Todos os capítulos de Initiated by my Alpha Stepbrother's Mark: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

Kaireen's Pov One week later, I stood in the massive sterile theater room of Kingspins Royal Hospital, staring at the patient lying unconscious on the operating table in front of me. The fluorescent lights above were blindingly bright, reflecting off the stainless steel surgical instruments laid out beside me. My hands were already gloved, my surgical mask in place, and my heart was pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears. This was my first real test. My first chance to prove that I deserved to be here, that Kade hadn't made a mistake hiring me straight into a neurosurgeon position without making me complete years of residency first. The glass wall to my left showed at least fifteen people watching me from the observation room. Doctors, nurses, medical students, and Kade himself, all waiting to see if I would succeed or fail spectacularly. No pressure at all. The patient was a man in his mid-thirties with dark hair and a strong build. According to his chart, he'd been br

Kaireen’s Pov Before Dr. Morrison could even step through the door of the operating theater, the patient lying on the table sat up completely. His eyes were clear, his skin had color again, and he was breathing normally like he hadn't just been on the verge of death minutes ago. Everyone froze. The doctors who'd been rushing in to take over stopped dead in their tracks, their mouths hanging open in shock. "What the hell?" Dr. Chen whispered, staring at Erik like he was some kind of medical miracle. Erik looked around the room, then directly at me, and I saw the gratitude in his eyes before he schooled his expression into confusion. "Where am I?" he asked, his voice rough but strong. "What happened?" "You're at Kingspins Royal Hospital," I said quickly, falling into my professional role. "You were brought in with severe head trauma and neurological damage. You've been unconscious for hours." "I feel fine," he said, touching his head where I'd made the small incision. The w

Kaireen's Pov I sat up fully and looked around the room carefully, studying each face one by one. My heart was hammering in my chest because I wanted nothing more than to point a finger and name names and watch Kade destroy whoever had done this to me.But I couldn't.The more I looked, the more confused I became. The woman who'd come to find me in the break room, the one with the dark hair and the nervous energy, wasn't anywhere in the room. Not anywhere in the entire hospital wing from what I could see."She's not here," I said slowly, dread settling into my stomach. "The person who came to get me. I don't see her.""Describe her," Kade said."Dark hair, young, maybe mid-twenties. She said you specifically asked for me." I paused, frowning harder. "But I've never seen her before today and now she's gone. It's like she just disappeared completely."Kade was quiet for a moment. Then, "The security cameras. We'll pull the footage.""Yes," I said quickly, relief flooding through me. "T

Kaireen's Pov "This is my club," he bellowed, his hands gripping the edge of an overturned table. "My personal club, which I built from nothing. The FBI does not walk into my personal club and drag out my people. This is not happening.""Kade," I said, stepping forward. I didn't even think about it, my voice just came out steady and firm. "Take a breath."He turned to look at me and for a second, I genuinely wasn't sure which version of him I was going to get. The hospital director or whoever this was."You don't understand," he said, his voice dropping back to that dangerous quiet. "This place, the hospital, both of them, they're my entire life. Everything I've built. And now someone is trying to dismantle it piece by piece.""I know," I said carefully. "And we're going to figure out who. But yelling at people who are already scared isn't going to bring Draco back faster."Something passed across his face. He exhaled slowly through his nose, pulled his jacket straight, and turned ba

Kaireen's Pov He wasn't particularly tall, but he had one of those bodies that took up more space than it should, broad through the shoulders in a way that made the room around him feel smaller. His hair was dark, his jaw hadn't seen a razor in a few days, and his eyes when they landed on mine were the flat, assessing kind that had done terrible things before and weren't particularly sorry about it."Well," he said, stopping in front of me. "Look at this. Fresh meat in the Kingpin den."I kept my expression completely neutral. "I'm not fresh meat. I'm a guest of Kade Ashford.""Kade's not here," he said simply, dropping into the seat across from me without being invited. His two companions spread out to either side, casual and unhurried. "Which means his guest protection doesn't exactly apply right now, does it?""I'm sure it applies regardless of whether he's physically present," I said.He smiled. It didn't reach his eyes at all. "You're new, so I'll explain how this place works. T