The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 352

Chapter 352

My breath fogged the cold air inside the car. My heart hammered. My hands curled into fists against my thighs.

This was it.

This was where we’d find the answers.

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Or the confirmation of everything I feared.

I shoved the door open and stepped out into the frigid air before the car even fully settled. The cold hit me like a slap, but I barely felt it. Kael exited on the other side, his steps steady, expression locked into something sharp and ready.

We didn’t make it more than ten steps before one of the guards broke formation.

He stepped forward, blocking our path with a single, deliberate movement!

I knew him.

Commander Ares.

My father’s personal sentinel.

The man who’d followed him for twenty years, silent and loyal as a shadow Broad-shouldered. Wrapped in reinforced black armor. His shaved head glinted faintly in the torchlight, and the scar running from his brow own to his jaw made his expression look even colder than it already

was.

If he was here, then my father knew I’d arrived.

Ares lifted a hand, palm outward.

“Prince Zayn,” he said, voice gravel-deep. “By the King’s order-no one enters.”

I froze.

Not because I intended to obey.

But because hearing it out loud his father’s order-confirmed everything

Kael stiffened beside me, instincts rising like a storm I could feel even without looking at him

I took a step closer to Ares, my voice low, controlled.

Barely.

“Move.”

He didn’t.

In fact, Ares straightened even more,

shoulders squaring.

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“I cannot allow that, Your Highness.”

My jaw clenched so tight pain shot down my neck.

“Do you know why I’m here?” I asked quietly.

Ares didn’t answer.

He didn’t have to.

Every flicker in his expression told me he did.

And that he’d been ordered to keep me out anyway.

My pulse spiked, fury burning through my chest like wildfire.

“You’re going to step aside,” I said, softer now-dangerously soft. “Or I s’

Before I could finish, Ares cut me off.

“The King said your presence will interfere with ongoing operations.”

Operations.

Kael took a step forward, his voice dropping to a cold, lethal growl.

“Get out of our way.”

Ares’ hand snapped to the hilt of the sword at his waist.

“Do not take another step, Lycan.”

The courtyard tensed.

Every guard shifted, hands moving to weapons.

But I didn’t care.

I moved closer until I was standing right in front of Ares, staring up into

“If you don’t open those doors,” I whispered, “I will tear through this ent

A flicker of uncertainty flashed across his face.

He swallowed once.

“Prince Zayn… I am acting under direct command. If I dely the King-

“You’ll defy him,” I snapped. “Or you’ll deal with me.”

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Chapter 352

Ares hesitated.

For the first time in my life, I saw fear trembling under the surface of the nshakeable man my father trusted most.

He looked between me and Kael.

And Kael…

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Kael looked like he was seconds away from shifting. His eyes glowed a fractured, dangerous gold; his jaw twitched; his fists tightened like the

only thing keeping him human was Aurora’s absence.

Ares exhaled shakily.

“Please,” he said quietly, almost pleading. “I do not want bloodshed between us.”

“Then open the fucking doors,” I hissed.

A long, tense moment stretched between us-

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