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CHAPTER 10

DRAKE POV The whiskey in my glass tasted like ash as I stared at the security footage playing on my office screen—rogues at the eastern border, their snarls distorted and their fangs out. But it was not their defiance that tightened my grip on the glass. It was the symbol painted on their vests…a howling wolf with a dagger through its eye. The same symbol from the video of my father. The door burst open without a knock. Andre strode in with slow steady steps, his usual smirk replaced with a growl. “The rogues are gone. Vanished before we cold interrogate them.” I didn’t look up. I shrugged and muttered, “Convenient.” “Too convenient.” He replied briskly as he dropped into the chair across my desk, his scent sharp with agitation. “They knew our patrol routes. Knew exactly when to strike.” My wolf, Kael, bristled. ‘Traitors. Inside the pack.’ Andre leaned forward and whispered, “Drake….did you know?” Ice slithered down my spine as I asked coldly, “know what?”

CHAPTER 11

LILLIAN’S POV Salome’s fingers tightened around mine as she pressed a steaming mug of tea into my hands. “Drink Doc, you are shaking.” The porcelain burned my palms, but I barely felt it. I closed my eyes and muttered, “I did not leak that footage, Salome. I swear it.” “I know.” She sat beside me on the hotel bed, her dark curls framing a face suddenly much older than her years. “But the pack needs someone to blame, and you are the perfect target.” I stared at the amber liquid, watching my shadowy reflection wrap in its surface. “Then I should leave. Tonight.” Salome’s cup slipped from her hand. “And to prove them right? No.” She gripped my chin, forcing me to meet her gaze. “If you run now, you will be the traitor’s daughter forever. This is not about a stupid letter anymore—it is about power. And you are the pawn.” A bitter laugh escaped me. “Some pawn. I did not even know my father was innocent until yesterday.” “Speaking of….” Salome lowered her voice, glancing

CHAPTER 12

DRAKE POVThe surveillance footage played on my office screen, showing the black van with Eastern pack sigils. My knuckles whitened around the armrest.“Track the plates,” I ordered the head investigator. “I want every detail about who took her—and why.”The wolf bowed, sliding a file across my desk and said, “I have an intel suggesting the driver to be a low level operative. But there is more….” He hesitated. “We found records linking Lillian’s father to the Eastern pack’s science division fifteen years ago.”My blood turned to ice. “What kind of records?”“Research files. He worked on shifter fertility serums before defecting to Luxembourg.” The investigator swallowed. “Sir, if the Eastern Pack took her to silence her—”The door burst open and Andre stood there, chest heaving, his usually playful eyes shinning brightly as he announced excitedly, “We have found her. She is at Pack’s general. Minor injuries, but stable. Josh and Lydia are with her.”I was out of my chair before he fin

CHAPTER 13

LILLIAN POVThe first thing I noticed was the scent—antiseptic and pack healer herbs, undercut by something distinctly Drake. Oud and winter frost, a scent that had hunted my dreams for years.My eyelids opened slightly to reveal pure white ceilings, the fluorescent lights too bright against my eyes. A dull pain behind my temples, and my wrists burned under the layers of bandages.“Where am I?” I asked weakly as I attempted to raised my hand to shield my eyes from the bright lights.“Lily!” Josh’s face appeared above me, his pine and cedar scent wrapping around me like a safety blanket. Dark circles bruised his eyes, his usually playful features drawn tight with exhaustion. “Moon Goddess, you scared the hell out of us.”Lydia appeared suddenly beside him, her platinum braids swinging as she thrust a cup of water into my hands. “Drink.” She said concernedly, “you have been out for eighteen hours.”My throat burned as I swallowed gingerly. “What…happened?” I managed to croak.Josh’s fin

CHAPTER 14

DRAKE POVThe door clicked shut behind Salome, but the scent of Lillian’s arousal still hung thick in the air….bergamot and vanilla laced with something darker, something that made my wolf snarl with possessive hunger.I forced myself to take a step back from her hospital bed, carefully adjusting my jacket to hide the evidence of my desire from outside eyes and my hands shook slightly….a weakness I couldn’t afford…so I clenched them into fists at my sides.Lillian’s lips were still swollen from my kiss, her chest rising and falling too fast under the thin hospital gown. That god forsaken gown that kept slipping off one shoulder, revealing her smooth skin that I ached to mark as mine.She is Andre’s.The reminder tasted like bile in my mouth.“Drake—”“Rest,” I interrupted, my voice tougher than I intended. “We will continue this conversation when you are discharged.”Her eyes flashed…those damned eyes that had hunted my dreams for years. “You don’t get to kiss me like that and then wa

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 15LILLIAN POVThe scent of white lilies filled my hospital room, their delicate petals, an obvious contrast to the storm brewing inside me.I traced the edge of one of the petals, my fingers still stiff from the rope burns. Drake’s words as he left…pack house. Tonight. That is an order….still hung in the air like a challenge.Andre set the coffee tray down with more force than necessary and asked stiffly, “what did Drake want?”I kept my voice light as I replied, “he was just checking on my recovery.”Lydia snorted from the doorway, her braids swinging as she crossed her arms. “With flowers? Since when does our Alpha play delivery boy?”Andre’s naw tightened, but before he could respond, Josh burst into the room, his usual playful energy shadowed by worry. “Discharge papers are signed. You are officially okay, Doc.” He hesitated, glancing between us. “Everything okay?”“Perfect,” I lied, swinging my legs off the bed. The movement made my head spin…a lingering effect of the se

CHAPTER 16

DRAKE POVThe war room smelt of old parchment and wolf smell, the heavy oak table littered with maps and surveillance reports. I traced the Eastern Pack’s border with a fingertip, the ink all smudged from too much handling.They took her blood.Kael snarled inside me, the memory of Lillian’s bandaged wrists making my claws threaten to pop out. The Eastern wolves had marked what was mine—even if she wasn’t, not really. Not yet.The door creaked open, and Lucas slipped inside, his usual smirk absent. “Andre is on his way. He is pissed, by the way.”I didn’t look up and muttered, “When is he not?”Lucas dropped into a chair and displayed his boots on the table. “You kissed her.”My head snapped up in shock, but he held up his hands and said calmly, “Relax. I am not blind. The way she looked at you during dinner? The way you didn’t look at her? Screams guilty conscience.”I bared my teeth. “Stay out of it.”“I can’t.” He said sharply and leaned forward. “Because Andre is my friend too, an

CHAPTER 17

LILLIAN POVThe pack house kitchen smelled of cinnamon and freshly brewed coffee, the morning sunlight streaming through the bay windows. Salome poured honey into her tea, her sharp eyes missing nothing as I picked at my toast.“You are extremely quiet today,” she said.Josh snorted with his mouth full with pancakes and said, “she has been quiet since someone decided to play Romeo on the balcony last night.”I dropped my fork mistakenly on my plate and it gave a loud clatter. “You saw that?”“Half the pack saw it, sweetheart,” Lydia drawled from where she perched on the counter, with her golden eyes glinting and said, “Drake looming over you like some brooding romance novel hero? Very dramatic.”Heat crept up my neck as I muttered, “we were just talking. Nothing serious.”“With your lips, I am guessing.” Josh wiggled his eyebrows mockingly.Salome set her cup down in a very serious manner and said, “Enough teasing. The real question is….what are you going to do about Andre?”The kitch

CHAPTER 18

DRAKE POVThe war room of the tournament grounds smelled strongly of mahogany and conquest. Maps of the combat arenas were spread across the massive table, dotted with markers and pins representing security checkpoints. I traced the eastern border with my fingertip, the same place where our scouts had spotted Eastern Pack men just yesterday.Too close.Kael stirred restlessly beneath my skin. The tournament was supposed to be a celebration—a display of pack strength and unity. Now, it was a potential battleground.Andre leaned over the map beside me, his golden eyes scanning the layout. “We need enforcers here, here, and here,” he said, jabbing at three key entry points. “If they try anything, we will catch them before they breach.”I nodded. “Lucas already assigned extra patrols. No one gets in without full screening.”The other organizers—Alphas from allied packs—murmured their agreements. The tension in the room was thick enough to choke on.The door burst open before I could conti

CHAPTER 19

LILLIAN POVJosh dropped his phone on the polished mahogany table, to display the screen on his phone with the news alert for all to see and my blood ran cold….“Breaking news: Surveillance devices found in Luxembourg apartment linked to executed rogue scientist.”My mother’s apartment.The teacup slipped from my shaking fingers, it’s fragments scattering all over the room. Lydia froze with her eyes wide in shock and Salome inhaled sharply.“They are watching her,” I whispered.Lucas materialized at the entrance, his usual playful smirk absent. “It’s confirmed.” He announced. “Three listening devices. All Eastern pack tech.”My blood turned cold and my fingers found the hidden dagger at my boot—Lucas’s gift after the abduction—as if the cool metal could steady my shaking hands.“And Andre?” My voice strange to my own ears.“Already moved her to secure location.” Lucas’s amber eyes rested on my white knuckled grip. “Drake doubled the guards.”Salome’a calm voice sliced through the pani

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