All Chapters of The Wolfless Doctor: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Mary's POVThe transport drove for three hours before stopping. They'd blindfolded me after loading me in, but I counted turns, estimated distances, tried to maintain awareness of where we were going.When they finally removed the blindfold, I was in a stone corridor that looked like it had been carved directly from mountain rock. Armed guards flanked me on both sides."Move," one ordered.They marched me deeper into the facility. Past cells holding other prisoners. Past laboratories where I could hear screams. Past guard stations and checkpoints and layer after layer of security.Finally, we reached a large chamber that looked like a throne room. And sitting on an actual throne was a man who could only be Archon Shade.He was younger than I expected, maybe forty, with perfectly styled black hair and cold blue eyes. He wore Covenant robes of deep purple with black trim. Everything about him screamed power and cruelty."Mary Hart," he said, his voice smooth and cultured. "The infamous

I watched Mary's face on the screen as she recognized her opponent. Watched horror and grief and rage war across her expression."No," she whispered. "No, that can't be her. My mother is dead.""Your mother is dead," Shade confirmed cruelly. "This is just the weapon we made from her body. She doesn't remember you. Doesn't remember anything except the commands we give her. And right now, her command is to kill you."The corrupted Evelyn attacked without hesitation. Mary barely dodged, rolling away from massive claws that could have disemboweled her."We need to breach now," I said urgently."The collars," Lucas reminded me. "Two are still active."My phone buzzed. Natalie: "Last collar done. All prisoners clear. Go now!""Serena, break the wards!"She released the spell she'd been building. Silver light exploded against the facility's magical defenses. Ancient wards shattered like glass."All teams, breach! Go, go, go!"We poured out of the forest, forty wolves attacking the facility e

Over the next few days, Evelyn regained her strength. Her memories returned slowly. Some things were crystal clear. Other moments from her captivity were blurred or missing entirely. Dr. Whitford said that was normal after prolonged corruption.But what worried me was how much knowledge my mother still possessed about Covenant operations."I was held in six different facilities over twenty years," she told me and Owen during a strategic briefing. "Used as a weapon, yes, but also as an experimental subject. They were trying to understand how to extract healing abilities and transfer them to other wolves.""Did they succeed?" I asked."Partially. They managed to create temporary healing in test subjects. Lasted maybe a few hours before fading. But the process usually killed the original healer and the recipient. Too much power transferred too fast." She pulled up a map from memory. "The facility doing that research is in Maine. Very remote. Very secure. If you're planning to hit more ce

We spent the next three days preparing for the summit. Sending invitations to pack leaders. Coordinating with Theodore on presentation materials. Setting up security with Lucas commanding. Serena worked on wards powerful enough to protect dozens of alphas.Mary threw herself into preparations, barely sleeping. I found her in the library at two in the morning, reviewing files on every pack leader who'd be attending."Come to bed," I said gently."I need to understand who we're dealing with. Which leaders are genuinely sympathetic. Which ones are afraid. Which might be Covenant plants.""You can't do that on three hours of sleep. You're going to burn out.""I'm fine.""No, you're not. You're running on adrenaline and stubborn determination. And eventually that's going to fail you at the worst possible moment."She finally looked up from the files. "I can't stop, Owen. Every time I close my eyes, I see my mother's corrupted face. See those red eyes that should have been gold. Remember wh

Owen's POV"The target house is the blue colonial on Maple Street. Three Covenant watchers confirmed in the area."I studied surveillance photos of Trent Marlowe's family home from inside a van parked two blocks away. Riverdale was a small New Hampshire town, population three thousand, the kind of place where everyone knew everyone. Which made a covert extraction extremely difficult."How do we get them out without alerting the watchers?" Damon asked, examining the tactical map beside me."We don't. We neutralize the watchers first, then extract the family quickly before Covenant backup can arrive," I decided, marking positions on the map. "Lucas, you take the watcher at the coffee shop. Damon, the one in the parked sedan. I'll handle the one posing as a utility worker.""What about collateral damage? Civilians could see us taking out Covenant agents," Lucas pointed out, his expression concerned."We do it quietly. Tranquilizer darts, not bullets. Subdue and secure. No killing unless