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CHAPTER 60 – ALPHA PROTECTOR

Author: Mercy V.
last update publish date: 2026-04-16 17:01:27

By late afternoon, the hospital felt like a drum head stretched too tight.

Security badges beeped more often. Unfamiliar wolves lingered near elevators with the twitchy alertness of men told to “blend in” and failing. Clipboards moved faster. Voices dropped lower when Lyra approached.

The summit started in less than eighteen hours. Everyone who mattered could feel it.

Lyra stood in the security office with her arms folded, staring at a wall of monitors. Grainy feeds showed the clinic entrance,
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