Semua Bab Carrying the Lycan Alpha's baby.: Bab 31 - Bab 40

CHAPTER 31CAROLINEThe apartment is too beautiful, but there is no air. I can’t breathe. I am completely alone here. How does that make sense? He knew that those bastard rogues, or whatever they’re called, came for me, and his next course of action was to leave me alone? He’s so stupid. I walk out and shut the door behind me.Outside, New York is loud enough to make me feel normal again, or at least human.People rush past me like I’m not important enough to notice. Cars scream down the street. A man argues into his phone. Life continues as if nothing in it has ever shifted into something impossible, which should comfort me, but it doesn’t.I walk. I don’t know where I’m going, all I know is that I need answers. I need something to do. So I take a cab to the closest hospital. If I can’t trust anything else, I can trust my work.The hospital lobby is familiar, like muscle memory - the white lights and sterile air. I approach the reception desk. “I need to check medical board registr

CHAPTER 33CAROLINEMy voice cracks through the room before I can stop it, and silence follows immediately.Every single person in the room turns to look at me, and suddenly, I understand exactly where I am. The air itself feels dangerous here, thick with power and dominance and something deeply animal. Men sit around the long table in expensive suits, but there’s nothing human about the way they look at me.The baby shifts painfully inside me. Fear spikes hard through my chest.Salvatore stands so abruptly that his chair scrapes against the floor. His gaze locks on mine instantly. He is furious, not because I’m here, but because everyone else can see me.“What the fuck is this?” one of the men demands immediately.Another rises halfway from his seat. “Alpha …”Salvatore moves before anyone finishes speaking.One second, he’s across the room. Next, he’s in front of me.Heat slams into me violently, his scent and presence. The strange pressure that always eases whenever he’s close cras

CHAPTER 35CAROLINEI survive the council room.The second Salvatore introduces me, every eye in the room lands on me again, and I understand very quickly that wolves stare differently from humans. There’s weight behind it. I feel stripped bare under it, but he stays beside me the entire time.Slade steps in smoothly before the silence becomes unbearable. “Since our Alpha enjoys terrifying people instead of behaving normally, I’ll do the introductions.”A few people laugh nervously. Salvatore does not.I try not to stare at him, but it’s difficult not to when his presence feels wrapped around my spine. Ever since I stormed into the meeting, something between us feels different, sharper, and more exposed. I feel him now, and it keeps brushing against me in strange waves.Slade gestures toward a man seated near the centre. “That’s Dominic. Beta of the southern territories.”Dominic gives me a small smile. “Nice to officially meet you, Doctor.”His voice is warm enough that some of the

CHAPTER 37SALVATORE“Again.”The soldier rushes me instantly, but he is too slow.I sidestep easily, grab his arm and slam him hard into the mat before he can recover. The impact echoes through the training room.“Dead.” I grin.He groans. “You enjoy this too much.”“I enjoy competence. Get up.”Around us, wolves continue training in organised chaos. Fists collide, and bodies hit the floor. Commands echo through the massive underground facility. Usually, this helps. Violence clears my head. Today, nothing is working because Caroline is downstairs, in my territory, breathing my air. I hate how much effect she has on me. I hate the awareness constantly clawing under my skin. The need to know where she is, what she is doing, and whether she has eaten. It is unbearable.Slade watches from the edge of the room with crossed arms. “You’ve broken three people already.”“They’re weak.” I scoff with a shrug.“No. You’re distracted.” He states, and I ignore him completely.Another wolf approac

CHAPTER 39SALVATORE I lean back slowly in my chair, staring at Dominic across the council table while rage crawls steadily under my skin.Word has spread. Wolves survive on instinct, hierarchy, gossip and blood. The entire medical wing watched Caroline collapse into my arms and calm the second I touched her. They watched me react. They watched her react. Now they are talking. I should have known better.“She’s human,” Viktor says, finally, his voice hard with disapproval. “This should never have been allowed to progress this far.”Allowed. The word alone makes my wolf snap viciously.“And yet,” I reply calmly, “here we are.”The room stills slightly, because they know me well enough to hear the danger beneath the calm.Dominic exhales slowly. “The issue isn’t the woman herself.”Viktor scoffs. “It absolutely is.”“No,” Dominic counters. “The issue is perception. The pack