Semua Bab ALPHA’S HUMAN SURROGATE 2: Bab 21 - Bab 30

CATRIONAThe room was quiet, but I wasn’t. Inside, I was shaking.I stared at Jayden, who now slept like nothing happened—as if the spirits hadn’t just used his body like a damn vessel. I pressed my hand to my mouth to keep from crying out.My chest ached. My mind raced.They’d spoken.And they were getting desperate.I climbed out of bed slowly, careful not to wake him. My legs were shaky. My heartbeat a mess."Reach us," they’d said.But how?Was it really only through death?I paced across the room, arms wrapped tightly around my body, staring at the floor like it held answers. My son was in danger. Jayden was a target. And I was caught in the middle of something bigger than I could explain.And now they wanted me to choose?Kill him?I’d die first.I looked at Jayden again. A soft breath left his lips. Peaceful. Blissfully unaware of what had just happened.I needed answers. Real ones. I needed a plan.Because this wasn’t just about haunting dreams or unexplained powers.This was

JAYDEN The hospital walls had begun to feel like a cage. The longer I stayed, the more my wolf clawed inside me, demanding action. Catriona’s trembling voice haunted me—her fear, her hopelessness. Our son’s safety. I couldn’t just sit and watch.I slid into my car, the engine rumbling to life beneath me, and drove with a single destination burning in my mind. Gabriel’s house.The night air thickened as I approached his territory, his high gates looming like sentinels against the dark sky. My foot eased off the accelerator, the car slowing until it came to a complete stop just before them.I got out, the gravel crunching beneath my boots. My eyes traveled over the steel and stone, cold and unyielding.Abriel had slipped past all this—past Gabriel’s patrols. How? My stomach knotted. Was it truly my son’s doing? Or was it that old man, the spirit twisting reality in his favor?My jaw clenched so hard it ached. I shoved the thought down, forced myself back into the car, and drove through

CATRIONA The morning air was cool, sunlight just beginning to stretch across the pack’s grounds as I walked toward my car. My keys jingled faintly in my hand. Abriel trailed behind me, his fingers curled tightly around Sandra’s hand, his little feet dragging like he wasn’t ready for the short trip to his grandmother’s.I had just reached for the door handle when the world cracked open.THUD.A weight crashed down onto the hood of my car, so heavy and sudden the metal groaned beneath it. I screamed, stumbling back, my keys clattering to the ground.Sandra gasped sharply behind me, yanking Abriel closer to her chest. My heart raced so violently I thought it would burst through my ribs.It was a deer.Or what used to be a deer. Its body sprawled grotesquely across the hood, blood matting its fur, its head twisted at an unnatural angle. Its lifeless eyes stared through me like glass marbles. Steam hissed up from beneath where the weight had dented the hood deep.I couldn’t move. My breat

CATRIONA The tension at the airport was thick, but no words were exchanged. Gabriel fell into step beside us, his tall frame composed, his expression unreadable. Sandra clutched Abriel close, while I held Jayden’s hand tight, needing his warmth against the cold weight of what lay ahead.We boarded the plane—first class. The wide seats, soft lighting, and hushed attendants felt almost obscene compared to the storm inside me. Abriel curled into my lap, still drowsy, his small breaths a steady rhythm against my chest. I stroked his hair, letting the world outside blur.Jayden sat at my side, tense, his gaze fixed straight ahead. Across the aisle, Gabriel leaned back into his seat, eyes closed, though I doubted he slept. His presence filled the cabin like a shadow that wouldn’t leave.The flight was long, hours stretching endlessly. Sandra dozed on and off, and even I drifted for moments at a time. But every time I closed my eyes, the old man’s cruel smile flickered behind my lids. You c

JAYDEN The words slithered across the distance, clear as if she whispered them against my ear. A chill ran down my spine, though my wolf bristled, hackles rising.Behind me, Gabriel groaned where he lay against the tree, still human, still catching his breath from the impact. He managed a rasp, his voice edged with a grimace. “Well… at least she’s home.”I ignored him, keeping my gaze locked on her. My jaw tightened, fists curling at my sides. She wasn’t just a witch. She was the kind that reeked of power, of danger. And she already knew why we’d come.I squared my shoulders, forcing my voice steady. “We didn’t come here to start a fight. I came because my son—”Selena lifted one pale hand, silencing me with nothing more than a flick of her wrist. Her eyes glittered like knives.“I have no interest in wolves or your endless pack squabbles,” she said coldly, each word laced with disdain. “Leave my land before I decide to do something you’ll both regret.”My jaw tightened, fury simmeri