All Chapters of Alpha’s Enemy, Alpha’s Mate: Chapter 91 - Chapter 94

The city didn’t explode into chaos the way people always expected after the truth surfaced.It adjusted.Aiden noticed it first in the smallest places—the way shopkeepers paused before answering questions they used to brush aside, the way transit lines shifted subtly without official announcements, the way people began to look at one another just a fraction longer than before. Awareness didn’t roar. It seeped.And seepage was harder to contain.Aiden and Dante moved through a crowded district that afternoon, blending easily into the flow. No one pointed. No one stared. But Aiden could feel the undercurrent—conversations stopping when they passed, glances exchanged when names were mentioned. The rumor had matured. It was no longer speculation.It was a choice.“They’re thinking,” Dante said quietly as they crossed an intersection. “That’s more dangerous than fear.”“Yes,” Aiden agreed. “Fear can be redirected. Thought can’t.”The bond pulsed—steady, grounded, threaded with unease.They

The city didn’t return to normal.It pretended to.Aiden felt the difference immediately the next morning. Movement resumed, schedules held, transit ran on time—but the ease was gone. People moved with intention now, not habit. Pauses lingered where none had before. Every space felt aware of itself.Julian’s response had been swift and precise.Containment without acknowledgment.Dante watched the street from the window as Aiden sat at the small table, fingers steepled, eyes unfocused.“He’s isolating yesterday,” Dante said. “Reframing it as an anomaly.”“Yes,” Aiden replied. “But anomalies leave residue.”The bond pulsed—quiet agreement.They didn’t leave immediately. Visibility mattered, but so did timing. Julian would expect repetition. Expect Aiden to stand again.So Aiden didn’t.Instead, he waited.By midday, the pressure began to surface elsewhere. Notices appeared—revised pedestrian flow rules, new “safety guidelines” that encouraged movement, discouraged congregation. Nothing