The Alpha King is unavailable novel Chapter 189

The sight of my grandmother’s body hit me like a physical blow. After losing Lily, this second

death felt like the universe was determined to strip away everyone I loved.

My legs carried me forward automatically, my mind struggling to process the reality before

1. me. Grandmother looked peaceful, as if she might wake at any moment to scold me for some

transgression.

Olivia stood beside the body, her slender frame shaking with silent sobs. I reached out

instinctively to comfort her, but she flinched away from my touch, her emerald eyes hardening

as they met mine.

“Don’t,” she said, her voice barely audible.

Bernard Sheppard stepped forward from where he’d been waiting by the wall. My family’s loyal butler looked decades older today, his usually impeccable posture now stooped with grief.

“Alpha King,” he said formally, though we’d known each other since my childhood. “I feel I

must inform you of the circumstances preceding Matriarch Evelyn’s passing.”

I nodded for him to continue, noticing how his hands trembled slightly.

“After this morning’s… incident at the cemetery, the matriarch checked herself out of the medical den against Dr. Fletcher’s advice,” Bernard explained. “She instructed the Shadow

Guard to take her to Rosewood Haven.”

My blood ran cold. “Victoria’s residence?”

Bernard nodded gravely. “Yes, sir. The Shadow Guard brought Ms. Frost to Matriarch Evelyn’s