Alle Kapitel von Bound By Deception:The Alpha’s Betrayal : Kapitel 161 – Kapitel 168

Jenn’s POV The walk to Vicktor’s office was longer than I remembered. Or maybe it just felt that way because my body was heavy with the child growing inside me, and my mind was heavier still with everything that was going on. And somewhere out there, Tristan was making his way toward the Fox Queen, carrying the weight of our hopes on his shoulders. I needed to update Vicktor on Osiris’s deal – the terms we’d agreed to, the information he’d been willing to provide, the next steps. As the one holding Osiris in his dungeon, Vicktor deserved to know. And as our ally, he needed to be part of the planning. The hallway leading to his office was quiet, lit by sconces that cast flickering shadows across the stone walls. I was halfway to the door when I heard voices. “…don’t understand what you’re doing here.” That was Wade. His voice was low, tight with suspicion. “You’ve been hovering around Jenn since she and Liam asked for your assistance. You offered your estate, your army, your resou

Jenn’s POV It had been three days since the meeting with Osiris. Since he told me – specifically – that his father planted a spy in my pack apart from Morgan. Someone close to me. Following Liam’s advice, I tried not to think too much about it, instead, I spent most of that time looking through the reports Alice sent from the Vale Pack daily. Even with all the work I had to do – territory disputes, resource allocations, updates on the new housing for the families who’d chosen to follow me – I couldn’t keep my mind from going back to what Osiris had said that day. “Someone close to you.” The words kept ringing in my head, on and on until – “Are you okay?” Liam’s voice startled me, pulling me out of my thoughts. He walked into the room with concern etched deeply into his features, slowly lowering himself into the bed beside me. “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” I rubbed a hand on my temple, allowing my eyes to stray down to the reports haphazardly scattered on the bed. Alic

Jenn’s POV A week after Osiris told us there might be a spy in my pack, among my own close friends, I found myself sitting with Morgan. The last person I ever thought I’d go to or talk to about things like this. But for some reason, talking to her felt oddly relaxing. She didn’t interrupt. She didn’t offer empty reassurance or tell me I was being paranoid. She just listened, her sharp eyes fixed on my face, her expression unreadable. And somehow, that was exactly what I needed. Besides, if anyone should know who the spy among my group of friends was, it had to be her. She’d spent months embedded in my life, watching my every move, reporting back to her father. If there was another operative close to me, someone who’d been feeding him information since before I reclaimed my pack, she would know. Still, try as I might, I couldn’t bring myself to ask her that question. Because asking meant acknowledging that it might be true. That one of the people I loved most in this world had be

Jenn’s POV A full week had passed since Simon handed me that folded piece of paper and watched my world shrink to four names. Seven days of pretending everything was normal while my mind ran in circles like a caged animal, gnawing at the same questions over and over until they bled into each other. What if it’s Alice? What if it’s not? What if I never know? What if I find out and wish I hadn’t? I slept in fragments now – an hour here, thirty minutes there – snatched between the baby’s restless movements and my own racing thoughts. Liam had stopped trying to coax me into proper rest somewhere around the fourth night, when I snapped at him for hovering and then immediately burst into tears because I didn’t mean it. I was just so tired, so scared, so full of everything I couldn’t say out loud. He’d held me through the crying jag without a word. Just wrapped his arms around my shaking shoulders and let me soak his shirt with tears I’d been holding back for weeks. When I finally quie