THE ALPHA’S DAUGHTER 57_When The Moon Hides Her Crown

Chapter 57 Thunder Beneath The Skin

 Seraphina.

 His strong arms wrapped around me, possessive and desperate, before I even had time to think.

 I froze.

 Not from fear, but from something far more dangerous. I had never–never–been held like this by a man. Not with this much fire. Not with this much urgency, as if he’d wed his way through hell just to find me. Just to touch me

 His scent–masculine,ced with sweat and a faint trace of smoke–clung to me like a second skin, invading my senses until my entire body went limp in his embrace. His breathing was erratic, crashing against my ear like thunder. His heart wasn’t just pounding–it mmed against his chest, and with every beat, his grip tightened around me as if letting go might undo himpletely.

 And my wolf, Phina, went still.

 Just still

 All of her instincts, her fierce vignce and ever–present guard, melted beneath the weight of this touch. For the first time since I dared to dely every rule, since I stepped onto this path toward the throne masked as someone I wasn’t she let her guard down.

 It wasn’t safety she felt.

 It was him.

 And it terrified me.

 A tremor ran through my chest, and I couldn’t tell if it was from the fading adrenaline–or the unfamiliar, forbidden sensation his touch had awakened in me. I could barely breathe with him holding me like I was something he’d almost lost. Something that mattered.

 My mind was fogging over, dangerously close to unraveling, when sharp, fast footsteps pped against the stone floor- snapping me back to reality.

 Asher’s voice.

 My heart dropped.

 He was </bing

 And if he saw us like this, he would know. He would see right through me.

 I shoved Ronan away, breath hitching as I tore myself from his arms just a heartbeat before Asher rounded the bend into the smoke–filled cavern.

 “There you are!” Asher skidded to a stop. “The vampires, they all burned the moment the roof-

 He paused mid–sentence when he spotted Ronan.

 “Ronan,” he sighed, then chuckled. “Of course, I should’ve guessed you were the one who blew the roof open.”

 He stopped to catch his breath. Ronan didn’t say a word.

 this hands were empty. His expression unreadable. But his eyes, those violet eyes, remained locked on me

 Because I had pushed him away

 Because I dared to act like lus touch hadn’t let me reeling.

 Asher nced between us again. frowning at the sudden tension that hung thick in the air. Did something happen!” 

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 Chapter 57 Thunder Beneath The Skin

 I turned sharply, my jaw clenched so tight I could barely speak.

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 “No,” I muttered, bitterness slipping into my voice before I could stop it. “I’m just jealous. You have a friend who’d blow up a mountain for you.”

 I didn’t dare look back. But I could feel it.

 That re.

 Hot. Piercing. Dangerous.

 It scorched across my back like fire licking at my skin.

 Ronan’s silence was in no way peaceful. It was volcanic.

 1 forced my voice to remain steady. “It’s suffocating in here. I’m going out.”

 Before Asher could respond, I turned toward the crumbling stone wall, leapt onto a ledge, and climbed toward the gaping tear in the ceiling. My fingers dug into cracks. My boots scraped against rough rock. With one final push. Iunched myself upward, into the sunlight bleeding through the broken roof, leaving behind ash, smoke, and a man who had looked at me like he might devour me whole.

 I didn’t see his face.

 But I knew

 If I were to look back, I would’ve seen something I wasn’t ready to face.

 But even with that misunderstanding, even with his silent fury, it was nothingpared to what awaited me outside.

 Because what I saw next was far more terrifying than I could’ve ever imagined.

 The forest clearing around the cave was torn apart. The trees nearby stood broken, their trunks cracked and splintered, some scorched as though lightning had kissed them. The earth was ripped open in a jagged line, raw and steaming.

 “What is all of this?” I whispered under my breath.

 “Thunderstone,” my voice whispered back in disbelief.

 My eyes widened. I had only heard of it in theory. A rare, vtile stone infused with dormant lightning, found in deep underground veins. Nearly impossible to control, yet Ronan had.

 He had wed through the terrain, through solid rock, and driven the Thunderstone straight into the bed of charged earth. Combined with his wolf’s force and the conductive minerals in the ground, the impact had detonated like a surge of pure ligianing, exploding the cave ceiling above me with surgical precision.

 He had calcted it Tirned it. Risked it.

 For

 for.me

 I took a step back, unable to ept the fact of this horrifying truth. Why had he gone to such lengths for me? It was crazy. He might have died but he he 

 “Where are Finn and Dante?” Asher’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

 He and Roman walked side by side. I nced at Roman Qu “Where the hell could they have gone?” Asher murmured and asked Ronan, “Did they not exit the tunnel with you?”

 but quickly shifted my gaze to Asher and replied. “I don’t know.” hey disappeared.” Ronan casually replied.

 Asher almost bit his tongue. Disappeared?”

 Roan nodded and nced down. “I think this trial has just started,” he picked up the pen and the note from the ground. Again it asked us to choose the leader of the group. 

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 Chapter 57 Thunder Beneath The Skin

 I could not help but walk closer to him to take a look at the note. “Choose the leader? Again?” I cocked my brow.

 Asher frowned as he read further. The person already chosen earlier can not be chosen as a leader.”

 “And it has to be chosen with every member of the group’s agreement.” Ronan finished.

 “But that is impossible when Finn and Dante are not here,” I stated.

 “That’s why this shit is useless, Ronan crushed the note and tossed it away with the pen.

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 I wanted to stop him but deep in my heart I knew he was correct.

 “Let’s find them and get off of this damn mountain! Asher growled.

 However, I stood there and nced at the note and pen on the ground.

 Why…did it feel so wrong?

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