All Chapters of Unmatched Wife: Not His To Claim Anymore: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Chapter 131MATTHEWThe reports were not getting any better.I'd been in my office since six in the morning, working through the accumulated damage of the weeks I'd spent in BloodMoon City, and the picture that emerged from Marcus's meticulous documentation was not a flattering portrait of my leadership.Three families had transferred out to neighboring packs. Two more had filed preliminary requests that were still pending. Pack commerce was down fourteen percent from the previous quarter, partly because of general instability and partly because several of our trade relationships required Alpha-level engagement that hadn't been happening while I was away. The medical cooperative we'd built with two other packs over the course of four years was at risk of dissolving because I'd missed three consecutive coordination meetings.And Beta Adam had twenty-two percent of the pack signatures on his challenge petition, up from seventeen when I'd last checked."Walk me through the timeline on th

Chapter 133MATTHEW"I know. I'm not arguing against that. I'm suggesting we think carefully about what he might want from the visit." Marcus leaned forward. "Matthew, someone out there has been sending threatening messages to Mia and possibly orchestrating her behavior toward Theo. We have a challenge petition gaining signatures from within our pack. And now a senior official from a powerful neighboring territory wants to attend our most significant pack event in years." He paused. "I'm not saying these things are connected. I'm saying I want to be thoughtful."He was right to be thoughtful. Marcus was almost always right when he was being cautious, even when his caution was inconvenient."Increase security for the assembly," I said. "Quietly—I don't want to signal to the pack that I'm expecting trouble, or it'll undermine everything I'm trying to communicate. But make sure we have additional people positioned throughout, and make sure childcare security i

Chapter 135BIANCAThe hospital was quieter than usual for a Thursday afternoon, which I had learned over months of shifts meant nothing except that the chaos was regrouping before its next assault. I'd stopped trusting quiet at BloodMoon General sometime around my third week, when a peaceful Tuesday morning had dissolved into a six-hour magical contamination event that required evacuating two floors.I kept moving anyway, because moving was what I did when my mind was working on something it hadn't solved yet.Louis was home with Rivera and an increased security detail. Vera was stable and growing more alert by the day, which was both medically encouraging and personally complicated, because an alert Vera was a Vera who asked difficult questions and expected honest answers. James had covered my morning rounds without complaint, which meant he'd sensed something was wrong and was giving me room in the particular way he'd developed over months of working beside me—present but not press

Chapter 137BIANCA"Which means he wanted me here. Within reach." The implications were assembling themselves with horrible clarity. "He didn't approve my entry out of bureaucratic routine or because Klaus vouched for me. He approved it because Voss wanted me accessible. Because they'd lost me once when I survived the ritual, and having me working in a city under the Alpha King's nominal protection meant I was contained, observable, and available when they were ready to move.""Bianca—""And Matthew inviting Lockwood to the assembly—" I stopped, working through it. "Lockwood called Matthew directly. Positioned himself as the helpful official who'd made Theo's treatment possible. Used that goodwill to get himself an invitation to a pack event where Theo will be present and Matthew will be distracted." I was on my feet without realizing I'd stood. "Lucian, Lockwood is going to use the assembly to take Theo. That's the plan. That's what the assembly was always for in Voss's timeline.""I

Chapter 139KLAUSThe secure line to Silver Moon territory connected on the third attempt, which told me either Matthew Morrison had screening protocols in place or he'd been fielding enough unexpected calls in the past forty-eight hours that he was developing selective answering habits. Both would have been reasonable responses to his current circumstances.I was alone in the war room. Lucian and Bianca had gone to put Louis to bed together—a domestic ritual that had become important in ways that went beyond routine, especially in the past few days when Louis had been waking with nightmares and needed both of them present. Elijah had stepped out to coordinate with the expanded security team. Mikael was somewhere in the building running financial trace work.Just me, the secure line, and the particular stillness of a room that had been full of urgent people for three days straight.Matthew Morrison answered on the fourth ring."Alpha Morrison." I kept my voice level, professional, the