Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 366

Chapter 366

Foral first time in a bag while, my chest felt light

Two pay. Not numb

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I sat on the narrow bed in Edna’s quarters, the thin mattress creaking softly beneath me, sunlight slipping through the small barred window and warming my face. Dust danced in the air, and for once, the sight didn’t make me feel trapped. It made me feel alive.

I had won.

The thought still felt unreal, like something borrowed that might be taken back at any moment. Yet it was true. The council had listened. They had argued, shouted, threatened one another–but in the end, they had acted.

The Rough King was suspended.

stripped of authority,

Watched.

I pressed my lips together, then laughed quietly. The sound started me. It had been so long since laughter came from anywhere but bitterness that my body almost didn’t recognize it.

“I really did it,” I whispered. “I brought him down.”

Edna stood across the room, sorting dried herbs into small cloth pouches. Her movements were steady, practiced, but there was a tension in her shoulders that didn’t match my relief.

She didn’t smile.

That was when unease crept into my

chest.

“You shouldn’t celebrate too loudly,” she said without turning around.

My laughter faded.

I frowned. “Why not? He’s suspended. The council saw the evidence. He can’t touch me now.”

Edna’s hands paused mid–motion.

Slowly, she turned to face me.

The look in her eyes–sharp, old, and heavy with experience–made my stomach tighten.

“Child,” she said gently, “you are in more danger now than you were before.”

The warmth in my chest dimmed.

“What do you mean?” I asked. “He’s powerless.”

She crossed the room and sat beside me, lowering herself carefully. Her fingers brushed my bandaged arm, light and reassuring.

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Her words stirred memories I wished I could forget–chains cutting into my wrists, the whip burning my skin, the dungeon swallowing sound.

“He may not touch you directly,” Edna continued, “but that does not mean he cannot harm you.”

A chill slid down my spine.

How?” Lasked.

She looked at me closely. “Through others. Through lies. Through accidents that are never accidents.”

I swallowed hard.

“You exposed him,” she said. “You shattered the image he built so carefully. He will want balance restored

I clenched my fists. “I’m not afraid of him.”

Edna’s expression softened. “I know. That’s what worries me.”

Silence filled the room.

Outside, life continued as if nothing had changed–footsteps echoing down corridors, distant voices, the clatter of dishes. The world moved on, unaware that something fundamental had shifted.

“He looked at me,” I said quietly. “At the end of the trial.”

Edna nodded. “I saw.”

“There was hatred,” I continued. “But not only hatred.”

“What else?” she asked.

“Promise,” I said. “Like he was already planning something.”

Edna reached for my hand, her grip firm. “Then you must be careful. More careful than ever.”

I exhaled slowly. “He can’t kill me now.”

“No,” she agreed. “But he can make your life unbearable.”

The truth of it settled deep in my bones.

“They told him clearly,” I said, clinging to the council’s words. “If he wants to remain alpha after the suspension, he cannot

touch me.”

Edna nodded. “And that is the leash holding him–for now.”

I looked down at my hands. “I thought I’d feel safe.”

She smiled sadly. “Safety is a luxury for those who don’t threaten powerful men.”

I leaned back against the wall, staring at the ceiling. The joy I had felt earlier hadn’t vanished, but it was no longer innocent. It carried weight now. Responsibility. Consequences.

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