Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine novel Chapter 145

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Chapter 145 His Light

Chapter 145 His Light

ROWAN

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I grew up in a house where nothing was ever missing. At least, not the things most people thought mattered.

Money, influence, legacy… all of it was woven into the halls and chandeliers.

People assumed I was lucky and that I’d been given everything. And maybe they were right. But it was never the kind of “everything” I actually wanted.

Because no matter how much gold filled the rooms, no matter how many people bowed their heads in respect when I passed, something was always…. empty.

I walked through the hallway that morning, my hand brushing against the cold banister as I passed the old portraits. And then I saw them again–those photographs of my older brother, Elijah.

He was smiling in all of them. He was the best older brother I could have asked for. The kind of person who made the weight of the crown seem lighter, just by standing next to you.

The best son, too. The perfect heir to the South. Everyone knew it. Poised to take the throne as the next Royal Alpha, the one destined to uphold centuries of tradition.

He met his mate from the North at Elite–Honey Callahan. My parents weren’t thrilled. The South and North had always been careful with alliances, and pairing with her meant merging two royal bloodlines. But there were politics to consider, and the North was backing the match with all its power. My parents could only grit their teeth and accept it.

I remember Elijah telling me about her–how she made him laugh when he thought he’d forgotten how, how she could challenge him without ever disrespecting him. He pushed through every obstacle to keep her, and they made it work despite the tension.

They were happy. At least, they looked that way.

Then they went to Elite together, and only one of them came back.,

Honey was alive. Elijah… wasn’t.

No one gave me the full truth. Just whispers behind closed doors, and the sound of my mother’s muffled. crying when she thought I was asleep. The South lost its future that day. My parents lost their son. And me… I lost the one person who made this house feel like a home.

After that, everything changed. The dreams my parents had for him were suddenly pushed onto me.

Graduate from Elite. Become the Royal Alpha of the South. Carry the weight he’d been prepared for.

But I wasn’t Elijah.

I finally arrived at the breakfast table.

“Make sure to study well to get into Elite,” Karl Wrenmoor, my father, said without looking up from his plate.

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Chapter 145 His Light

“I still have three years,” I replied, trying to keep my voice even.

“Better to start preparing now.”

I didn’t argue. I just nodded, even though the tension in the room made it hard to breathe.

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My mother, Mila, sat at the far end of the long table, her eyes fixed on the rim of her teacup. She didn’t say a word. The silence was enough to tell me this was less of a conversation and more of an order.

When the plates were cleared, I left. I’d learned long ago that staying too long in that room meant drowning in expectations.

It had only been recently that I’d started feeling again. The grief had been a heavy, numbing thing for years. It dulled everything and made the days blend together.

However, someone came to change those days.

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22:09 Wed, 13 Aug

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