Semua Bab Alpha's Eclipse: Bab 11 - Bab 20

CAIUS I was losing my mind.Three weeks.Three weeks of Lira refusing to acknowledge the bond. Three weeks of her resisting even the smallest touches. Three weeks of me—Alpha Caius Vexmoor, the most feared wolf in the north—being utterly, helplessly ignored.And my Beta and Gamma were enjoying every damn second of it.I sat at the head of the long wooden table in the war room, fingers tapping against the armrest. The fire in the hearth crackled, the scent of burning cedar thick in the air, but it did nothing to warm the frustration simmering beneath my skin.Across from me, Elias—my Beta—lounged in his chair, an infuriating smirk tugging at his lips. Tall, broad-shouldered, with dark brown hair and sharp golden eyes that missed nothing, Elias had the kind of calculating mind that had won me countless battles. But right now?Right now, he was too busy enjoying my suffering to be useful.Beside him, Ronan—my Gamma—was the very picture of poorly contained amusement. A hulking brute wi

LIRAI wasn’t supposed to be watching him.And yet, I was.Ever since Caius had taken me, I had kept my walls up, refusing to acknowledge anything about him beyond the fact that he was my captor. The enemy. The rival Alpha.But my eyes betrayed me.Because I had started noticing things.I noticed the way his pack respected him—not just as their Alpha, but as one of their own. He didn’t rule through intimidation or brute force. He didn’t demand submission with a single look, though I knew he could if he wanted to.He led differently.I saw him train with his warriors instead of just commanding from the sidelines. I saw him eat alongside his pack, laughing and listening rather than expecting silence when he spoke.And now, as I watched him haul a massive stack of firewood across the courtyard, I found myself frowning.An Alpha doing chores?It wasn’t unheard of. My father—a strong and just leader in his own right—had always preached that an Alpha should guide, protect, and serve their p

LIRAI was falling for him.I didn't want to be.I had fought it for weeks, clinging desperately to my hatred, my fear, my resistance. Every time I reminded myself of what he had done—kidnapping me, forcing me into his territory, taking me away from everything I had known—it was easier to stay angry. It was easier to keep my distance, to stay wrapped in my self-imposed hatred.But it was getting harder.Because every day, I saw him. Not just as Caius Vexmoor, the enemy Alpha—the ruthless leader who controlled a brutal pack. But as Caius, the man.The one who didn’t treat his people like tools to be used. The one who laughed with his warriors, shared meals with them, and made sure that even the youngest members of his pack felt like they belonged. The one who didn’t just take care of his pack—he loved them. He wasn’t the monster I had thought he was. He was… something else.And he was showing me, slowly but surely, that he wasn’t the villain I had imagined. It terrified me because it m

CAIUS“I’m going to ask you again, where’s your wolf? What’s her name?” I asked Lira, my voice hard, more demanding than I meant it to be.I knew my question had hit something deep, something fragile. Because the second I asked it, Lira tensed so hard she might as well have turned to stone. The shift in her posture was subtle, but it was unmistakable. Her back stiffened, her shoulders squared as if bracing for an impact that only she could feel. Her hands, which had been loosely folded in her lap, clenched into fists. A muscle ticked in her jaw.For a long moment, she said nothing. Not a breath, not a flicker of movement. I watched her closely, trying to read the expression in her face. But her eyes—those eyes—were shuttered, closed off in a way that made it impossible to get past her walls. And then I wondered if I had pushed too far. If I had asked something I wasn’t supposed to know.But then, to my surprise, she exhaled—not with anger, but with exhaustion, as though she had been h

CAIUSI watched as Lira toyed with the edge of her sleeve, her expression unreadable, her eyes fixed on the fabric in her hands as though it were the most important thing in the world. We had finally broken the silence between us, but even though the words had been spoken, questions still remained, unanswered and unresolved. The tension between us lingered in the air like an unspoken challenge.If she wasn’t going to demand answers herself, then I would. She could avoid the truth, but I couldn’t. Not when I felt the weight of it pressing down on both of us."You can call him."The words came out of my mouth without thought, firm and unyielding, breaking the quiet like a crack of thunder. I didn’t look away from her, watching as her fingers froze mid-motion, the sleeve slipping from her grasp.She stilled completely, her body locking into place as though my words had caught her off guard. Her gaze snapped to mine, wary, as if I had just said something she hadn’t expected. I wasn’t sure