Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 218

Chapter 218 Only You

Elowen’s checks warmed slightly. “Now I think…maybe it was meant to be.”

61%

+20 Free Coins

The words settled softly into Cassian’s chest. When she finished, she leaned in and kissed him.

Up close, her cheeks were flushed, vivid and alive. When she looked at him, it felt like she saw only him.

In that moment, every dark thought disappeared.

Cassian didn’t care about Alaric. He didn’t care about the past.

He pulled her closer into his arms and kissed her back, deeper this time, lingering.

Elsewhere, Alaric left Duskmoor Manor, his body still weak, his mood heavy.

The moment he returned to the palace, he learned Isla had already been waiting for him in the Crown Prince’s Wing.

A flicker of unease rose in him.

She must have heard something. He steadied himself and stepped inside.

Candlelight flickered, casting shadows across Isla’s carefully composed face, though the exhaustion beneath it was impossible to hide.

Losing the Queen’s Privy Seal had taken something out of her. Even her usual authority

seemed dimmer.

“You’re not fully recovered, yet you’re already running outside the Crown Prince’s Wing,” Isla said, her voice calm but cold. “Where were you in such a hurry?”

“Nowhere,” Alaric replied.

Isla’s expression sharpened. “Do you think I’m blind, deaf, or a fool?”

Her fingers struck the wooden table sharply. “Speak. What were you doing at Duskmoor Manor?”

Alaric’s legs gave out under him, and he dropped down onto the cold floor.

He looked up at her, at the carefully painted face that couldn’t hide her tension, and made a

decision.

[

1/3

14:53 Sat, Feb 21

Chapter 218 Only You

“Mother… I went to see Elowen.”

Isla paused. “Elowen?”

61%

+20 Free Coins

Alaric clenched his fists. “I don’t like Daphne. I don’t want to marry her. The ceremony hasn’t been completed yet. Please find a way to cancel this engagement.”

“Absurd!”

Isla slammed her hand against the table, the cups rattling. “The betrothal has already been announced, invitations sent. Everyone in Vanelle knows the Garrett family’s daughter is entering the Crown Prince’s Wing. And now you want to call it off? What about the dignity of the royal family? What about your position? How do you expect His Majesty to see you? What will the court say?”

Her anger rose with every word, her chest heaving.

“Look at yourself,” she continued, her finger trembling as she pointed at him. “Do you even realize that because of your repeated misconduct, His Majesty has already taken the Queen’s Privy Seal from me and handed it to Elira? That woman now oversees the entire court. And her son, Caelan, won first place at the last hunt. His Majesty praised him as ‘bold and decisive, just like himself.”

Those words struck Alaric like a blade. Theodric had never praised him like that.

Isla stared at him, her voice heavy. “If you keep acting like this because of Elowen, losing his favor, are you planning to hand your position over to Caelan as well?”

Alaric’s face went pale.

The title of crown prince… that was everything.

Without it, how could he ever take Elowen back?

“You are still his son,” Isla said, her tone easing slightly. “Replacing a crown prince would shake the court. As long as you behave, he won’t make that decision.”

Alaric lowered his head and agreed.

Seeing him finally compliant, Isla’s anger faded a little as she stood.

He quickly stepped forward to support her.

Resting her hand on his, she said, “In the end, everyone has their fate. At the banquet, Elowen chose Cassian herself. She refused you. No matter how difficult her life may be now, she has no one to blame but herself.”

III

2/3

14.53 Sat, Feb 21

Chapter 218 Only You

Alaric froze. “Elowen… she…

61%

+20 Free Coins

“I went to Duskmoor Manor today,” Isla continued, her tone edged with cold amusement. “And I saw that her life there isn’t as perfect as it looks: Outside, Cassian treats her well, even gave her his personal seal to support her. But inside, she lost her temper over being ill for just a few days. It seems all of that kindness is just for show.”

She let out a quiet scoff. “And really, what kind of man is Cassian? Cold, calculating, impossible to read. Even I find him unsettling. What chance does Elowen have? She’s nothing more than something he can control.”

She spoke casually, But Alaric heard every word.

His brows tightened. Just as he suspected, Elowen was suffering in Duskmoor Manor. How could someone like Cassian, broken and shadowed, ever cherish someone like her?

It had to be an act in public, while in private she was neglected, maybe worse.

Only he truly cared for her. Only with him would she be happy.

”

216

1

A

=

Once that thought took root, it wrapped tightly around his heart, suffocating and obsessive, yet filling him with a twisted sense of purpose.

”

”

J

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify