All Chapters of Alpha Step Daddy : Four Mates, One heart: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

RAVEN One Week LaterThe private jet felt too small for six wolves, two advisors, and enough diplomatic baggage to sink a ship. Maya pressed her face against the window, watching America disappear beneath clouds."First time flying?" Jax asked her gently."First time leaving Colorado." Her voice was small. "Mom kept us hidden. Said it was safer."I understood that instinct. Alexander had enemies. Protecting Maya meant isolation."You're not hidden anymore." I sat across from her. "That's terrifying and liberating. Welcome to the family business."She managed a weak smile. "Being terrified?""Being free." I glanced at Theo, whose seer eyes were distant. "Though sometimes they're the same thing.""You're having a vision." Asher recognized the signs immediately.Theo blinked, refocusing. "Nothing clear. Just... fragments. Stone buildings. Old magic. Someone waiting.""Hostile?" I leaned forward."I don't know. The future's murky. Too many variables." He rubbed his temples. "But we're wa

RAVENTwenty coalition wolves emerged from the crowd, surrounding us. Klaus's loyal pack members scrambled to form defensive positions, but confusion reigned. They couldn't tell friend from foe."How many?" I asked Klaus through gritted teeth."I don't know." His face was murderous. "They've been hiding among my people. Waiting."Marcus stood at the edge of the courtyard, watching with satisfaction. "Did you really think your little revolution would go unchallenged? That we'd let you dismantle centuries of tradition without a fight?""You were supposed to be dead." My voice came out raw. "Dad grieved you for years. He—""He chose power over love!" Marcus's composure cracked. "I was his first mate. His true bond. But when the Council told him to reject me—that a male mate would make him look weak—he did it without hesitation.""That's not—" But even as I said it, I knew it could be true. My father had been many things, but he'd lived in a different time. A crueler one."He broke our bo

RAVENThe smoke hit us before we cleared the tree line. Thick, acrid, carrying the scent of burning wood and blood. My wolf pushed harder, faster, until the compound came into view.Half of it was in flames.The main building—where the Council met, where we'd built our democracy—blazed against the dawn sky. Bodies littered the courtyard. Some moved weakly. Most didn't move at all."No." The word ripped from my throat.Coalition wolves prowled through the chaos, hunting down survivors. I counted at least fifty attackers, all bearing the old coalition mark—a broken chain tattooed across their shoulders.In the center of the carnage stood a wolf I'd never seen before. Massive, coal-black, with eyes like frozen hellfire. Power radiated from him in waves that made even my Supreme authority feel small.Soren."There." Theo pointed to the east wing, still intact. "Survivors barricaded inside. I can feel them through the pack bonds.""How many?""Maybe a hundred. The rest are..." He didn't fi

RAVEN Three Days LaterThe temporary command center was a glorified tent with folding tables and salvaged equipment. But it was ours, and it was functional. Maps covered every surface, marked with coalition sightings, allied territories, and supply routes.I stood over a list of names—every wolf who'd had access to our security protocols before the attack. Forty-three names. One of them was a traitor."We need to narrow this down." Jax leaned against the table, exhaustion clear in every line of his body. None of us had slept more than a few hours since the attack. "We can't interrogate forty-three wolves. Not without causing panic.""Marcus says coalition recruitment focuses on the disaffected." Theo studied the list with his seer eyes. "Wolves who feel overlooked. Undervalued. Angry at leadership.""So basically anyone who's ever disagreed with me." I rubbed my temples. "That's half the pack.""Not half." Kira looked up from her laptop, which she'd somehow kept functional despite ev

RAVEN The training field was chaos. Two hundred wolves attempting coordinated combat drills while speaking six different languages and following completely different tactical traditions."No, no, no!" Marcus shouted at a group of Romanian wolves. "Shield wall formation means you protect each other, not compete for glory!"Across the field, Sara was drilling younger wolves in emergency evacuations. Maya worked with German reinforcements on communication protocols. Rodriguez coordinated supply distribution while Chen managed medical preparations.And I stood in the center of it all, trying to forge an army from refugees and idealists in four days."This is a disaster." Alpha James watched two wolves nearly come to blows over the correct way to execute a flanking maneuver. "We're going to get slaughtered.""Probably." I didn't sugarcoat it. "But we'll go down fighting as a unified force instead of scattered victims. That counts for something.""Does it?" He looked at me. "Really? Becaus