TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING novel Chapter 278

CHAPTER 208: 17 HOURS–1

EMBER’S POV

“Soon.”

I frown. “Knox.”

“Soon, Ember. I’m handling it.”

“You JUST swore to love me. Openly. Without secrets. That was – what, four minutes ago? And you’re already doing the face.”

“What face?”

“The face where you know something and you’re deciding how much of it I’m allowed to hear. You’re not allowed to keep your little secrets anymore, Knox. We literally just had this conversation.”

“But Ember, I don’t want to worry you. I’ve got everything under-”

“Knox Volkov.”

He sighs with a small eye roll and pecks my lips.

“You’re so stubborn.”

“Speak.”

“Logan gave us a forty–eight hour ultimatum.” He says it with a dry, almost bored delivery, like he’s reporting the weather. “Return Gale or he starts the apocalypse. His words were more dramatic, but that’s the gist.”

“What is that supposed to mean? What apocalypse?”

“He has a flash drive. He says it contains the truth about what happened the night Celeste died.” Knox’s jaw tightens but his voice stays even. “He’s promised to release it to every elder, media outlet, and enemy I’ve ever made. End my reign with whatever the fuck actually happened that night.”

The blood drains from my face.

“How many hours do we have left?”

“Roughly seventeen.”

I nearly launch off his lap. “SEVENTEEN? Knox, we shouldn’t be relaxing right now, we should be getting Gale or negotiating or SOMETHING-”

He pulls me back down onto his thigh with one arm and groans.

“This is exactly why I didn’t want to tell you. You worry too much, and then THAT makes me worry, and then we’re both worrying and nobody’s eating soup and the soup goes cold and it’s a whole thing.” His hand settles on my hip. “I don’t want any of this to touch you. This is my problem. And I’ve already had

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Nathaniel set up a meeting.”

“Nathaniel?”

“Unfortunately, he is useful. I hate that about him.” His mouth twists. “I’ll be speaking with Logan in a few hours. And spoilers – I intend to kill him.”

I groan. “Is that your solution to everything?”

He shrugs. “When I’m in a tight spot, it’s genuinely my only thought.”

I sigh and bite my lip.

“I don’t want Gale released.” The words come out quiet but certain. “But I don’t want you hurt either.”

“I’m a big guy. I can handle myself.”

“Knox.”

“Ember.”

I hold his gaze.

“What about Nathaniel? Has he made sense of any of it for you? The journal stuff, Celeste, whatever he’s been hiding?”

Something shifts in his face. The humour fading, replaced by something raw and exposed.

“I didn’t want to hear it without you.”

The honesty of that lands in my chest and stays there.

“I’d need someone beside me when he lays whatever ugly truth is waiting.” He swallows. “I needed you to hold my hand and remind me to breathe.”

I lean forward and kiss his lips. Brief, soft, certain. Then I lace my fingers through his and hold them tight.

“I’m here now, my love. We’ll face it together. Whatever it is – be right there.”

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