Breed Me. Daddy Alpha – Chapter 286

Kael lowered himself, slow and stiff, until he was eye-level with her. “Not your fault,” he murmured, voice hoarse. “You didn’t do anything wrong,” he whispered.

She sniffled as Cain walked passed me to her, crouching down to her level as well. “You are the queen, remember, you will defeat the naughty king?”

She wiped her tears clumsily with that black of her hands. “I want… to.” She sniffled again, spreading tears more than she was wiping then. “But we need… help.” She turned to Maeve who was now white as a sheet.

“You have to ask them… commander. We can’t let… him win.” Desperation coloured her voice as more tears spilt.

The Deltas who had been holding Kael back were still watching. Maera glanced at them, a silent command that made them leave closing the door behind them.

All eyes were on her now, the room seemed to have held its breath as she exhaled as though bracing herself for what she would say next. “We are lycans and werewolves, from the beginning, since the inception of your specie; it has bloodshed.” Her wrung her finger together, the action betraying her nerves. “We are nature’s sharpened edge,” Maera went on, her voice taut but unwavering. “Our survival has always been written in blood. But the war we face now…” She glanced at Kael’s mark, her jaw tightening. “…this is not the kind our ancestors prepared us for.”