LOGINKILLIAN POVThe call came before sunrise. I was already awake when the knock hit my door, sharp and urgent, the kind that meant nobody was pretending this was routine. I opened it before the second knock landed, and my beta stood there, breathing slightly harder than normal.“Border breach,” he said. I didn’t ask questions.“War room,” I replied, already moving.The packhouse shifted around me as I walked. Wolves moved faster, voices lower, tension threading through every corridor like something alive. By the time I stepped into the war room, the maps were already being pulled up, markers shifting across the screen in quick, precise movements.“Status,” I said.“Movement along the east boundary,” one of the patrol leads answered immediately. “Fast. Not random. They’re testing the line.”“How many?”“Not clear yet.”I stepped forward, my eyes scanning everything at once. “Double the patrol on the east
JORDAN POVI didn’t knock. The door opened and I stepped into Lorenzo’s study, closing it behind me with a quiet click. He was already there, standing behind his desk, both hands pressed against it like he needed something solid to hold him up.“You came fast,” he said.“You said now,” I replied.He nodded once, but it wasn’t calm. Something in his eyes looked… off. Not fear. Not panic. Just something unsettled, like he’d seen a future he didn’t like.“The ceremony,” he said. “Three days.”“I know.”“He didn’t choose that,” Lorenzo added.“I figured.”He pushed away from the desk and started pacing. That alone told me how bad this was.“Someone pushed him,” he said. “Someone he trusts.”I watched him carefully.“You don’t know who.”“That’s the problem.”Silence settled between us. Then he said it.“I don’t know what to do.”I froze. Lorenzo never sai
Killian's POVI didn’t knock. The door opened under my hand like I had every right to be there, and maybe I did. The room was dim, just one lamp on, casting soft shadows across the walls. Jordan was inside, standing near the window, but he turned the moment he heard the door close behind me.“Alpha,” he said. My wolf stirred at the sound of it, low and restless, but I ignored him. I walked further into the room like I had nowhere else to be, like I hadn’t just come here for a reason I wasn’t ready to say out loud.“Jordan,” I replied, my voice easy. He didn’t move closer. I noticed that. I sat down on the edge of his bed without asking, letting my weight sink into the mattress like I belonged there. My hands rested loosely against my thighs, relaxed, controlled.“You keep your room too clean,” I said casually, glancing around. “
Jordan POVI knew something had shifted the moment I saw the way people were looking at Emily after she left Killian’s office. It wasn’t just curiosity anymore. It was tension, sharp and stretched, like a wire pulled too tight. Nobody spoke to her, but everyone watched her, and that told me everything I needed to know.I didn’t go after her. Not immediately. I stood in the hall for a few seconds longer than necessary, letting the noise return around me, letting the pack breathe again. My wolf was already pacing inside me, restless, agitated, like he could feel something circling closer. “She found something,” he said. “I know,” I replied under my breath. “And you’re just standing here?” I turned and walked away before anyone could notice the shift in my expression. “I’m thinking.” “You’re stalling.” I didn’t answer that.I found Reef near t
Killian POVI didn’t slow down as I walked to my office. Emily followed behind me, her footsteps light but steady, like she wasn’t worried about anything at all. That alone irritated me more than her disappearance. The doors closed behind us with a soft click, but the sound echoed louder than it should have, like the room itself knew something had shifted.I turned to face her slowly. “Start talking.” Emily didn’t sit at first. She stood there, watching me like she was deciding how much I deserved to hear. Then she exhaled softly and moved to the chair across from my desk, placing her bag carefully beside her like it held something fragile. “You’re going to want to listen without interrupting,” she said quietly.My jaw tightened. “That depends on what you say next.” She met my gaze, and for once, there was no performance in her eyes. Just so
Jordans POVI woke up to the sound of running.It wasn't the morning noise in the packhouse.No it was different.Multiple people were running down the corridor outside my room.Their voices were urgent and clipped.They weren't trying to be quiet.I sat up in bed.My wolf was already awake."Something happened " he said."I noticed " I replied.I got dressed quickly. Opened my door.The corridor was chaotic.I saw three wolves from the border patrol rushing to the wing.Two other pack members were moving in the direction.My beta passed by looking like he hadn't slept.I stopped him. "Whats happening?"He looked at me deciding how much to say."Emily Alpha, shes missing " he said quickly."Alpha Killian has the packhouse on lockdown search."I stared at him. "Missing how?"He replied, "She didn't make it back to her room night.Her bed wasn't slept in.Her things were gone."He was already moving away."Sorry I have to—"He was gone before I finished nodding.I stood in the corridor.



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