Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Omega and The Arrogant Alpha: Kabanata 271 - Kabanata 280

The room changes when I enter.Not dramatically. No hush slamming down like a dropped curtain. No sudden stop that would be obvious enough to call out. Just a subtle recalibration, the way people shift their weight when something heavier steps onto the floor. Conversations thin. Voices lower. Eyes f

Sally doesn’t waste time easing into it.She closes the door behind her and sets the folder on the table without sitting down, like she’s afraid the weight of it might spread if she pauses too long. Her jaw is tight. Controlled. The kind of control that takes effort. That alone tells me this isn’t r

They test the boundary the way predators test fences.Not with force. Not with noise. With pressure applied just below the threshold that would demand retaliation. A patrol wanders a little too far past an agreed line, just far enough to be noticed and dismissed if someone wants to pretend it was ac

Ben doesn’t raise his voice.That’s how I know he’s serious.He waits until the house is quiet, until the last patrol passes and the night settles into something almost still. The air hums faintly with the systems cycling down, the kind of sound you only notice when everything else has gone silent.

Ben’s jaw tightens, just slightly. He doesn’t step in. He doesn’t need to. I’ve already shut it down.Professionally.The envoy leaves with promises to follow up, alliance terms “to be discussed further.” His parting glance lingers again, unmistakable now. Not desire exactly. Calculation.When the d