The Rogue is a Female Alpha novel Chapter 252

Chapter 252

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I paused. No. Everything in me froze. Time stopped for me, and somehow everything else faded, leaving only me with my brother, who had just spoken words I could not even make light of.

I stared at him blankly for a while and suddenly burst into laughter. Did he just…? I punched him playfully in the chest, giggling.

“What are you talking about? The Lycan Kingdom has no prince. Lycannar has no pup yet.” I told him, still giggling, but then it hit me.

The world that had slipped away returned all at once. The tension thickened. The seriousness. on my brother’s face.

The way he only looked at me with… pity and concern, as though worried how I would take this news. That alone made my laughter fade.

“Five years ago, Zephyr, the Lycan Kingdom had a prince. We all knew him as Apex, and he came to the battlefield on that bloody day.”

“To save you,” I murmured, nodding, swallowing at the same time. I stepped backward, realizing my heart was thudding too fast. I felt dizzy, but I held on. I tried to focus. “Lycannar told me everything already. He said… he, uhm…”

I waited, sighing shakily. For a moment I allowed the emotions to settle. Then at last, I looked up at my brother, steady now.

“Lycannar Blood is the Lycan Warlord.”

“I know.” My brother’s voice was firm. “He commanded three hundred and fifty soldiers. Together, they never once lost a battle. I met them on the battlefield.”

“Lycannar came late. It was full moon, and he said something about not being able to move freely on that day. He arrived late. He arrived when the battle was already over. He came to inform the Ashmeres that the battle was instigated by our own people. By our own kind. Before he even reached our camp, it was already burning. That man over there.” I pointed at Railan. “He raided it. They cornered you. It was the Council’s order, Varyn. They…”

“Apex killed our father, Zephyr.” My brother cut me off quietly, his gaze boring into mine. “He slaughtered him before my very eyes. In battle it would be fair if he fought fair, but Apex didn’t. He was a monster. He had fangs. Wings. Different from demons, different from Lycans.

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He killed our father right in front of me, and he is the greater threat. Not these ones. The Council promised us freedom if we turn our blades against the Lycan Kingdom. And we will. We will take revenge, and only then can we return to our people.”

His words came, but I couldn’t hear them. Couldn’t accept them. All I felt was dizziness, a hollow ache spreading inside me. I didn’t know how, but I felt like… dying.

“Lycan didn’t kill our father,” I murmured, almost to myself. “You are mistaken, Varyn. The Council did. They sent him to an unfair fight against the Abyss. They raided the camp at night, when we were vulnerable.”

“Zephyr…”

you said “You wrote it in your letter, Varyn!” I cut him off firmly. “I saw it, I read it. In there someone saved you. A monster, whatever you called him, but it was Lycannar. He saved you from being killed on the Council’s order. He saved you again in Blackwater. If it wasn’t for him, or for his sister, gods bless their souls, we wouldn’t be here today.”

I hadn’t realized the tears were already spilling, burning my cheeks. I wiped them off quickly, refusing to let myself tremble.

“I know you hate that I chose a Lycan as my beloved. But I promise you, he is a thousand times better than my ex–mate ever was. He treated me well. He loves me. To the world he is cursed, but with me he is kind, supportive, loving. He is the most humble man I know. A benevolent king, adored by his people. He is not a monster, and he wasn’t the one who killed our father. He bowed once before the Moonstone Vessle that carried their ashes. He respected them. He respects you. He cares. He would never…” My voice broke. “…never do that.”

Varyn did not speak. No one spoke. They only looked at me with emotions I hated. Pity. Worry. As though I had been lied to. Cheated. Deceived. Used.

Gently my brother reached for me, to pull me into his arms, but I pushed him away, swallowing hard. I did not want his pity. This was not why I wanted him here.

This was not why I wanted him here. Lycannar would never be my father’s murderer. No way would he have done that and not told me.

Those were the thoughts clashing inside me when Railan’s voice came from where he stood.

“I raided the Ashmere camps under orders, with my men. I slaughtered them. But your father

wasn’t there.”

“That’s because he died before they reached the camp, Zephyr,” Lord Osmir of the Council said flatly. “We made a bargain we now regret. We feared the Ashmeres were growing too strong, so we sent them into battle to eliminate them. We made a deal with the Demon King,

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