The Messenger( Iva) novel Chapter 98

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For several long seconds after Sonia’s words fell into the room, absolute silence reigned.

No one moved.

No one breathed.

It was the kind of stunned quiet that followed a lightning strike.

Then the storm came.

The entire table erupted.

Voices burst out all at once-ministers speaking over each other, council members leaning forward in disbelief, chairs scraping the marble floor as several people half-stood in shock.

“What did she say?”

“Did you hear that correctly?”

“The Crown Prince-”

“Impossible-”

“Wait-”

“Did she truly say-”

Excitement exploded through the room like wildfire.

Speculation.

Disbelief.

A rising frenzy of astonished whispers.

Because if what Sonia had just declared was true…

Then the future king had already been claimed by fate itself.

And not merely by any woman-

But by the Messenger of the Moon Goddess.

The implications were staggering.

It would be a sign of divine favor.

A prophecy within a prophecy.

A union that would echo through the entire Lycan kingdom.

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The ministers began speaking rapidly, some laughing in disbelief, others already theorizing about destiny,

fate, and how the Moon Goddess herself must have orchestrated this moment.

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And at the center of it all-

King William Adama,

The Lycan King.

For a moment even he had frozen

Then slowly, something rare appeared on his face.

A smile.

Not the small, controlled diplomatic curve he used during public appearances.

But a genuine one.

Wide.

Warm.

Almost boyish.

The kind of smile the court saw perhaps once every few years.

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“Well,” the king said, leaning back slightly in his chair, clearly pleased. “That would certainly explain your… distraction, my dear.”

More laughter spread around the table.

Sonia lowered her head modestly, her cheeks glowing a deep rose, her long dark hair falling slightly forward as if she were embarrassed by the attention,

“Forgive me if I spoke out of turn, Your Majesty.”

“Oh, not at all,” William said with a light chuckle. “Quite the opposite.”

Excited murmurs continued to ripple through the room.

But one person remained completely still.

Caleb.

He sat frozen in his chair.

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His hand still resting around the water glass he had nearly choked on seconds earlier.

His brain had simply… stopped.

What the fuck…

The words exploded inside his mind.

What the actual hell is happening these days.

First Iva.

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New Sonia.

His thoughts raced violently.

Because yesterday

Yesterday he had placed the engagement mark on Iva.

The ancient test.

The one method that could not lie.

And,… to his shock… the bond had responded.

The heat had answered.

And then-

They had mated.

The memory slammed into him like a hammer.

His body knew the truth of that moment.

The bond had burned alive between them.

He had felt it.

Chaos had felt it.

Everything about it had screamed fate.

Which meant only one thing.

Iva was really his mate.

Yet today-

In front of the entire council-

Another woman had just calmly declared the same thing.

And not just any woman.

The council-confirmed Messenger.

Caleb’s mind reeled.

Someone is lying.

Or worse-

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