All Chapters of Claimed By The Biker Alpha: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Jolie pov I walk past them toward my father who flinches as I approach."Are you hurt?" I ask."Physically? No." He swallows hard. "But watching you... seeing what you've become... I don't know you anymore.""You never did." I touch his arm gently, checking for injuries anyway. "You saw weakness where there was strength. Shame where there was resilience. A failure where there was a divine vessel waiting to emerge.""I should have seen it." His voice breaks. "I'm your father. I should have protected you, not...""Not tortured me?" I finish. "Not let the pack abuse me for years? Not tried to trade me to Thorne?"He flinches at each accusation. "I was wrong. About everything.""Yes. You were." I step back. "And now you get to live with that knowledge. I'm not going to judge you with moonfire, Father. You don't get the easy path of forced empathy. You have to find it yourself.""What about the Nightshade Pack?" He looks lost. "Without the Council's backing, without trade agreements...""

Ryder pov "I know." He meets my eyes. "So I'm offering information. Council secrets, pack politics, hidden alliances. Everything I learned as the Broker. Use it to protect the Iron Fangs and to keep her safe.""Why?" I don't trust this sudden cooperation."Because she gave me empathy." Gio's voice breaks. "Made me feel what I'd done. And now I can't unfeel it. Can't stop carrying the weight of every cruel thing I ever did to her. The only way I survive that weight is by trying to balance it. By being useful instead of destructive."I studied him for a long time. Looking for deception, manipulation, hidden angles.All I see is a broken man trying to be better."Fine." I decide. "You ride with us back to the compound. You give Doc all your intel. And you start proving yourself by doing the shit work no one else wants. Understand?""Understood." Relief crosses his face. "Thank you.""Don't thank me." I brush past him. "Thank Jolie when she wakes up. She's the one who believes in redempt

Ryder POVI wake to Jolie thrashing in her sleep as her skin glows with light that shines in waves, getting brighter with each breath."Jolie." I shake her gently. "Wake up."Her eyes snap open, blazing pure silver. Not her usual pale green with silver flecks. Just silver. "Ryder." Her voice echoes strangely. "Something's happening.""I can see that." I help her sit up. "Does it hurt?""No." She stares at her hands, watching fire dance across her palms. "It feels different than before. Like the moonfire is evolving.""Evolving into what?" I don't like the sound of that."I don't know." The fire flares brighter. "But I need to go outside. Now. Before I burn down our cabin."We make it outside just as the fire erupts from her entire body. The pack stumbles out of their rooms, drawn by the light."What's going on?" Knox demands."Her power's changing." I watch Jolie carefully, ready to intervene if needed. "Stay back. Everyone stay back."Jolie stands in the center of the compound, arms

Ryder POV Three days. That's all we have before Thorne returns with two hundred wolves ready to destroy everything we've built. I watch Jolie sleep, her face peaceful despite the war coming our way. She's been unconscious for six hours since collapsing in front of Thorne, and Doc says she needs at least twelve more to recover. "Ryder." Knox appears in the doorway. "We need to talk about strategy." I kiss Jolie's forehead and follow him outside. The compound is organized chaos. Wolves sharpening weapons while others reinforce barriers. Phoenix working on communications equipment. "Status?" I ask. "Not good." Knox pulls up a tactical map on his tablet. "Two hundred wolves against fifty. Even with Jolie's powers, those odds are brutal." "What about allies?" I study the map. "Who can we call?" "I've reached out to six neutral packs." Phoenix joins us. "Three said no immediately. Two are considering it. One—Alpine Ridge Pack—said they'll help if Jolie personally asks." "Why Jolie

Jolie POVI wake to voices arguing outside the medical bay."She needs more time," Doc says, firm and worried."We don't have more time." Knox sounds frustrated. "Representatives from six packs are already here, three more arriving within the hour.""Representatives?" Ryder's voice cuts through, dangerous and low. "Why the hell are other packs sending people here?""Word spread about the World Council," Phoenix explains. "About what Jolie did, how she judged seven Elders at once and dissolved the entire Council structure. Every pack in three states heard about it by midnight."I sit up slowly. The monitors beep faster, tracking my elevated heart rate.The door opens and Ryder appears first, his expression shifting from anger to relief when he sees me awake."You should be sleeping." He moves to my side."Hard to sleep through all that yelling." I touch his face. "What's happening?""The supernatural world is losing its mind." Knox follows him in. "Nine packs sent representatives overn