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Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Full Series) Chapter 13
Chapter 13Jordan POVBy the time I got back to my suite, I’d learned three useful things over dinner:One, Maddox Mercer ran the table without raising his voice.Two, Tessa Rhodes could smile like a beauty queen while sharpening a knife under the napkin.Three, Elaina watched people the way I watched juries—like the smallest flinch meant something.All of that would’ve been entertaining if there wasn’t a dead man on Mercer land and a prosecutor with a reputation for loving headlines.I locked my door, set my bag on the table, and opened my laptop like it was a ritual. Then I pulled out the portable tri-fold board Nina had packed for me when she realized I was serious about working in the packhouse.“Because you’re incapable of being normal,” she’d said while shoving it into my arms.“Yes,” I’d replied. “And you love that about me.”The suite’s sitting area became my war room in less than ten minutes.I cleared the coffee table, dragged a chair closer, and opened the board across the
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Full Series) Chapter 12
Chapter 12Jordan POVDinner at seven was not a suggestion.It was announced the way some families announced prayer—quietly, firmly, with the expectation that you either complied or you became the story everyone told later.Rowan appeared outside my suite door at six fifty-eight like he’d been standing there timing my breathing.“You’re late,” he said.I checked my watch. “I’m early.”Rowan’s eyes didn’t change. “Dinner’s at seven.”“And I’m walking at six fifty-eight,” I said, stepping out and locking my door behind me. “You want me to sprint in heels or do you just enjoy being wrong?”Rowan turned without answering. That was the closest thing to an apology I was going to get from him, and honestly, I respected the commitment.The dining room was on the first floor in the main wing, past the library and down a corridor that felt like it had been designed to funnel people into a single space on command. The closer we got, the more I noticed the same subtle things I’d been clocking sin
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Full Series) Chapter 11
Chapter 11Maddox POVI didn’t like being challenged in front of my people.Not because my pride couldn’t take it—I’d had pride beaten out of me by responsibility years ago—but because leadership optics mattered. They mattered the way locks mattered. You didn’t notice them when they worked, and you only cared when they failed.Jordan Carter had just called my pack coordinated like it was a dirty word, and she’d done it with a calm face and a steady voice while Rowan stood in the doorway looking like he wanted to snap the room in half.I could feel the tension in them. Kane trying to keep the peace. Rowan trying to protect the pack in the only language he trusted. Jordan refusing to be intimidated, because she didn’t know how, or didn’t believe it would work.I held her gaze and kept my tone level. “We’re not criminals.”Jordan didn’t flinch. “Then stop acting like men who rehearsed how to sound innocent. And give me the truth.”Rowan made a low sound under his breath—disgust, warning,
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Full Series) Chapter 10
Chapter 10Jordan POVRowan walked me through the packhouse like he was escorting a witness to court and didn’t want her to trip on the carpet and sue.He stayed half a step behind and to my left—close enough to grab, far enough to pretend he wasn’t hovering. He didn’t speak unless he had to. He didn’t look at the art on the walls or the framed photographs that tried to make this place feel like a home. His attention stayed on doorways, corners, and the people we passed.Most of those people looked human. Maybe they were. Maybe they weren’t. I didn’t know yet. What I did know was that they all watched me the same way you watched a stranger in your living room: polite, contained, curious, and a little tense.I didn’t blame them. I was the stranger. I was also the lawyer. And right now, those two titles had the same meaning: threat.Kane’s office was off the library.The library itself was the kind of room people built when they wanted to look thoughtful without actually reading much. D
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Full Series) Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Jordan POVThe packhouse suite they put me in was nicer than my apartment.That wasn’t even jealousy talking. It was a fact. The kind of place that smelled clean without smelling like bleach, where the furniture looked like it had been chosen by someone who understood the difference between “expensive” and “trying too hard.”It also felt like a test.Grant had handed me off at Mercer HQ with the same tone a man might use when transferring custody of a very clever dog.“Ms. Carter—Jordan,” he corrected himself when I gave him a look, “your belongings have been delivered. You’ll be in the east wing. Staff knows your schedule.”“I don’t have a schedule,” I replied, pulling my laptop strap higher on my shoulder. “I’m a defense attorney. Chaos is my scheduler.”Grant didn’t smile. “Dinner is at seven. Breakfast is at eight. Security check-ins are at nine and six.”I stopped walking.Grant stopped too, just a little behind me, as if he didn’t want to be in arm’s reach unless he h
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Full Series) Chapter 8
Chapter 8Jordan POVRowan didn’t take me straight to wherever they planned to stash me.Of course he didn’t.He brought me back to the gatehouse first, like I was a package that needed to be scanned twice before it was allowed to exist on their land.The truck ride was quiet. Not awkward quiet—Rowan didn’t do awkward. This was intentional. The kind of silence people use when they don’t want to give you anything you can use later.I watched the road anyway. I watched where the cameras were, where the lights changed, where the fence line dipped and rose. I watched the way the trees were trimmed back near the asphalt so there was nothing to hide behind. I watched the way the shoulders were cleared and graded like someone had cared about tire tracks.Rowan drove like he wanted the trip over with. Smooth. Controlled. No music. No wasted motion. He didn’t look at me once, not directly. He didn’t need to. I could feel the awareness of me in every decision he made—how fast he went, when he s
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