Betrayed by an alpha claimed by a lycan king

Chapter 157

SAGE

Deep inside I was already panicking, but I can’t let him know that. I can’t feed his suspicion with my actions.

“Sage, what are they doing here?” he repeated.

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“What’s wrong with them being here? They were missing their mom. They’re sad, so I offered to comfort them by letting them sleep in my room,” I explained.

“You’re lying,” he said, which makes me hold my breath. “I know when you’re lying,” he added.

I laugh nervously, masking the fear creeping through my veins. “You always thought I’m lying,” I insisted. “I have no reason to lie, Your Majesty.”

He narrowed his eyes, taking a slow, deliberate step forward. “Is that so?” he murmured, his tone laced with suspicion. “Should I use our mind link to know the truth?”

I suddenly felt a lump in my throat, and I had a hard time swallowing. Can he really do that through our mind link? Or is he just bluffing?

“Go on, do that,” I called his bluff. I was holding my breath while waiting for his next move.

After what seems like forever, he finally broke the silence. “There’s no need for that.”

I subtly breathe out a sigh of relief upon hearing that.

gaze drifted toward Harper and Cooper, their small forms nestled deeply in sleep on my bed. He studied them intently before speaking again. “I was suspecting they were yours. But they look to be around six or seven years old, and you’ve only been

I said, my voice carefully measured. “There’s no way

watching his expression for any sign of doubt. But to my relief, I saw his suspicion ease slightly, the

slowly, as if dismissing the thought. “Fine,” he muttered, “but keep

subtly let out a quiet

conversation in my room,” he said, turning toward the door without waiting

flared in my chest. “No,” I blurted out, perhaps too quickly. I saw the way his shoulders tensed before he turned his head to look at

“I mean…

rich with amusement and something far more dangerous. He then turned around and took a deliberate step forward. He stopped just inches away,

words came out. I couldn’t deny the

him in

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Chapter 157

I didn’t trust him.

didn’t trust myself.

heat of his body made my own yearn

“Library,” I repeated, my tone firmer this time. “If

with something unreadable.

at last, though the

settled in my chest, but it didn’t. Not when he leaned in again, his

no place in here

tingled from his proximity, my body betraying me in ways I didn’t want to acknowledge. Instead, I