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The Alpha's Hidden Heir Chapter 94
ERINThe war council fractured along a line I hadn't expected.Connor stood at the head of the strategy table, his face carrying the weight of a decision that would define the alliance's future—one way or another."We cannot tell them," he said finally. "Not yet. Not until we have verification beyond a partially burned ledger fragment.""We cannot keep this from them," I countered. "Valley March signed onto our coalition in good faith. If there's evidence their territory has been compromised, they deserve to know. They deserve the chance to root out the corruption themselves.""And if the corruption goes to the top?" Connor's voice was sharp. "If the leadership itself is compromised? We warn them, they warn the conspiracy, and suddenly our enemies know exactly how much we've discovered.""So we stay silent and let the rot spread?""We stay silent and verify. Quietly. Through channels that can't be traced back to this room." Connor's jaw tightened. "Erin, I understand your instincts. I
The Alpha's Hidden Heir Chapter 93
ERINClara wasn't the mole.She was bait.The realization hit like a punch to the stomach as our watchers reported back, their voices carrying the frustration of hunters who had tracked the wrong prey."She's an outer-village runner," the lead tracker reported, his face tight with barely contained anger. "Hired three days ago by an anonymous client to collect packages from specific locations and deliver them to relay points. Cash payment. No names. No questions asked.""She didn't know what she was carrying?""Claims she didn't know and didn't care. Said she's done similar work for traders, merchants, anyone willing to pay for discretion." The tracker shook his head. "We pressed her hard, but there was nothing to find. She's exactly what she appears to be—a hired hand with no connection to the conspiracy beyond being paid to move a single packet."Connor slammed his fist against the table."They anticipated the dead drop being watched. Used a cutout to insulate themselves from direct
The Alpha's Hidden Heir Chapter 92
ERINThe war council convened within the hour, crowded into Connor's private strategy room with maps spread across the central table and tension thick enough to taste.I stood near the window, watching the last light of day fade over Silver Ridge's walls while voices debated behind me. Every argument carried weight. Every counterpoint landed with the force of lives potentially saved or lost depending on which path we chose."The intelligence opportunity is irreplaceable," Marcus was saying. "We've spent months trying to identify how their network communicates, where their handlers operate, who inside our organizations might be compromised. This dead drop hands us a direct line into their infrastructure.""And the moment we use it," Connor countered, "we confirm that Beth has been turned or captured. They'll know their asset is compromised. They'll change protocols, relocate handlers, go dark on any communication channel we might trace.""They'll do that anyway if Beth simply disappear
The Alpha's Hidden Heir Chapter 91
ERINThe room held its breath after Beth's revelation, but my eyes had drifted back to Marty.He stood near the doorway like a man awaiting sentencing. Not defensive. Not making excuses. Just present, absorbing every word I had thrown at him with the quiet acceptance of someone who knew he deserved far worse."You're right," he said finally.The words were simple. No justification attached. No plea for understanding woven between syllables."About all of it," he continued. "I made decisions about your life without consulting you. I convinced myself that protecting you meant keeping you ignorant—that if you didn't know the danger, somehow that made the danger less real."He moved into the room properly now, no longer hovering at the threshold like someone who might be asked to leave at any moment."I was raised to believe that protection meant deciding for people rather than with them. That the strong carry burdens alone so the weak don't have to know they exist." His voice cracked sli
The Alpha's Hidden Heir Chapter 90
ERINMy sister didn't die sixteen years ago. She switched sides.Beth's words hung in the air like smoke after an explosion—thick, choking, impossible to clear."Wait." Marcus stepped forward, his investigator's mind already working through the implications. "You're saying your sister—the archivist who discovered the erasures, who tried to expose the conspiracy—is now working for them?"Beth stared at the letter in her trembling hands, her face cycling through grief and disbelief."I don't... I can't be certain it's her handwriting specifically." She looked up, eyes wet. "I haven't seen her write anything in sixteen years. Memory plays tricks. But the phrasing—" She pointed to specific lines on the page. "This construction. This precise, formal tone. It's exactly how my handlers always communicated. The same clipped courtesy. The same sense that you're reading an internal record rather than a personal message.""So it might not be your sister," Connor said carefully. "It might simply
The Alpha's Hidden Heir Chapter 89
ERINThe circle is closing.The phrase echoed in my mind, cold and final as a tomb sealing shut. They knew my real name. The one Beth had erased sixteen years ago. The one that should have been buried so deeply that no one could ever recover it."How long?" Marcus asked, his voice cutting through the silence. "How long has this network of handlers been operating?"Beth's trembling had subsided slightly, but her face remained pale under the lamplight."For as long as I can remember," she said. "My original handler first contacted me three months after I was placed in Shadowcrest. A courier—middle-aged, unremarkable, the kind of person you would pass on any road without a second glance. He appeared twice a year, always at the same location outside pack territory, always with the same questions.""What questions?""Had I observed anything unusual. Had any wolves shown signs of accelerated healing, unusual strength, unexplained abilities. Had any strangers arrived whose backgrounds couldn
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