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83. Messenger Alpha
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2026-10-01 19:59:15
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Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 85. Broken sympathy 2
Carla lifted her face again, her voice trembling when she spoke. "I have the right to ask." Tears gathered along her lower lashes. "We're engaged."A smile formed on my face without permission. It wasn't a warm or cruel smile. It was simply the expression of a male who had finally stopped pretending that something could still be salvaged.Carla's eyes widened slightly. Because she understood. I didn't need to say anything else.There was no way she and I were ending up together now.For years, I'd thought Carla didn't care much about me. I'd assumed she was trapped by the agreement between our families just as I was. In my mind, she had been another victim of duty, another person whose choices had been taken away before she was old enough to make them.I'd felt sorry for her.I'd even considered myself fortunate in comparison. At least I'd known what it was like to love someone. I had experienced the fated bond with Layla and been given something real before duty had taken it away.O
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 84. Broken sympathy
Draven POVI didn't know who was more shocked. The warrior standing beside Carla Voss or Carla herself.They had both gone completely still. Their eyes moved between me and the boy sitting at our table, as if neither of them could quite make sense of what they were seeing. Aiden, completely oblivious to the tension he'd caused just by existing, had already noticed me approaching.Then he smiled. "Dad."My step faltered at the single word, uttered in his tender childlike voice.Not because the new arrivals may have heard him. But because the word hit somewhere deep in my chest, so unexpectedly that for a moment, I forgot about Carla, the warrior, the restaurant, even the kiss I'd just shared with Layla.Aiden didn't call me Alpha Darkwood. He'd just called me Dad.My son knew me. And he had accepted me.But the wrong person had seen him. I quickly forced my attention back to the problem in front of me and lifted a hand toward Aiden."Hold on a minute."He nodded and returned his atte
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 83. Messenger Alpha
Layla POVMy brain took the backseat the moment Draven's lips captured mine.Everything else disappeared.The restaurant, the argument, George, Carla, the questions I had been carrying for years—all of it seemed to fall away until there was only the man standing in front of me and the familiar warmth of his mouth against mine.My mate. The father of my child.The man I had spent seven years trying to forget.I shouldn't have let myself feel any of it. I should have pushed him away immediately. I should have remembered the engagement ring waiting somewhere in my bag and the promise I'd made to George.Instead, my arms went around Draven before I could stop them.My body moved toward his as though it remembered something my mind had spent years trying to bury. I pressed closer, and for those few reckless seconds, it felt as though I had never left him at all. There was no anger between us, no years of separation, no lies or accusations. There was only the heat of his body, the strength
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 82. The son's good guess
Draven POVLayla flinched.It was only then that I remembered Aiden was sitting right there between us. I hadn't even realized I'd raised my voice until I saw the boy looking up at me from his plate of roasted turkey, his expression caught somewhere between curiosity and confusion.I forced myself to breathe.My hand reached for the wine bottle again. I emptied what remained into my glass, watching the dark liquid rise to barely half the glass before lifting it to my mouth. This time, I tried to drink slowly, forcing myself to swallow one measured mouthful after another.It didn't help.When I looked at Layla again, she seemed to have only just realized what she'd said too. She blinked several times, her lips parting as though she wanted to explain, but no words came.'What do you mean, Luna of LongClaws?' I asked through the mindlink. Her answer came hesitantly. 'I... I'm engaged.'I set the glass down gently so I don't accidentally crush it.'To George Hunt.'She didn't respond.T
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 81. Dinner with the unseen rival
Layla POVMy heart jerked. Both our eyes snapped toward Aiden.He was still watching us with the fascinated expression of a child who had no idea he was sitting in the middle of a conversation carrying enough weight to change all our lives."Mom doesn't have a firstborn son," he said, shaking his head. "I'm her only child."For a moment, Draven simply stared at him. Then he nodded."That's right, young wolf. You're her firstborn son. And her only child at the moment."Aiden smiled, apparently satisfied with the answer, and pushed another forkful of turkey into his mouth.It was obvious he still didn't fully understand what the words meant. I wasn't sure how long that would last."You can't blame me for asking you that, Draven," I said quickly.Not really because I wanted to bring the conversation back to its original path. But I needed to keep Aiden distracted from whatever calculations were taking place inside his young mind. Even if only for a little while."I'm not expecting you to
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 80. Alpha mode
Layla POVI had his attention.He was listening to me like the only thing that mattered in his world were the words I was saying. That should have filled me with hope that he might actually be on my side.Instead, the dangerous air around him made me scared of what was coming next. Doubt twisted inside me.I didn't have concrete proof yet. Not enough to put in front of a tribunal and make them convict Gordon Voss and his family without question. All I had was what Savanna had told me. What Nina Buch had confirmed. I had my blood samples which would reveal traces of the herbs when I got it back. I had pieces of a story that made sense when put together, but pieces weren't the same as undeniable evidence.Would Draven believe me without that?The past was still too fresh in my mind.He hadn't believed me when I'd told him nothing happened between me and his then-best friend. What he thought he saw in that guest chamber had been more believable than the woman who was supposed to be his
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