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The Alpha Forgets 121
121 Round two of the summit never started. Not officially. The Alphas had too much to sort through before anyone was ready to sit in that circle again and pretend they knew where the lines were drawn. So the meeting was placed on hold. Not canceled. Not delayed out of fear. Paused. That was the word Morgan used. But everyone knew what it meant. The room had cracked open too much. Now every Alpha needed time to decide what they believed. And who they suspected. For the rest of the afternoon, the retreat became a maze of private conversations. Alphas disappeared into assigned rooms with their Betas, Lunas, or closest advisers. Papers changed hands. Confessions were reviewed. Old promises were compared against current borders and trade routes. Matthew looked like he hadn’t eaten in a day and had no interest in changing that. Tony looked equally tired and far more annoyed. The two Betas sat together at one point with files spread between them, speaking in low voices while Jared stood
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120 The break between meetings felt less like rest and more like everyone had been released from a cage just long enough to pace. Alphas disappeared into private corners with their Betas. Guards gathered in tight circles. Lunas spoke softly near windows, their eyes moving over the room as carefully as any warrior’s. Lotty slipped out onto the side terrace for air. The cold helped. So did the quiet. She rested one hand lightly against her stomach and let out a slow breath. “Escaping?” Lotty turned. Selene stood in the doorway with two cups of tea in her hands and a knowing smile on her face. Lotty laughed softly. “Trying to.” Selene crossed the terrace and handed her one cup. “I thought you might need this.” Lotty accepted it gratefully. “Thank you.” For a moment they stood side by side, looking out over the neutral grounds below. Then Selene said, “That meeting was worse than I expected.” Lotty nodded. “And somehow better.” “Because no one died?” “ That helped.” Selene smi
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119 The regional council retreat sat in the valley between territories. Neutral ground. At least, that was what everyone called it. No one believed that anymore. Not after everything that had been uncovered. Not after Ellis. Not after Varric.Not after Gregory’s promises had begun surfacing like bones washed out of shallow graves. The retreat had once been used for peace talks, alliance ceremonies, succession discussions, and boundary agreements. It was old stone and dark timber, built around a central hall with eight private wings branching off from it like spokes. Eight Alphas were arriving. Eight packs. Eight versions of the truth. And not one of them trusted the others. Decker arrived with Lotty at his side. That alone changed the air. The Dark Mountain convoy rolled through the outer gates shortly after midday. Three SUVs carried warriors. One carried Decker, Lotty, Tony, and Jared. Garrick, Kara, and Elin rode close behind with the rest of Lotty’s guard detail. Decker had a
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118 The pregnancy was still not official. That was what Decker kept saying. No announcement had been made. No formal word had gone through the pack link. No celebration had been planned. Which meant, technically, the pack did not know. Technically. In reality, Dark Mountain knew. Everyone knew. They knew because the kitchen had quietly removed every smell that made Lotty nauseous from the breakfast menu. They knew because her hospital office now contained crackers, ginger tea, three blankets, and a chair that had mysteriously become more comfortable overnight. And they definitely knew because Garrick changed her training routine. That was when the warriors noticed. Immediately. Lotty stood on the mats with Garrick one morning, arms crossed, staring at him. “This is stretching.” Garrick nodded. “Yes.” “I came here to train.” “This is training.” “No. This is what you make injured patients do before you let them walk down a hallway.” Several warriors nearby pretended not to listen
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117 Decker and Lotty agreed not to announce the pregnancy right away. It was sensible. Private. Responsible. They wanted to wait until she was farther along. Long enough for the risk to lessen. Long enough for the news to feel steady beneath their feet instead of bright and fragile. They told themselves it would be easy. They were wrong. The first problem was breakfast. Lotty made it halfway through the dining hall before the smell of fried meat hit her. She stopped dead. Decker stopped with her. Tony, walking behind them with a report in hand, nearly ran into Decker’s back. “What?” Lotty clamped one hand over her mouth. Decker’s head snapped toward her. “Lotty?” Her eyes watered. “I’m fine.” She was not fine. Three seconds later, she turned and hurried out of the dining hall with more dignity than anyone vomiting into the nearest guest bathroom should have been able to manage. The entire dining hall went silent. Tony stared after her. Then slowly looked at Decker. Decker gave h
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116 The next morning surprised both Alphas. Not because of anything dangerous. Not because of a new crisis. For once, it was something good. Decker and Adam entered the dining hall together shortly after sunrise. Neither was fully awake yet. Both carried coffee. Both expected a quiet breakfast before Edgewater Falls began preparing for the trip home. Instead, they stopped in the doorway. The room was already full. And something unexpected was happening. Dark Mountain warriors sat beside Edgewater warriors. Not across from them. Not separated by tables. Together. Conversations filled the room. Laughter. Arguments. Stories. Friendly insults. The sounds of wolves enjoying breakfast. For several seconds both Alphas simply stared. "What happened?" Adam asked. Decker looked equally confused. "I have no idea." Matthew appeared from somewhere behind them carrying a plate piled dangerously high with food. "They discovered they have things in common." Adam looked skeptical. "Impossible.
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54 The air shifted before they even arrived. Lotty felt it standing at Decker’s side on the wide stone steps of the packhouse, the late afternoon light stretching long shadows across the courtyard. The guards were tighter than usual. Patrols doubled along the perimeter. Even the wolves moving thro
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40 The next two days passed in a blur of long hours and hard decisions. Nothing about the truce was perfect, but it was real. Adam and Decker worked side by side, sometimes agreeing, sometimes clashing, but never once crossing the line into hostility. There were moments, brief ones, where Lotty w
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39 The candles had burned down to stubs. Dinner sat half-cleared on the small table, forgotten. The room still carried the faint warmth of what had almost happened, something soft, something intimate, but now it was overshadowed by the sharp edge of reality. Blood had replaced romance. War had in
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37 The evening had been planned carefully. Too carefully. Decker had spent most of the afternoon arranging it, quietly coordinating with the kitchen and slipping back upstairs before Lotty could suspect anything. The guards had noticed, of course, nothing happened in the packhouse without someone
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