Chapter 230
Chapter 231
3rd Person’s POV
Back in the Blackfang Pack, the treatment center was thick with unease.
Finished
Inside one of the private rooms, they gathered around the bed where Cora lay unconscious. Rowan stood closest, rigid and silent. Behind him, Alpha Eldric, Luna Daia, and Orion lingered, their presence crowding the space.
“I will stay and monitor her condition,” Rowan said at last. “Alpha Eldric, Luna Daia, you should return and rest p>
“No,” Daia broke, her voice trembling as grief clawed its way through her. “I won’t leave until my daughter opens her eyes p>
“The healer has already confirmed it,” Rowan replied. “Cora’s faint was only a shock response. She is fine p>
‘Rowan is right,” Eldric added, his tone firm, decisive. “We will leave her in his care. We can return once she wakes p>
After some persuasion, Daia finally relented. Reluctantly, she allowed herself to be led out, Orion following close behind.
The door shut with a soft, final click.
Silence settled over the room.
Moments later, the still figure on the bed began to stir.
A faint groan slipped past Cora’s lips as her lashes trembled, then slowly fluttered open.
‘Rowan…” she murmured weakly.
Rowan didn’t move closer at once. Even as her eyes found him, there was no warmth in his expression. “You’re finally awake,” he said flatly. “Good. Then at least we can talk about what happened yesterday p>
Cora blinked, confusion flickering across her face. But beneath it, when she felt the weight of Rowan’s cold gaze and sensed the displeasure rolling off his aura, something else began to surface.
Fear.
“What do you mean?” she asked softly. “I don’t understand p>
He stepped forward then, a cold wave of Alpha authority pressing subtly into the room.
“You are fully aware of your position in this pack, Coraline,” he said, “And yet yesterday, you acted in a way entirely unfit for my future Luna p>
Her lips parted.
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Chapter 231
Finished
“Drawing a blade. Threatening to kill that horse. Causing a spectacle after Lylah saved you.” His gaze hardened, voice edged with cold displeasure. “You didn’t just humiliate yourself-you handed anyone who already doubts you exactly what they needed to stain your name further. I don’t like that behaviour of yours p>
Cora’s mind raced.
The memory struck like a spark.
And Rowan stood before her now-angry and unmistakably not on her side…
No.
She couldn’t allow that.
Her hand rose to her temple, fingers pressing lightly as she winced. “My head…” she groaned, her voice rembling. “It hurts… Rowan, can we not talk about this right now? Everything in my memory feels blurred. I can’t remember anything, and my head felt like it’s going to split open p>
Rowan’s eyes narrowed slightly. “You don’t remember p>
No…” she whispered, shaking her head weakly. “And the things you’re saying…” Her voice faltered. “I don’t >elieve I would ever do something so shameful. I would never humiliate myself like that, Rowan p>
Cora drew in a soft breath, steadying herself.
You said Lylah saved me?” Her gaze lifted, wide and earnest. “Then I should thank her properly. Where is he p>
She’s already returned to Lunaris p>
My phone, please p>
There was a brief pause.
Then Rowan retrieved the phone and placed it into her hand.
Cora’s fingers trembled as she dialed, her movements fragile. Watching her now, it was hard to reconcile his girl with the one who had raged through the arena the day before. The contrast unsettled him.
For a fleeting moment, guilt brushed against Rowan’s thoughts.
Had I been too harsh p>
The line connected.
Cora lifted the phone slowly to her ear. “Lylah…” she breathed.
“Cora p>
“Yes, it’s me.” Her tone wavered just enough. “Please don’t hang up. I… I wanted to apologize for whatever happened yesterday. And to thank you… for saving me p>
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The Betrayed Princess Rising
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