All Chapters of The Alpha's Betrayal: My Second Chance To Defy Fate: Chapter 131 - Chapter 134

DARRAGH’S POVBack at the estate, I called for Marcus and Kris to meet me in the war room. The war room was what we called the basement conference area where pack security meetings were held. It was windowless and soundproof, designed for discussing sensitive matters without worrying about eavesdroppers.Marcus arrived first. He was in his early thirties, built like a linebacker, with sandy brown hair and scars on his knuckles from years of fighting. He'd been one of my father's Sentinels, but his loyalty had always been to the pack rather than to Bastien personally. Now that I'd started asserting myself as heir apparent, Marcus had fallen in line.Kris came in a few minutes later. She was smaller than Marcus, lean and wiry with black hair pulled back in a tight ponytail and dark eyes that never seemed to miss anything. She moved like a dancer or a martial artist, every step deliberate and controlled. She'd joined the pack five years ago after her old Alpha had been killed in a territ

DARRAGH'S POVBy dawn, Mom and I were back on the road. The truck’s headlights cut through the mist that clung to the fields, throwing pale beams across the damp gravel. A single suitcase rested in the back seat, packed with the bare essentials. She’d tried to take more, but I’d convinced her that traveling light was safer. The less trace she left, the better.The protection rune Elena had carved into her shoulder was still fresh, still angry red under her shirt. I could tell she was favoring that side, shifting carefully so she wouldn’t pull at the scar. Even without seeing it, I knew it burned. The witch had warned us it would for days.“You don’t have to do this,” Mom said suddenly, her voice low in the quiet cab. She had her arms folded across her chest, eyes fixed on the window where the world blurred by in streaks of gray and green. “I’m not helpless, Darragh. I can take care of myself.”“I know you can.” My hands tightened around the steering wheel. “But I can’t risk it. Not af