The Messenger( Iva) novel Chapter 332

Claim

He had spent years trying to break her.

Years of torture, blackmail, coaxing, romance, violence-every method he could imagine, every tool at his disposal. He had turned the pack upside down, searched every corner of the territory, interrogated every servant, every guard, every wolf who might have known something.

But the ancient vault remained hidden.

Only she knew where it was.

Only she held the key to the treasures that lay within-the gold, the jewels, the ancient artifacts, the deeds to lands that stretched across the kingdom. A fortune so vast that it could buy armies, buy loyalty, buy the entire supernatural world if wielded correctly.

And she had refused to give it up.

Calin’s jaw tightened.

He remembered the first time he had tried to break her. The gentle approach-soft words,

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sweet promises, the illusion of love. He had told her that he wanted to build a future with her, that he needed access to the vault to secure their legacy, that he would protect her and cherish her forever.

She had looked at him with those cold, knowing eyes and said nothing.