Semua Bab The Alpha’s Forbidden Obsession : Bab 71 - Bab 80

"Hope can't leave the pack house."I paced the war room while Lucian, Edward, and Tricia discussed security protocols. It had been twelve hours since the threat. Twelve hours of no sleep and constant planning."That's not sustainable," Tricia argued. "She's two years old. She needs sunlight. Fresh air. Other children to play with.""She needs to be alive," I snapped. "Everything else is secondary.""Hailey's right," Edward said. "Until we identify who sent that threat, Hope stays in the most secure location we have.""What about tracking the number?" Lucian asked."Burner phone. Used once then destroyed. The FBI traced it to a gas station in Idaho. Security footage shows someone in a ski mask buying the phone with cash. No useful leads.""So we're back to square one.""Not quite," Agent Chen said, entering the room. "We've been analyzing the language in the threat. The phrase 'mongrel daughter' is specific. Not common rhetoric. We ran it through databases of extremist communications."

"The council wants you removed."Senator Morrison stood in my office, his expression sympathetic but firm. Two weeks had passed since Montana. Two weeks of fallout."On what grounds?""Abuse of power. Unauthorized military action. Violation of due process. Take your pick. The human representatives are furious. They're saying you've proven supernaturals can't be trusted with authority.""Those people were terrorists threatening my child.""And you handled it by hiring a mercenary to kill them. Without warrants. Without trials. Without oversight. You became judge, jury, and executioner.""I became a mother protecting her daughter.""You became exactly what they accuse us of being. Violent. Lawless. Dangerous.""Better dangerous than dead.""Is it? Because your actions are being used to justify new legislation. Restrictions on supernatural rights. Increased surveillance. Mandatory reporting of any supernatural who shows 'concerning behavior.' You've set the integration movement back year

Hailey moved before I could stop her. She shifted mid-stride, her white wolf lunging at Derek.He shifted too, his brown wolf meeting her attack. They collided with brutal force, teeth and claws flashing."Stand down!" I commanded, using Alpha voice on both of them.Hailey's wolf resisted. She wanted blood. Wanted to tear Derek apart.Derek's warriors moved forward, ready to defend their Alpha."Everyone hold position!" I roared. "This stops now!"Slowly, reluctantly, both Alphas separated and shifted back to human form."You just assaulted an Alpha on neutral ground," Derek said, blood dripping from a shoulder wound. "That's grounds for war.""You threatened my daughter. That's grounds for execution.""I stated facts. If you interpret facts as threats, that's your paranoia, not my malice.""Enough," I said, stepping between them. "Derek, leave. Now. Before this escalates further.""Gladly. But Luna Hailey should know something. I'm filing a formal complaint with the Council. Demandin

Lucian"She what?"I gripped the phone so hard it cracked. Edward had just told me what Hailey did. Charged into Derek's compound. Alone. Against an army."Edward, get every available warrior to Derek's territory. Now!""Already on it. We're mobilizing everyone. But Lucian, it'll take thirty minutes to get there. Hailey doesn't have thirty minutes.""Then we move faster. Call allied packs. Anyone within range. I want overwhelming force.""Done. But you need to stay with Hope. If this is a distraction, if Derek has people coming here—""I don't care! Hailey's fighting alone! I'm not leaving her!""Then who protects Hope?"The question stopped me cold. Hailey or Hope. My mate or my daughter. Impossible choice."Lucy. Petra. Tricia. Triple the guards on Hope's room. No one gets through. And I mean no one.""Where are you going?""To save my wife."I shifted and ran. Faster than I'd ever run. Pushing my wolf past safe limits. Past exhaustion. Past sanity.Twenty minutes to Derek's territo

Malcolm pulled out a tablet. Started showing financial records. Wire transfers. Communications between Derek and known terrorist cell leaders."This money went to the group that attacked the Texas school. This payment funded the Montana cell that threatened Luna Hailey's daughter. This transfer paid for weapons used in multiple hate crimes. All traceable back to Derek.""How did you obtain this information?""I hacked Derek's encrypted financial accounts. Tracked his communications through dark web forums. Followed the money trail.""So you committed multiple federal crimes to gather evidence?""I did what was necessary to expose a conspiracy. Derek was using his position as Alpha to fund terrorism while publicly supporting integration. He played both sides. Maintained his reputation while secretly working to destroy the treaty.""That's quite an accusation.""It's quite provable. I have video of Derek meeting with known extremist leaders. Audio recordings of him planning attacks. Fin