All Chapters of Claimed by My Fiance’s Savage Alpha Uncle: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

LANA'S POV I pulled my hand back from the radio dial as if it had burned me, tucking it into my lap. I stared straight ahead at the passing city lights, feigning a deep interest in traffic patterns, pretending every aching, familiar note of that song wasn’t stirring up a whirlpool of memories I’d spent years trying to dam up. The car filled with a silence that was louder than the music.

LANA'S POV The ride back from the hotel was shrouded in a heavy silence, broken only by the purr of the engine. The ring felt unfamiliar yet achingly familiar on my finger, a weight I’d carried in my heart for years now made physical again. Guilt, thick and sour, churned in my stomach. I stared at my hands in my lap.

Lana’s POV The drive back from the café was quieter, the heavy question of being mates again left hanging, suspended between us like the city lights outside the window. To fill the silence, I grasped for something mundane.

LANA'S POV I stood still outside the suite doors after Sheila hung up, the muffled sounds of the dinner party a dull hum through the thick wood. The hallway was quiet, a plush, carpeted buffer zone from the world inside. I just needed a moment. I fumbled with my small clutch purse, trying to tuck my phone away so I could paste on a smile and go back in.The phone lit up in my hand before I could close the clasp.A new message. Not from a contact. Just a string of numbers. My thumb hovered for a second over the notification, a cold foreboding settling in my stomach. I opened it.My fingers went numb, the chill spreading up my arms. The words on the screen were a familiar poison, but they never got easier to read. My own voice, a shaky whisper, filled the empty hallway as I read them aloud to the silence.“‘Did you think hiding behind the Alpha’s title would make you clean? Your human stink is in the clan’s air. A spy’s whore. We see you. We’re always watching. Your time is borrowed.’”

Lana's POV After leaving the restroom, I made my way through the hotel’s hushed lobby toward the main entrance where the valet stood. The cool night air hit my face as I pushed through the heavy doors. I spotted Damon’s car idling at the curb, but he wasn’t inside.