After I Torched Alive, My Alpha Went crazy novel Chapter 198

I could feel his unrelenting gaze on me, heavy and penetrating. His words weren't just questions. They were accusations, demands for answers.

Carlos's attempt to steady the situation faded into the background, useless against the storm brewing in the Alpha King's demeanor.

It wasn't just anger. It was a silent, suffocating demand, as though he were trying to unearth a secret buried deep within me.

My breath hitched, and the air around me seemed to thicken. It was as if he could see through me, piercing into my very core.

"Grace, do you know anything about this?" he asked again. I froze. My mouth opened, but no words came.

The weight of his stare pressed against me, unyielding and oppressive. A deep unease settled over me like a shroud.

I knew what it meant when the Alpha King focused his attention on someone. His questions weren't inquiries. They were challenges. Tests of strength and truth.

Finally, I shook my head, forcing my voice steady even as icy tendrils of nerves crawled up my spine. "No, Your Majesty. Their appearance was as much a surprise to me as it was to everyone else. But I will do everything in my power to assist in uncovering the truth."

Hearing my response, the Alpha King didn't look away. His gaze bore into me, heavy and relentless, and I felt it in my very bones.

He wasn't just watching. He was searching, probing for any crack in my resolve, any hint of deceit.

His power rippled around me, seeping into the air and into the ground beneath my feet. It felt alive, sentient, as though it were testing my limits, waiting for me to falter.

And then it happened.

I reached out for Tina, my wolf, her presence usually a comforting flame within me. But now, there was nothing.

A void where she should have been. Panic seized my chest as the realization hit me: she was gone.

An emptiness I'd never known before took hold, a gaping hole in my soul. Tina's absence left me hollow, vulnerable, and utterly exposed before the Alpha King's gaze.

She had always been there, a part of me. Now it was as if she'd been ripped away. No answer. No connection. Only silence.

I knew what this was. The Alpha King had done it. It was something only he could do. Cut a werewolf off from their wolf. He had the power to sever the bond, to strip us of the very thing that made us who we were.

I staggered back a step, unable to suppress the gasp that escaped my lips. His words pierced through me like a blade. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't focus.

It was as though my very connection to Tina had been severed by his power. The Alpha King's ability, a power no one else in the room could understand, left me alone and vulnerable.

Carlos stepped forward quickly. His face was filled with concern. His hand was still gripping mine, his fingers tightening in a silent show of support. "Your Majesty, please," he began.

"This is unnecessary. Grace has done nothing to deserve this kind of treatment. She is loyal, and she's just as much in the dark about this situation as the rest of us."

Before I could respond, a voice cut through the air, sharp and full of disdain. "Your Majesty, you cannot be serious," Faye said, stepping forward.

"Grace is not the enemy here. She's been nothing but honest and straightforward. You are treating her as though she's responsible for all of this, but she's just as confused as the rest of us."

King Alpha's gaze shifted to me for a brief moment, and there was an unmistakable coldness in his eyes. "Is your success dependent on the defense of these Alpha Princes and Alpha Princesses?" he asked, his voice harsh.

I could feel the weight of the room's judgment on me, but I refused to let it break me. I had to stand firm. My heart was still racing, my chest tight from the loss of my connection to Tina, but I lifted my chin and forced myself to speak.