To wipe every Ashmere from the field.” Kaela lifted her eyes. “Among the warriors, whose body was never found?”

The woman didn’t take long. She froze, her breath stalling.

“Varyn Ashmere. My cousin. Zephyr’s elder brother.”

2/4

15:58 Thu, Sep 11

Chapter 198

46

+10 Free Coins

Kaela went ghostly pale. She shot up from her chair, nearly frantic, turning toward her father whose face twisted with unease.

“After I finalized the envoy mission between Wolf Fortress and the Demon Realm, after the battle, I was given one last order. To disappear for five years. To make my mission believable.”

“We know that part,” Yadev murmured.

“Yes, Father, but after that, I was given nothing. No resources. Nothing to live on. And the Council wouldn’t help. I was leaving, hopeless, when another order came.”

“What order?” Zeph’s aunt demanded.

“That a warrior would ride home wounded. I was to make sure he never made it back alive. I had my bow ready. And he came. Riding a white horse, regal despite his wounds. I drew my arrow to end him… but I didn’t.” She swallowed hard. “A thought struck me. If I had to vanish for five years, the only place to truly hide was Blackwater. And to live there, I needed to pay Stone, their leader. So I… traded.”

Zeph’s aunt blanched, collapsing into her chair.

“Tell me you killed Varyn, that it isn’t him Zephyr seeks to rescue in Blackwater. Because if she finds him… if she dares we’re all finished!” she screamed.

But Kaela said nothing. And that silence confirmed it all.

“He was half–dead when I found him. I tricked him, pretended to help. But when we reached Blackwater… he was tortured. Stripped. Broken. His mind shattered. He’s a madman now. A slave. Nothing more.”

“But still an Ashmere,” Yadev said gravely.

The room fell into silence.

“We cannot let Zeph find him first.”

“I doubt we’ll stop her. She is gathering an army.”

“Then before she gathers anything, we must…”

“”

I couldn’t bear it anymore. I shoved open the door, stepping inside, my face carved with horror.

“How much more will you do to destroy the Ashmeres, Kaela? Haven’t you shattered Zeph enough?” My voice trembled with fury.

3/4

15:58 Thu, Sep 11

Chapter 198

…

Kaela only clenched her jaw and looked away.

:

“Not until I take her pack. And hand it to the rightful ruler here, Aunt Kostyra.”

My gaze snapped to the woman. Rage boiled, but I swallowed it down.

46

+10 Free Coins

“Kaela will betray you. She cannot be trusted. She’s poison.” My voice shook. “I’m telling Zeph everything I’ve heard. I swear it.”

I turned to leave.

But her voice stopped me, cold and taunting.

“The Lycan King slept at Ash Pack last night.” Kostyra’s lips curved cruelly. “You should have heard Zephyr’s moans. You’ve lost her, Nyroth. He’s won. That’s reality. She doesn’t love you anymore. So why waste yourself trying to save a woman who made a fool of you by giving herself to a cursed, condemned monster?”

15:58 Thu, Sep 11

Chapter 199