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SERENA POV

"Call the doctor," Kael repeated. "We shouldn't guess what the message means."

I stared at him, braced for the accusation that never came. A few months ago, he would have demanded to know why Adrian had received the call instead of him. He would have mistaken my silence for betrayal and let his fear sharpen into anger. Now he stood beside me, jaw tight but steady, leaving the decision in my hands.

'I hate how much that unsettles me.'

"I'm calling," I said.

I pressed the number on the
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  • Cheating on a Frenzied Alpha, Pregnant with his Child   113

    SERENA POVThe council chamber doors slammed open just as Councilman Harrow raised his hand to call the final vote.Every head turned.I stood in the doorway, breathing hard, Daniel behind me and Ruth Calder at his side. I had sprinted from the car park because the meeting had started early, and my unborn child had decided today was an excellent day to make me regret every flight of stairs in the building.Kael stood at the far end of the chamber. He wasn't seated among the council. His authority was still suspended, and he had come as a witness, not an Alpha who could order a room to listen. When our eyes met, he started toward me.I lifted a hand. "I'm fine," I mouthed.He stopped, though the worry never left his face. 'Liar,' his eyes said. 'Stubborn,' mine answered.Harrow tapped his pen against the table. "This is a formal session. If the witnesses intend to disrupt proceedings—""They intend to take part in the hearing they were invited to," Daniel cut in. "The resident represen

  • Cheating on a Frenzied Alpha, Pregnant with his Child   112

    SERENA POV"You're crushing the appointment card."I looked down. The paper was folded tight between my fingers, its edges bent from how hard I'd been gripping it. I smoothed it against my thigh. "I'm not nervous."Kael glanced over from the driver's seat. "Of course not.""I mean it.""So do I.""You're agreeing too quickly. It's suspicious."He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes.We were headed to the clinic for my follow-up scan. They'd explained that the first scan had happened early enough that some measurements needed repeating. No immediate concern, they'd said. My imagination had ignored that and found new reasons to panic anyway. Every ache had become evidence. Every wave of tiredness felt like a mistake I was making.'Pregnancy comes with uncertainty. I know that. Knowing it and feeling it are different animals.'Kael reached across the console and opened his hand. I placed mine in it."I could ask the clinician to write every answer down twice," he offered. "One copy for

  • Cheating on a Frenzied Alpha, Pregnant with his Child   111

    SERENA POV"If the Alpha's office can't investigate itself, why should anyone trust it to investigate others?"My question hit the council chamber harder than I'd intended.A few members traded uncomfortable glances. Others stared as though I'd strolled into their meeting and personally insulted their mothers. I folded my hands tightly in front of me to stop them from fidgeting.The charter review was barely twenty minutes old, and I already regretted speaking first. Not because I was wrong. Because being right in a room full of people who loved the old arrangement was exhausting.Daniel sat at the end of the table with the amended charter. Marcus held a seat near the center. Kael sat several rows back, a silent observer, his executive authority suspended, refusing to use his presence to sway anyone. I was grateful. If I was going to speak, my words had to be mine.Councilman Harrow straightened his cuffs. "No one says complaints should be ignored, Miss Serena. The worry is that an in

  • Cheating on a Frenzied Alpha, Pregnant with his Child   110

    "Ruth didn't submit this."I said it before Kael finished reading the objection for the third time.He looked up. "You sound certain.""I spoke to her yesterday. She agreed to attend the review if Daniel put the confidentiality terms in writing. She hadn't even decided whether to speak.""That doesn't prove she didn't change her mind.""No, but it proves we ask her before we accuse her."He studied me, then nodded. "Fair."He called Marcus back at once. "Don't circulate this as Ruth's position. Record the signature as disputed and request confirmation from her directly. No public accusations until it's verified."He ended the call and reached for his coat."Where are you going?""To see Daniel.""I'm coming.""Serena, you don't have to join every fight.""Neither do you, apparently. You're suspended, remember?"His mouth tightened. I raised an eyebrow, bracing for a speech about caring for the territory regardless of title. Instead he exhaled through his nose."That was unnecessarily

  • Cheating on a Frenzied Alpha, Pregnant with his Child   109

    SERENA POV"You're not putting my name on that list."Ruth Calder's voice cut through the provisional Pack Advocate office, and every conversation died at once.I turned from the table where Daniel and I had been buried in charter amendments. Ruth stood by the entrance, strangling a folded document in both fists. Her husband Thomas hovered behind her, shoulders rigid, face worn thin with exhaustion.Daniel rose. "Ruth, nobody puts your name on anything without your consent. Which list?"She thrust the paper at him. "Residents willing to speak at the council review. A woman at the market told me that if I testify, the people behind our relocation will know exactly who complained. She said troublemakers get investigated for something else.""Did she give her name?""Of course not. People who threaten you never do."Daniel studied the page. "Then we can't prove she's connected to the council. But we can answer your fear directly. Nobody will be forced to speak publicly, and we can ask th

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