Chapter 64 Book 2 Mickey and Lily

The Alpha's Judgment

Mickey pov

The first rays of dawn filtered through the bedroom curtains, painting the walls in soft gold. I hadn't moved from my position holding Lily, but something had changed in the past hour. The careful planning and strategic thinking of the night had crystallized into something harder, more final.

My wolf was no longer pacing. Instead, it sat still and alert, focused with the lethal patience of a predator who had selected its prey.

*They both need to die,* the thought came with absolute clarity, not from my wolf this time, but from the cold, calculating part of my mind that had always made the hard decisions. *Davidson and Margaret both.*

Margaret. The name left a bitter taste even in my thoughts. My father's investigation had uncovered her role in the systematic destruction of Lily's spirit—Davidson's sister, a clinical psychologist who had used her professional knowledge to break down Lily's mental defenses more efficiently.

My arms tightened f