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#Chapter 14: Unraveling Threads
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The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate #Chapter 16: Pressing Questions
Laila's POV"Which pack did you belong to before, Vanessa?"The words hit like a freight train. My lungs forgot how to work. Jason's eyes—sharp, green, unrelenting—locked on me like he was hunting prey that had nowhere left to run.My mouth went dry. Every answer felt like walking into quicksand with weights tied to my ankles."I don't have anything to say about that," I managed, steady voice wrapped around shaky bones.His brows lifted, just a fraction. In this world, dodging wasn't neutral—it meant you were either hiding something ugly or guarding something explosive. Either way, not good."Interesting response," he murmured, tilting his head. "Most people are proud of their pack heritage."Think, Laila. Think."Most people aren't neutral liaisons," I shot back. "Pack ties make business messy."It was clean. Logical. Believable enough. But I could see it—the way he tucked that p
The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate #Chapter 15: Dangerous Ground
Laila's POVTwo days.That's how long it had been since Ava's surgery—forty-eight hours of stale air, antiseptic floors, and the rhythmic beeping of machines that had become both lullaby and torment.Two days of living inside this sterile hospital room, counting every fragile heartbeat on the monitors like they might vanish if I dared blink too long.Dr. Martinez called the procedure a success. Better than expected, he'd said, as though those three words could erase years of fear.But success wasn't safety. "Well" didn't mean "finished." It meant a long road of recovery. Follow-ups. Specialists. Medication that insurance didn't fully cover. Bills that stacked like bricks on my chest every time I looked at them too long.I was buried in those bills when the air shifted.I didn't need to look up to know who stood in the doorway. His presence carried its own gravity.Jason. Again."Ms. Harper," he said, voice formal, like we were polite strangers instead of ghosts haunting each other. "I
The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate #Chapter 14: Unraveling Threads
Jason's POVI stumbled back into my room at the pack house like I'd just gone ten rounds with a freight train.This night was supposed to be simple. Business dinner. Shake hands. Trade empty promises with other Alphas. Maybe finally corner Vanessa Harper—the woman who'd been dodging me like I carried a disease—and pin her down for answers.Instead, I got… this.The woman who refused every offer I made? The one who reminds me so much of Laila. The one who poured coffee on Brittany and ordered us to be banned from her building. The one who bolted from that ballroom like death was on her heels after a call about her daughter.This woman was Vanessa Harper?There were too many coincidences. Too many threads pulling me in directions I didn't want to go.I ripped off my tie and went straight for the whiskey. The expensive stuff. The bottle I usually saved for when politics got so dirty I can't scrub the stink off. Tonight? I thought about the confusion and the ache that had taken up residen
The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate #Chapter 13: Collapse
Laila's POVThe world tipped sideways. Riley's words just kept looping in my skull, broken-record style, like the universe had picked the ugliest song and pressed repeat. Ava collapsed. Rushed to the hospital.I don't remember dropping the phone. Don't remember shoving Jason back or cutting through that ballroom with eyes on me like I'd lost my damn mind. Next thing I knew I was in my car, tires screaming down the street, my heart hammering inside my chest like my ribs couldn't hold it in.Collapsed. Resuscitated. The words circled like vultures, each pass squeezing my lungs tighter. A noose, that's what it felt like. A slow, choking noose.Not Ava. Please God, not my baby.I knew her condition was slipping. Doctors had their polite way of saying it—cautiously optimistic, let's wait, let's schedule. But I saw it. I saw it in her face every morning, that ghost-pale look, that too-old exhaustion on a six-year-old.I should've screamed at them sooner. I should've forced their hand. Sho
The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate #Chapter 12: Revelations and Consequences
Laila's POVThe elevator was too small. Too bright. Too much like a cage.Jacob stood there in the doorway like he'd just walked into a war zone with no armor on. His face went from blank to oh shit real fast. It was obvious that he didn't quite understand what he walked in on, but that he knew he should regret it.Brittany's mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water. "Vanessa?" she repeated, tasting the word like it was poison.Jason's green eyes locked onto mine with laser precision. I could practically hear the gears grinding in his head, trying to connect dots that I'd spent six years keeping scattered."Where is Vanessa?" Brittany demanded, her voice climbing toward hysteria.I caught Jacob's eye and shook my head. Just slightly. A warning.I didn't want them to know I was Venessa. I didn't want Jason to dig in too much about who I had become.I just needed to clear them away."I didn't mean to interrupt," Jacob stammered, his Adam's apple bobbing as he tried to retreat. "
The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate #Chapter 11: Walls Come Down
Laila's POV"Where is Ava's father?"The words hit me like a slap across the face. No warning, no warm-up, just Jason standing there, his green eyes locked on me the way he used to when he was trying to crack some complicated pack problem, or figure out why the quarterly reports weren't adding up. Only this time I was the problem."This has nothing to do with you, Jason." It came out sharp, way sharper than I meant, but maybe that was the point. Like I was throwing up bricks, stacking a wall before Jason could even get close.And then his jaw did that thing. That twitch that always used to drive me nuts during meetings, like the tiniest movement carried a whole storm behind it. Same Jason. Same temper tucked neatly under the surface."I was just asking," he said, but the way it came out—like there was something bruised sitting under the words.I hitched Ava higher on my hip. She's growing so fast it feels like she gains a pound every night, but in that moment, I needed her weight agai
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