The Devil's Son and His Fated Bride
Chapter 122: She is a potential Heir to the Fae Throne.

Chapter 122: She is a potential Heir to the Fae Throne.

Upon returning to the castle, they descended into the stench-ridden dungeon cell. The air was thick with rot, and Elaika’s stomach turned violently, she could no longer resist. Vomit spilled from her lips as a searing burn twisted through her bowels. Terror slithered down her spine, cold and merciless. She was going to die. She should have revealed this to her King before he would fall for this princess girl, so they would have cut her head instantly. She was wretched and looked so weak now. How spiteful!

In the darkness of the cell, "Speak. I command you, as your Alpha King!" Kai’s voice thundered, his aura surging like a storm through the confined space. His heart and mind were racing insanely. Luther was right across his sight and approached Ren, but he didn’t see it. It was fucking weakness that let his brother come this close to his wife. He was driving mad. What if he kidnapped and claimed her? What the whole heck would he do then? Fuck him!

Shadow’s whip wrapped around Elaika like a noose. She had already submitted to him once; disobeying now would feel like drowning. But he didn’t care whether she answered or choked on her silence. Let her die. After what she’d done, it would be mercy.

’Let me kill her. We know enough already!’ Shadow roared, making the girl jolt. He was even scarier in the dark when she was enclosed in such a hellish cell. It smelled horrible. Like spoiled meat and infected wounds.

Kai was dying with self-reproach. The shame clawed at him. In his own house, under his protection, one of his wolves, his royal wolves, had tried to murder his wife. The disgrace burned hotter than rage. He couldn’t even bring himself to meet Reneira’s eyes. Let alone planning to make love with her. He had prepared a romantic venue for them alone so he could eventually take her tonight before leaving Thegara. But, again he was mourning more losses.

And for the Mountain Wolf clan, they would lose their credits among the rest of the clans. They would mock them, and never trust them again. They would sever marriage bonds with she-wolves of that clan as a sign of distrust.

"I saw Luther in the market before the Luna introduction ceremony," Elaika began, her voice thin and submissively steady. "Somehow, he already knew about my affairs with you. He came to me directly with a Lord vampire... We met during the night and he said I should help him reclaim his rightful bride. No one can understand how happy I was to ascertain that humans are not trustworthy."

Shadow’s whip was tormenting her soul. No wonder why everyone feared Shadow, even Luther. She paused, unflinching. No remorse flickered in her eyes, only cold resolve. War always demanded sacrifices. And what were a few lives, compared to the thousands she believed she was saving? She didn’t feel regret. Not at all.

"Did he ask you to kill her, or was that your own choice?" Agara raised a question, his voice cut like a blade.

"My choice," she answered without hesitation. "I never let him touch Thegara. There was no telling if he’d keep his word, even if I helped him. He gave me a drop of his blood, just a drop, and planned to send a vampire to assist. But before he could, you brought one of your own. A monster that I didn’t want to exist in Thegara. I used his blood to command it... to kill her. And he would follow his lovely bride to his father’s hell and leave our world alone."

Agara shook his head, fury simmering beneath the surface. Foolish girl. That blood was priceless. With even a trace of it, they could’ve bent the Giant Lord Vampire to their will and changed the course of everything. And she had squandered it on a reckless, failed assassination.

"Do you have more of his blood?" Kai pressed, his voice taut with urgency.

"No!" she gasped, her voice breaking as she struggled to breathe.

’Liar! You had more than a drop. You had a whole vial!’ Shadow cried out and pressed the whip tighter around her to extract a scream out of her.

Coran’s hand lifted, ready to strike her, for the disgrace, for the betrayal, but Kai stopped him with a slight shake of his head.

"No need," he said coldly. "She’ll be executed by evening."

Elaika’s eyes flooded with tears, desperation clawing at her composure.

"I could’ve taken her, kidnapped her, and handed her over to Luther. You’d have never known! But I didn’t. So why are you still protecting that stupid human?"

Agara had heard enough. His patience was gone, scorched away by their endless insults toward Ren. It was time. Time to silence them all with truth. Ren herself had wanted this, no more hiding.

"She is not just a human," Agara declared, his voice echoing like a war drum in the cell. "She is the only daughter of Anarya, the High Fae. She is no witch. Her magic isn’t some spell draped over her skin, it’s woven into her very blood. It is her existence. She is my niece."

Agara’s voice had sliced like a blade, and the silence that followed was dense enough to freeze the air. He knew Kai wouldn’t appreciate the revelation, but he didn’t care. This princess was his niece. He would burn the world for her. And what this shifter girl had done was beyond forgiveness. If Kai refused to execute her, Agara would not hesitate to do it himself.

Elaika stared at him, wide-eyed and stunned. At first, her expression was dazed, mesmerized. But the truth landed like a blow to the skull, cracking her sanity wide open. A manic laugh escaped her lips, sharp and jagged as broken glass, just before Coran’s hand flew and struck her hard across the face.

"This," Coran hissed, "is why I always tell you to keep your mouth shut or keep a low profile when you don’t truly know who you’re dealing with. Our Luna carries sacred Fae blood. She’s not just the King’s wife, she’s a potential heir to the Fae throne. And you, silly, envious brat, let your jealousy rot your mind, and now it’s cost you everything."

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