The Betrayed Princess Rising (Lylah and Ezra) novel Chapter 199

Chapter 199

3rd Person’s POV

For a fleeting moment, the world fell away.

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Lylah heard nothing, saw nothing-felt nothing but the warmth of Ezra’s hands wrapped around hers and the echo of his words reverberating through her soul.

Then it struck her.

The woman Zyrelle had spoken of… the one Ezra had been searching for all this time…

It was her.

Her breath caught, eyes widening as the realization settled deep into her bones. “You already knew I was your mate?”

Such a thing was not unheard of-but it was rare. Painfully rare. Among wolves, mates were meant to discover each other through instinct, through time, through fate unfolding as it willed. Yet in the oldest prophecies, the oracles spoke of something different-of bonds where one soul recognized the other first. And when that happened…

Not even death could sever them. Not across lifetimes. Not across rebirth.

“But how?” Lylah’s voice trembled now.

Ezra’s lips curved faintly, though his gaze held a quiet intensity. “You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you.”

But suddenly, the answer didn’t matter anymore.

Because she was the one he had been searching for.

And that was enough.

Driven by instinct, Lylah stepped forward and threw her arms around his neck. Ezra stilled for half a heartbeat-caught off guard-before his arm instinctively wrapped around her slender waist, pulling her

close.

His other hand slid into her hair, fingers threading through the soft strands as he buried his face against the crown of her head, breathing her in like something he had been starved of for years.

Mate.

He hadn’t expected this-hadn’t expected her to accept him so completely, so easily. The force of it overwhelmed him, a rare crack in the Alpha’s control as something dangerously close to joy surged through his chest.

“Ezra… I’m so happy,” she murmured against him.

His hold tightened slightly. “What are you happy for? Tell me.”

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She leaned back just enough to meet his eyes, “That you knew we were meant to be. That you didn’t hesitate the moment you saw my name on the Mate-Market. If you hadn’t, I can’t even imagine…”

The thought alone made her chest tighten.

A different life. A different mate. He is standing beside someone else.

Her wolf recoiled at the mere idea.

Lylah had always known that finding one’s fated mate was never simple. Some wolves spent their entire lives searching. She herself had shifted late-felt that disconnect more keenly than most.

But now…

All that remained was for Selestine to come into her own realization.

In the warmth of that happiness, the question she had meant to ask him-about his vision-slipped quietly from her mind..

Ezra noticed.

For a moment, something conflicted flickered in his chest.

Relief… or deeper regret.

The next few days passed in a blur. The academy of Lunar Grace fell into the tense rhythm of semester examinations. Now, no longer just a junior assistant, Lylah stood as a student among them-an active participant in the trials. Five days in total, and she had moved through each one with effortless precision.

Today marked the final day.

As she stepped out of the hall, the late afternoon sun brushed against her skin-and her phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Lylah,” came a familiar voice, warm yet formal. “I hope you still remember me.”

Her eyes widened slightly. “Mr. Stone? Of course I remember you.”

A soft chuckle sounded from the other end. “I’m glad to hear that.” He paused, his tone shifting into something more deliberate. “I apologize for calling out of the blue, but I have a request.”

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