All Chapters of Claimed by the Ruthless Wolf Slayer: Chapter 241 - Chapter 250

HAILEYSomething in my tone must have alerted her because she looked up sharply. “What’s wrong?”“I—” The words stuck in my throat. If I told her now, everything would change. I’d be making a choice I couldn’t take back.But if I didn’t tell her, people would die. Alina might die. Those babies might—“I went to see James last night,” I said quickly, before I could change my mind. “He contacted me weeks ago, before I came here, and he asked me to spy on the pack and gather information for him.”Alina’s face went pale. “What?”“I’m sorry. I should have told you sooner, but I was confused and conflicted. I thought maybe I could play both sides, keep everyone safe.” The words tumbled out faster now. “But James isn’t interested in peace. He wants to take you. Use you as leverage to get Alexander to surrender. He gave me two weeks to figure out how to get you alone.”The silence that followed was deafening. Alina just stared at me, her expression unreadable.Then Luna started crying, and th

ALINAThe younger one among the warriors, relented. “There’s fighting in the gardens. James brought more people than expected. The Alpha is fine, but—”He didn’t finish. I already figured out what was going on from his simple tangent. James had outsmarted them somehow and brought enough force that the ambush had turned into a real battle.And Alexander was in the middle of it.“I need to go—”“Absolutely not,” the warrior said firmly. “The Alpha would kill us if we let you leave these quarters during an active threat.”He was right. As much as I wanted to run to Alexander, to help somehow, my place was here. Protecting my babies. Staying safe.So I retreated back inside, heart pounding, using the Luna bond to track my mate.He was fighting. I could feel his focused determination, the sharp spikes of adrenaline when he engaged an enemy, the steady confidence that he was winning.But there were too many of them. Too many adversaries for even an Alpha to handle alone.Please, I thought

ALEXANDERJames’s interrogation was brutal and unproductive.He sat in the holding cell, bloodied and defiant, answering every question with variations of “go to hell” and “the Wolf Slayer will pay.”“This is pointless,” Ryker said after the third session. “He’s not going to tell us anything useful.”“Someone organized those extra fighters. Someone knew we’d be setting a trap.” I paced the corridor outside the cells. “James isn’t smart enough to have figured that out alone.”“Maybe he just got lucky. Brought extra muscle out of paranoia.”“Or maybe someone tipped him off.” I turned to face Ryker. “We have a leak, Ryker. Someone in the pack who’s feeding information to our enemies.”“You think it’s Hailey?”“She’s the obvious suspect. But I don’t know. Something feels off about this.”Ryker was quiet for a moment. “The timing is interesting. James brings exactly enough people to make it a real fight instead of a clean ambush. Like someone told him our numbers, our positions.”“Who knew

ALINAI first noticed that Luna and Erik weren’t eating as much as usual. Erik, in particular, who would scream for food in the middle of the night, seemed off.Three days before we were set to leave for the gathering, it became clear they were sick. Erik had a slight fever, but it didn’t seem serious. Dr. Sarah examined him and said it was probably just a minor virus. She advised us to keep an eye on him and ensure he stayed hydrated.By the next morning, Luna was sick too.“This is normal,” Dr. Sarah said while checking both babies. “Infants get sick. Their immune systems are still developing. They probably caught something from a visitor or a member of the pack.”“But they both have fevers—”“Low-grade fevers. 99.5 for Erik and 99.8 for Luna. That’s not dangerous.” She handed me a list of warning signs to watch for. “If either of them spikes above 101, becomes lethargic, or stops eating, then we worry. But right now, this is just a typical baby cold. Their immune systems will kick i

ARYA“I don’t know. But whoever it was must have been very careful. This has been building slowly, probably since the babies were born. We only detected it now because the symptoms finally became severe enough to test for magic.”I sank into a chair, unable to process this. My babies were dying. And we had no idea who was doing it or how to stop it.“Can you break it?” Alexander asked. “Like you did before?”“I’m trying. But Alina, this curse is different. More complex. And without knowing who cast it, without having the caster’s blood or cooperation…” Dr. Sarah’s expression was devastated. “I don’t know if I can save them.”The world tilted. I gripped the chair arms, forcing myself to breathe.“There has to be a way,” I said. “Someone had to cast this. Someone in the pack, someone with access to the babies. Find them.”“Ryker is already investigating,” Alexander said. “Every person who’s had contact with Erik and Luna in the past three months. We’ll find who did this.”“And if we don