The Rogue is a Female Alpha novel Chapter 71

Chapter 71

Zephyrine

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“Zephyrine? Zephyrine?”

I fluttered my eyelids open, tired and heavy, to see Princess Mearez’s concerned face. She looked so worried that my chest ached. I saw her lips move, but I couldn’t focus. I couldn’t summon the energy to answer or even pay attention.

I tried to close my eyes again, but Serena came and nudged me gently.

“Zephyrine, you can’t sleep. Try to stay awake. It’s already dusk.”

Oh. I must have slept through the entire morning. I swallowed hard and spoke in a whisper, barely audible. Princess Mearez leaned in, straining to hear.

“Lycan… is he… okay?”

She pulled back for a brief moment, then nodded,

“He will be fine. He will be here soon. You need to stay awake. You have to be strong.”

At that moment, Princess Serena turned toward the door, groaning with urgent concern.

“Is he not going to come? His pack isn’t that far away, is it?

I raised an eyebrow, curiosity flickering.

Whose pack? Who else was coming?

The door opened then, and Dessyn rushed in, panting as though she’d been running non–stop.

“Alpha Nyroth isn’t at his pack. He’s at Blackbridge Pack, and when I got there, it was, oh gods, through the window! He granted me an audience, and… my gods, he’s naked! Bare–chested!”

“And why isn’t he here with you?” Princess Mearez asked, her tone sharp.

“He’s… with Kaela.”

“Who is Kaela?” Serena asked, her voice tight with curiosity. I turned away, letting out a shaky sigh. I already knew what Kaela meant to him. How he gaze at her. How much I’d prayed, hoped, begged for Nyroth to look at me that way, but no. He never would. Not even once.

“She’s his mate. If he can channel a bit of energy to her wolf, it will ease her pain. But why won’t he come?”

“I can’t believe this is how mate bonds work in the Werewolf Empire,” Princess Mearez muttered to herself. I closed my eyes slowly, letting the words sink in.

Nyroth had failed me every single time I gave him a chance to prove himself. Every time, up until now, he failed again and again and chose Kaela over me.

While I rot here, he finds the urge to lay with her, even when the mate bond between us is still intact.

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Moon, goddess, why would you fate me to such a man? Why? Even after I’ve saved your empire from demons and brought peace to the entire world, why will you pay me with…

My tired eyes drifted to the dark sky outside the window. The cold breeze swirling through sent a chill down my spine.

My gods! What happened?

I tried to get out of bed, but my knees buckled, and I collapsed to the floor just as Dessyn entered, rushing toward me.

“Zephyr…”

“Let me go. I need to… I need to talk to him,” I said, exhaustion seeping into my voice. Dessyn helped me back to the bed.

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“Why?” she asked.

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“Lycannar,” I whispered, my voice almost gone. “He just left, and I don’t know why. I… I need to talk to him. I need to…”

“Zephyr!” she snapped, yanking me back to reality. I gasped, breathing hard. “What is wrong with you? He only left. He’ll come back. Or you can go to him. Why are you trembling?”

Am I… trembling?

I looked down at my hands. My knuckles were white.

And then it hit me. How much I fear losing Lycannar. I might not want to admit it, but he occupies the largest, deepest place in my heart now. The mate bond from the moon goddess means nothing compared to what I feel.

I leaned back against the pillow, quiet, my hands still trembling. He had looked at them. Definitely reminded of Nyroth holding my hands. Is he mad at me? Still?

Could he… be jealous of that? Oh no.