Semua Bab The Billionaire Alpha's Revenge: Bab 91 - Bab 100

The air in Finch’s study was a stratified history of scents: the dry, vanilla-like fragrance of aged paper, the rich perfume of leather-bound books, and the faint, herbal aroma of forgotten tinctures that seemed to cling to the very wood of the walls. Jack sat before a massive oak desk, its surface a battlefield of carved griffins and chimeras. Laid open before him was not a sleek data slate or a modern file, but a heavy, vellum-bound tome. Its pages were yellowed and brittle with age, covered in an elegant, spidery script that spoke of centuries of secrets."This is the Blood Ledger," Finch said, his voice as calm and deep as a forest pool at midnight. He adjusted his gold-rimmed spectacles, his long, slender fingers tracing the embossed, blood-red title on the cover with a historian's reverence. "It is an unsanctioned, unofficial, and utterly terrifying record of the world's most dangerous freelance hunters, assassins, and enforcers. They serve no council, pledge allegi

A heavy, oppressive silence, thick with frustration and the scent of stale coffee, hung in Jack’s office. A holographic globe spun slowly in the center of the room, its surface a pristine, frustratingly unmarked blue and green."Alcatraz does not exist on any map," Aaliyah stated, her voice frayed with the raw edge of exhaustion. Her eyes were bloodshot, surrounded by dark circles, a testament to the seventy-two sleepless hours she’d spent launching a full-spectrum digital assault on every known satellite network, every encrypted database, every dark-web rumor mill on the planet. "There's no heat signature, no energy reading, no structural outline, no geographical footprint. It's a ghost. A complete and total ghost.""We've run every play in the book and invented a few new ones," Ben Carter added, his usual confident, predatory demeanor strained to the breaking point. "Human intelligence, signals intelligence, deep-space satellite sweeps. We've come up with a h

The air in the Obsidian Lab’s medical bay was sterile and cold, smelling sharply of antiseptic and ozone. Jack lay strapped to a reinforced titanium alloy bed, the restraints a necessary, grim precaution. Katherine stood over him, her hand steady, holding a syringe filled with a pale red serum that seemed to pulse with a faint, inner light. Her face, usually a mask of calm control, was etched with a profound, soul-deep worry."The first serum's stabilizing effects are degrading faster than projected," she said, her voice low and tight. The battle with Olaf, the act of psychically dominating another Alpha, had pushed him too far. The bloodline curse was flaring up with a terrifying vengeance, wracking his body with violent spasms and filling his mind with a feral, whispering rage that threatened to consume him whole."This second dose will be exponentially more severe," she warned, her eyes locking with his, a silent, desperate plea within them. "The side effects&hell

The call came on a secure, untraceable channel, bypassing every one of Aaliyah's multi-layered firewalls and quantum encryptions as if they were made of paper. Jack stood alone in his office, looking out at the glittering, diamond-dust expanse of the city as a cold, imperious, and utterly confident voice spoke not through the room's speakers, but directly into the core of his mind."Jack Sterling. My name is Valerius. I am the High Executor of the Fenrir Council's Internal Security Directorate."The name hit Jack like a physical blow. Valerius. A pure-blood Alpha of terrifying, legendary reputation, a name whispered in the darkest corners of the supernatural world. He was Jack's opposite, his ideological rival, the living, breathing embodiment of the Council's iron-fisted, old-world order."The recent attacks," Jack said, his voice flat and cold, betraying no shock. "The Ghost Divers. The Deep Fangs. The Soul-Eater. They were your doing. A test.""They were," Val

The rooftop helipad of Sterling Tower was a stage set for war. Powerful searchlights cut brilliant, stark paths through the swirling snow of the cold night. The wind howled a mournful, lonely prelude to the violence to come. Operation: Daybreak was a go.Jack stood at the very edge of the roof, the city spread out below him like a carpet of fallen stars on black velvet. He could feel the second dose of the serum humming in his veins, a fragile, temporary peace before the inevitable storm. The weight of the mission was a physical thing, a crushing pressure on his soul. Failure wasn't an option; it was extinction. For him, for his team, for the city that unknowingly depended on him for its very survival."We are ready, Alpha." Marcus's voice was a low, steady rumble at his side. He and the elite honor guard were clad in matte-black tactical gear, their skin marked with ancient, silver-painted runes that seemed to absorb the light and glow with a faint, inner power. They were