All Chapters of The Rogue King's Protection: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Zane's POVI wanted to rip Marcus apart with my bare hands and watch his expensive suit get soaked with blood. But the smug Alpha was technically correct and that made it worse. The old laws, which were rarely invoked but never officially abolished, did allow arranged matings with proper documentation. The Council would have to enforce it if Marcus pushed the issue more.Unless Tehila was already mated to someone else.The thought hit me like lightning and I glanced at Dalton. His look told me he had reached the same realization at the exact same moment. If Tehila bonded with one of us before the thirty-day deadline, the contract would become void. Existing mate bonds superseded arranged agreements under every interpretation of pack law.But forcing her to choose under this kind of pressure was exactly what we did not want. She deserved time to heal, space to figure out who she was outside of bonds and obligations and everyone else's expectations. Pushing her into a decision to escape

Dalton's POV Jade's voice coming from the pup froze everyone like someone had stopped time itself. This cannot be. Jade was dead. I had watched her die from silver poisoning, I watched the light leave her eyes while Genesis Labs refused to help. She was gone and buried and nothing could change that. But the pup stared at Tehila with a look I recognized instantly. Cunning mixed with desperation, the exact look Jade used to get when she was cornered but still plotting escape. The similarities were too perfect, too specific to be a coincidence. "It is not just a clone," Evelyn said, her voice bright with delight at the chaos she had created. "Genesis Labs was working on consciousness transfer. Experimental technology that maps neural pathways and implants them elsewhere. Jade's memories were harvested and implanted in the clone before she died." "You put my sister's consciousness into a baby's body?" Te

Zane's POV We returned to New Haven pack with Echo and the reaction caused confusion throughout my territory. Word spread fast about the cloned infant carrying a dead wolf's memories. Consciousness transfer was a thing of nightmares, something that should not be possible, yet here it was crying in Tehila's arms. The pack's reaction ranged from fascination to outright horror. Some wolves swore between themselves that Echo was a demon. Others stared with serious curiosity. A few mothers clutched their own children closer and whispered prayers that Genesis Labs would never touch their families. But Echo was here, real and vulnerable despite being an abomination of science. She was legally Tehila's responsibility under our pack laws and Tehila had nowhere to take her. I offered them my home without hesitation. The Alpha house was spacious and secure with rooms that had stayed empty since my parents died.

Dalton's POV Tehila insisted on going alone. Zane refused to allow it without even giving it second thought that made his Alpha authority vibrate through the room. I agreed with Zane for once in our complicated drama because this was obviously a trap and only an idiot would walk into it blind. But Echo was deteriorating fast. Her shifting had become constant, her tiny body flickering between forms every few minutes. Her screams were heartbreaking, the sound of a consciousness tearing itself apart. Dr. Lorett had given her sedatives but they barely touched the surface of her agony. She was tired, this was obvious beyond her medical experience.  

Zane's POV Pregnant. The word hung in the air like a bomb waiting to explode. I watched Tehila stare at Dr. Lorett in complete shock, her face draining of color until she looked like she might pass out again. "That is impossible. I have not, I mean, I am not..." She trailed off, looking between Dalton and me with confusion and something close to panic. "There has been no one." I knew she was telling the truth. I had not slept with her despite every instinct screaming at me to claim her as mine. Dalton had been too consumed with guilt over his mother's crimes to even consider it. So how could she be pregnant? "It is not a traditional pregnancy," Dr. Lorett explained quickly, "The silver poisoning combined with your Weaver abilities created something we are calling spontaneous conception. Your body, while sensing imminent death, created a genetic failsafe to ensure your bloodline survived."&nbs