#Chapter 126: Heart to Heart and New Alliance

The Alpha King found me drowning in Elsa's research that evening. I’d basically moved into his private study like some squatter. Magical texts were everywhere, across the floor, stacked on furniture, even wedged inside the armrest of a chair. The place looked like someone nuked a library and forgot to clean up after. Scrolls were crammed between empty teacups and cold, crusty plates. Honestly, I hadn’t moved since morning. My spine hurt. My brain was fried. My eyes burned like I’d stared into the sun for six hours. "Aurora," he said gently, pulling a chair closer like he was trying not to scare a wild animal. “I wanted to talk. Just us. About what’s been going on.” I looked up, blinking, halfway through translating something I probably wasn’t even supposed to be reading. He gave me that look—warm and direct, that steady-anchored kind of concern that didn’t ask for attention, it just… made you want to hand it over. He was like that. Always had been. His presence filled up t