All Chapters of Claimed by My Alpha’s Lycan Boss: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

IRIS POV:Sarah's living room was warm and cluttered in the way only a best friend's house could be. Throw blankets on every couch, half-burned candles on the coffee table, a mug she'd clearly forgotten about sitting cold on the side table.She pushed me onto the couch and disappeared into the kitchen. She came back with two cups of hot chocolate and a blanket she threw over my legs without asking."Start from the beginning," she said, tucking her feet under herself. "Everything."So I did.I told her about standing outside the mansion, looking up at the moon, feeling like everything was finally falling into place. I told her about the phone buzzing. The anonymous email. The video loading slowly on my screen like a nightmare I couldn't wake up from.Sarah's jaw tightened with every word."Two days before the ceremony," she repeated slowly. "He looked her in the eye at that altar knowing what he had done.""He said his vows boldly, Sarah." My voice cracked. "Like nothing happened. Like

IRIS POV:He didn't rush. He never rushed. He straightened to his full height, adjusted the sleeve of his jacket once, and then looked down the street with those storm-gray eyes like he had all the time in the world.The officers noticed him first. One of them leaned toward the other and said something low. Whatever it was made the other man's posture change immediately.Then Nicholas saw him.I watched it happen in real time. The confident set of his shoulders faltered. Just enough. His eyes moved from Aurelian's face down to the car and back again, and something crossed his expression that I had never seen on Nicholas before in all the years I had known him.Uncertainty.But my father.My father's reaction was something else entirely.He had been mid-sentence, still applying pressure on the officer beside him, when he turned and saw who had just stepped out of that car. The words died completely in his mouth. The color didn't drain from his face exactly, but something left it. Somet

IRIS POV:Sarah's living room felt smaller with Aurelian in it.Not in a suffocating way. Just in the way a room feels when something large and powerful enters it. Like the space had to rearrange itself slightly to accommodate him.He stood just inside the doorway for a moment, taking in the throw blankets, the half-burned candles, the cold, forgotten mug on the side table, and Sarah's collection of wolf moon prints on the wall that she had owned since secondary school.Sarah appeared from the kitchen doorway."I'm making tea," she announced, pointing at Aurelian like she was establishing ground rules. "You want some?"He looked at her with those storm-gray eyes."Please," he said quietly.Sarah blinked, like she had expected him to say something else. Then she disappeared back into the kitchen without another word.I sat on the couch, pulling my feet under me, and watched him look around the room. He moved slowly toward the small bookshelf in the corner, his eyes scanning the titles

IRIS POV:I thought about it.But before any words came out, my father's phone rang.The sound cut through the room like something sharp. Everyone went still. He pulled it from his pocket and looked at the screen.Something left his face the moment he saw the name.He answered it."Alpha Crest," he said carefully.Nobody moved. Nobody breathed. We could all hear the voice on the other end, not the words exactly, but the tone. Cold.My father's jaw clenched silently with every passing second."I understand," he said once.A pause."I understand," he said again. Quieter this time.The line went dead.He lowered the phone slowly.My mother rose from the sofa. "Gerald. What was that?"He didn't answer immediately. He set the phone down on the mantelpiece. Then he stood there with his back to us for just a moment too long."The Alpha," he said finally, "is withdrawing all his contracts from the company."My mother's hand flew to her chest."All of them?" she whispered."Every single one. E

IRIS POV:Monday came faster than I was ready for.I stood in front of my mirror that morning in my navy blouse and fitted black trousers and stared at myself, recalling all that had just happened in the past few days.“Do you think all this wouldn't be happening if we stayed at the altar?” my wolf asked.I sighed. “Yes, I do. I really do.”“Let’s look at the bright side. We got to meet the most powerful creature on earth, and somehow there's something that interests him so much about us,” she stated.She was right. We indeed got to meet one of the most powerful people in the world.I picked up my bag and went down.My mother was already downstairs. She was at the kitchen table with both hands around her mug, looking out at the garden.She looked up when I walked in.“You look nice,” she said softly.“Thank you, Mum.”She watched my face for a moment. “Are you sure about this job?”“No,” I said. “But I'm doing it anyway.”She looked at me with proud eyes.She reached out and squeezed