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.

before speaking again. “I was suspecting they were yours. But they look to

behind me to keep from trembling. “Y–You’re right,” I said, my voice carefully measured. “There’s no way they’re my children. I’m just

his expression for any sign of doubt. But to my relief,

gave me one last hard look before exhaling slowly, as if dismissing the thought. “Fine,” he

a quiet sigh of

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

way his shoulders tensed before he turned

mean… I thought

something far more dangerous. He then turned around and took a deliberate step forward. He stopped just inches away, his warmth seeping into me

but no words came out. I couldn’t

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that I didn’t trust

didn’t trust

drug, not when the heat of his body made my own yearn for things I had no right to want.

a careful step back, gathering the remnants of my composure. “Library,” I repeated, my tone firmer this time. “If this is a discussion about legal matters, then it’s only appropriate

unreadable. Then, after

murmured, stepping back at last, though the

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

just so you know…” His fingers lightly grazed my arm, sending an unwelcome shiver down my spine. “There’s no place in here that can keep you safe from

much his words affected me. My skin tingled from his proximity, my body betraying me in ways I didn’t