Alle Kapitel von The Alpha’s Forbidden Obsession : Kapitel 111 – Kapitel 120

Lucian's POVThree days before the party, the gifts stopped arriving. All of them. Completely."That's concerning," Sarah said, reviewing the delivery logs. "We were receiving fifty to seventy per day. Then yesterday, nothing. Today, nothing. That's not natural.""They're done probing," I said. "Done testing our screening. Done with small psychological attacks. They're committing everything to the main event.""Or they've given up. Decided the party is too well defended. Moved on to a different target.""You don't believe that.""No. But I'm paid to consider all possibilities. Even optimistic ones."The silence felt ominous. Like calm before a storm. Like a predator going still before pouncing. Like death holding its breath."Increase perimeter patrols," I ordered. "Double the guard rotations. I want eyes on every approach. Every access point. Every possible entry vector.""We're already at maximum deployment. There's no more to increase.""Then we pull warriors from other duties. Fro

I found Jude in his cell. He looked terrible. I hadn't slept. Probably couldn't. Knowing what was coming. Knowing he'd become a weapon against people he'd once loved."Hailey. Come to say goodbye?""Edward thought I should. He Thought we both needed closure.""Edward's wiser than he looks." Jude stood. Chains clanking. "I'm glad you came. There are things I need to say. While I'm still me. While there's still time.""I'm listening.""I'm sorry. For everything. For betraying you with Lucy. For joining the rogues. For being weak when you needed strength. For choosing wrong things at every opportunity. I destroyed us. I destroyed myself. Destroyed everything good I had. And I'm sorry. Genuinely. Completely. Hopelessly sorry.""I forgave you a long time ago. Had to. For my own sanity. For the ability to move forward. Holding anger was destroying me more than your betrayal did.""Thank you. That means more than you know.""What do you think will happen tomorrow? When will your programming

Lucian's POVThe helicopter lifted away from the roof. Without Hope. Without my daughter. With only me and four warriors and crushing failure."Who took her?" I demanded. "Who had access? Who did you see?""It happened so fast," one warrior said. "During the transfer. Someone in our uniform. Someone who looked authorized. They grabbed her and disappeared into the stairwell. By the time we realized, they were gone.""Description! Give me something!""I... I didn't see their faces. They moved too fast. Wore a helmet. Could have been anyone."Inside job. Insider. The fifth conspirator. Exactly as feared. Exactly as threatened.I pulled out my phone. Called Hailey. I heard chaos in the background. Battle sounds. Screaming. Death."Lucian?" Her voice was strained. Desperate. "Tell me you found her. Tell me Hope's with you.""She's not. Whoever took her is still in the building. Still somewhere close. We need everyone searching. Everyone focused on finding her.""I can't. There are hundreds

I forced myself to move. To function. To be Luna even when being a mother seemed more important.The pack gathered in the damaged building. Everyone who could walk. Everyone who could stand. Everyone wants answers. Reassurance. Leadership.I stood before them. Covered in blood. Exhausted. Broken. But present."I failed you today," I said simply. "I made an impossible choice. I choose protecting civilians over pursuing Hope. Chose being Luna over being mother. And lost both anyway. Lucy died. Hope was taken. Twenty-seven of our allies are dead. Dozens wounded. Everything I tried to prevent happened anyway. So I'm not going to pretend I made the right choice. I'm not going to justify the unjustifiable. I'm just going to say I'm sorry. And I'm going to promise that from now until Hope's home, finding her is an absolute priority. Everything else is secondary. Anyone uncomfortable with that can leave. No judgment. No consequences. Just an honest assessment of whether you can follow Luna wh

Lucian's POVThe property was exactly what you'd expect for a conspiracy safe house. Remote. Defensible. Surrounded by forest. Single access road that could be easily monitored."Thermal imaging shows five heat signatures," Morrison reported, his voice coming through my earpiece. We were positioned half a mile out, preparing for assault. "Four adults. One child-sized. Could be Hope. Could be decoy. No way to know until we're inside.""Then we go inside," I said firmly, checking my weapons. Silver bullets for supernaturals. Regular ammunition for humans. Enough firepower to handle whatever resistance we encountered. "Edward, your team takes the back entrance. Thomas, you're on perimeter security. No one leaves. No one escapes. We get Hope and we end whoever took her. Understood?"A chorus of affirmatives came through the comms. Twenty warriors. Ten federal agents. Enough force to overwhelm normal resistance. Hopefully enough for whatever the conspiracy had positioned.Hailey stood besi