เข้าสู่ระบบDERRICK’S POV"Lucas!" I roared. My chest heaved with each breath. My heart slammed against my ribs. My hands shook as I curled them into tight fists until the knuckles turned white. I had shoved the phone into my pocket just in time. Otherwise it would have shattered in my grip."Yes, Alpha." Lucas rushed over and bowed low before lifting his head."I want you to send two of our most trusted and loyal men to Oprah’s location.""But Alpha, she will not take it well...""Do as I instruct you!" I growled, unleashing the full weight of my Alpha power. Lucas bowed deeper. His body trembled violently. His face twisted in pain as he fought the crushing command."Y... Yes... Alpha." The words came out in strained bursts. His muscles strained against the invisible force. I kept my fists clenched, shoulders locked, pouring more power into the order.'Stop! You are hurting him and it is not his fault!' Kaden howled inside my head, clawing to break free.'It is our fault that we did not believe
DERRICK’S POV"We found him like that, Alpha." Fred stood rigid beside the chair. My eyes fixed on the dead man slumped in chains. Pale skin stretched tight over bruises. Blood had dried in dark patches across his white shirt."He died from too much blood loss."I felt no surprise. The damage I had inflicted two days earlier left little room for survival."He refused to talk. All I wanted was the name of Dominic’s sister. That was all." I stepped closer. Disappointment weighed heavy on my face. The body hung limp, head lolled forward.My gaze dropped to the deep dagger wound in his stomach. Clotted blood soaked the fabric around it."Alpha, you need to rest." Lucas’s scent reached me before his voice. He had trailed me like a shadow since delivering those damning reports about four years ago."I am okay." I turned. Lucas stood next to Fred, hands clasped behind his back."What I need is Lilith. Not rest." I faced the corpse again."Have you found her?" Since the moment I realized her
OPRAH’S POVI remained frozen near the elevator. Lilith had vanished long ago, yet Alexander still stared at anything except me. My teeth sank into the inside of my lip until the sharp metallic taste of blood filled my mouth.Lilith’s parting words replayed in my head.I studied Alexander now. Really studied him. His shoulders sat rigid. His hands flexed at his sides."Was she telling the truth?" The question slipped out in a trembling whisper. Fear of his answer tightened my throat.I had always known Alexander as the brother I never had. He had become the family I chose. But Lilith’s accusation forced me to see every moment differently.He had stood by us from the beginning. Without him four years ago, Zarek and I would have nothing. Even now, after my return to America, he stayed. He abandoned his London empire to remain at our side. Always present. Always steady."Ops." Alexander finally broke from his thoughts. He stepped closer, a heavy sigh escaping him. His posture looked stif
OPRAH’S POVI flipped through more pages I had captured. She had reinvented herself completely. No records of education or legitimate work before her sudden rise. How did she gain the wealth and connections to reach Derrick? The fake charity events for the sick and orphaned now seemed like a cruel joke, a shield to hide her true self."I really do not like to do this, but Lilith has forced me."I still could not believe I would use her childhood trauma against her. But she deserved it after everything she had done. She had wanted me to lose everything. Now it was time to return the favour."What I still do not understand is how she got close to Derrick, an Alpha, and managed to manipulate him into obsession." Alexander shook his head, eyes fixed on the road."We will find out too." A dark smile formed on my lips.I scrolled through more pictures from St. Ann Orphanage. There she was: Elizabeth Hunter pretending to be Lilith. The file detailed her early life in that place many years ag
OPRAH’S POV"There must be something here." Urgency sharpened my voice as I rifled through the reports scattered across the desk. My eyes darted repeatedly to the door and back. I leaned my weight against the heavy wood, heart hammering.I adjusted my hoodie, pulled the cape tighter, and settled the black glasses firmly on my face. Then I dropped low and yanked open the first drawer. Nothing useful. I shoved it shut.A sigh escaped me. I moved to the second drawer and searched with frantic fingers. Still nothing. Patience frayed inside my chest. My heart threatened to burst against my ribs. I closed my eyes, drew a slow breath, and opened them again. Calm. I needed to stay calm. Panic would get me caught.It was only yesterday night when I found the information about this from my private investigator Geoffrey. And here I was, already working on it, hopping that he was right. That I wasn't risking Alexander and myself by sneaking inside this orphanage's higher office."Ops, you need t
DERRICK’S POVI stared out the window at nothing in particular. My gaze drifted across the sprawling city lights beyond the glass. A heavy sigh escaped me. Then a gasp. Then a yawn. I tried to pull myself together, rolling my shoulders and clenching my fists at my sides. Nothing helped. Bitterness coiled tight in my chest. A lump lodged in my throat. Anger simmered just beneath the surface, refusing to fade no matter how I paced the room."Alpha..."I waved the voice off without turning. I already knew it was Lucas. He had lingered by the door for hours while I stood here, nursing a glass of untouched whiskey that now felt like lead in my hand.I finally turned and set the glass down on the desk with a sharp clink. My fingers raked through my hair, pulling hard at the strands as if the pain could cut through the fog in my mind. Anyone looking at me now would never believe I was the feared Alpha Derrick. I looked more like a caged animal, shoulders hunched, eyes wild."Why didn’t you t







