The Rogue is a Female Alpha novel Chapter 218

Chapter 218

Chapter 218

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I arrived at Luna Tahlia’s abode that bright morning to stop. I had taken my bath, changed my clothes, and tried to relax, but I felt nothing like peace.

I knocked at the door, and as though she had been waiting for me, it flew open and she appeared in the doorway, horror written across her face.

Our gazes met for a moment before I looked past her to the maid carrying young Black. I bypassed Luna Tahlia and took the baby gently from the maid.

The little hand tangled in my hair as he always did; his soft coos soothed my chest in a strange, immediate way, and I smiled, softly.

Then the old verdict surfaced in my mind. The moon goddess’s curse that I could not bear children until I found my second mate.

I sighed now, wondering about the talk of prophecy. The council members had murmured it once and I’d called it bluff. My aunt had repeated it and I would call it bluff too. Yet the doubt still pricked.

I handed the maid young Black carefully; she accepted him and excused herself from the small, cozy living room. Slowly I turned to see the true Luna of Blackbridge pack standing there, staring at me awed, wondering, in utter disbelief.

“Your brother is the wounded warrior Kaela sold to Blackwater?” she asked, and I swallowed. “My gods, Varyn Ashmere… is the one she sold?”

She could not believe it even as she spoke. She stepped closer to me.

“I’m sure Kaela never knew who he truly was. I… I am so sorry, Alpha Zephyrine.” Her words washed over me, but I had come for another reason.

“You know Warrior June?” I asked.

Her brow creased in surprise.

“He’s the commander of the Blackbridge army”

“He is going to be executed tomorrow morning at the market square. His offense is he refused to lead a battle to slaughter the Lycan King and me, because he would not repay me for standing up for Luna Tahlia by dueling a rogue to the death.”

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“Now I know you won’t be able to do anything but watch him die. I can’t save him. An Alpha has limits when it comes to another pack’s affairs but you are the true Luna of Blackbridge. Your presence alone can not only save him but restore your right. He will be hanged tomorrow. I came to warn you that his blood could be on your hands, not mine.”

She reddened with grief, but I did not wait for her tears. I turned to leave, but her voice caught

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“Everyone believes I left Blackbridge the moment I caught my husband in bed with a woman. No. I stayed and watched it all. I had to endure it for my son.” Her shoulders sagged under the grief she had kept hidden. “Kaela returned from her so–called mission and walked into my husband’s bed. I had to swallow that humiliation while newly delivered. She only came to host the party for Young Black’s naming ceremony, but she crawled into Black’s life in disguise.”

Bitterness etched her words; tears shimmered in her eyes.

“I know Black is manipulated. I know Kaela is evil. I know her father plots and her mother is colder than ice. Destruction follows them. Little by little she began to issue orders and act in my place. I tried to save my marriage. I went to the council but no one stepped forward. Instead, they gave Kaela more power, and the next day she threatened me if I tried to block her, she’d exile my son to the worst reaches of this shifter empire. I have no one but my old mother. I had to flee for my life. For my son’s life.”

She stepped closer and asked, voice trembling,

“I was betrothed to Black since childhood. We are not mated. My father and my father–in–law were best friends. I was trained in the etiquette and the ways to lead my people,” she swallowed and shook her head. “But I was never taught how to endure the threat to my child’s life. For Young Black… I will not fight.”

Goosebumps rose along my skin. I could not share her exact fear for a son, but I understood the bone–deep terror. She had one child; she had resigned herself to the loneliness of a widow and single mother.

I searched her eyes and felt the need to offer a solid backup. What solid backup did she need more than me? No. What did she and I need more than the Lycan Kingdom?

I took her hand; my chest heaved as I spoke.

“I know a man who answers threats with death. He answers disorder with order. He is a king, and he is merciful when he chooses to be.” I squeezed her hand, firm. “What if I promise you that I and this king will stand behind you? What will you do?”

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It was as though she had been waiting for that question all her life.

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“Then I’ll take the next carriage and appear at the market square tomorrow morning to save Warrior June, who is still my ally, and to save the pack that belongs to my son.”

My heart swelled at the fire in her eyes. I stepped back toward the door, calling over my shoulder.

“A carriage will be ready for you tomorrow. Blackbridge is yours, Luna Tahlia. Young Black’s birthright. Gone are the days when we were soft enough to let Kaela steal what was ours. Not anymore.”

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