The Alpha King Is Our Daddy의 모든 챕터: 챕터 81 - 챕터 90

 Adeline POVThe hum of the centrifuge hadn’t left my ears all day. Even when I turned it off, the sound stayed. It was like a huge reminder that I lived more with machines than people. It's been twelve hours of cross-checking data, calibrating instruments, and pretending the world outside didn’t exist.By the time I peeled off my gloves, my hands had ethanol as a second skin. I was tired. The other researchers were long gone, leaving the lab echoing with every step I took. I closed the last file I was cross-checking, slipped it into the system, and told myself I would rest tonight. I had to pick the kids first, then go home to rest.The sun had already started to dip when I reached the kindergarten. Laughter was the first welcome I got as it floated through the air, light and free. This was a time in my life I envied more than I admitted. I scanned the playground automatically, eyes sweeping past the clusters of parents waiting at the g

 Adeline POVEvelyn stood in my doorway as if the night had set her there and forgotten to take her back. Her temple had damp hair clinging to it courtesy of mist outside while her coat was wrinkled with sleeves pushed up like she’d walked here fast and didn’t stop to think.I didn’t invite her in. I just shifted my body enough to block the hall where the boys slept. “Why are you here?”Her fingers worried the coat belt, twisting, smoothing, twisting again. “Why won’t you tell them?”The words were simple. The ground under them was not. They landed in my stomach like small stones and kept falling, as if there was no bottom left inside me.“This isn’t your concern, Evelyn.”“It is,” she said, stepping over the threshold before I could decide to move. “You’re not the only one carrying this. They’re your children, Adeline. They deserve t

 Vincent's POVMy wolf stirred inside me, urging me to hold her. I sat on the edge of the bed, then she turned slightly to glance at me. Her eyes are so much like mine.“She didn’t hurt me,” she mumbled into the pillow. “She saved me.”“I know. No one will say otherwise here again.”“They already did,” Myra said in a small voice.“They won’t anymore.” I meant every word.She hesitated, then reached out with a trembling hand. Her fingers brushed mine. I took her hand and held it. My chest finally loosened.“Don’t cry,” I said, wiping her cheek with my thumb. “I’m here.”“I know,” she whispered. Her voice cracked. “But she’s not.”“She?”“My…” She paused and swallowed. “My mom.”Adam went still inside me, listening.

 Adeline POV“Dr. Anderson,” I greeted him, trying to be as respectful as I could. “Lead consultant for this review, I assume?”He raised his chin with a faint smirk which I didn't care about. “Indeed. Senior Chair of the Northern Territories. I must say, I expected something different.”“Define ‘different,’ Doctor,” I said. My hands were folded neatly behind my back, gloved as always.He gestured vaguely at me. “A face, perhaps. Confidence usually doesn’t hide behind fabric, unless you're not. You know, confident.”“My face stays covered during consultations,” I replied. “It's a way to prevent contamination control, sensory restraint for patients who are shape-shifters, and to stay anonymous in sensitive cases.”“Ethical anonymity.” His mouth twisted when he found the right words. “How convenient. Most people

 Adeline’s POVThe morning started quiet, oblivious of the bad news about walking in. I was sorting new reports when the door opened without a knock. Dr. Anderson walked in, dressed in his polished coat. His expression told me he wasn’t here for work.“Doctor Lean,” he said, his voice carrying the usual self-importance. “I thought I’d come by myself instead of sending a note. His Majesty has agreed to my proposal.”I straightened the tablecloth that didn’t need fixing. “Proposal?”“The trial,” he said, smiling like it was a victory. “The Alpha King has approved it. My methods will be used. You can pause all your work from this moment. I’ll take over your patient.”I didn’t answer at first. I studied him, wondering how someone could speak so proudly about testing a child. “So you came to deliver this yourself?”“Of co