All Chapters of Alpha’s Mistake: Chapter 81 - Chapter 86

Alpha Vladimir~Jett has the nerve to stand in my courtroom with armed men at his back and the arrogance of a bastard who expects to leave with someone from my pack.My old rag sits to my left while Beta Blackwood occupies another seat along the council table, with the elders positioned on both sides. Jett stands before us with his men lined behind him, their hands never straying far from their weapons, which tells me this visit can become bloody the instant one person makes the wrong move.I keep my face unreadable and ask the question that matters.“Who is your mate?”My thoughts are less polite as I study the bastard. Which unlucky woman in Virethorn has the Goddess chained to this sick beast?Jett replies, “The princess of the Ryder household.”For one fucking heartbeat, I think I have heard him wrong because there is only one Ryder princess he can be speaking about, and the thought of Zlata being bound to this man makes my fingers press harder against the arms of the throne.Jett

Alpha Vladimir~Zoran returns with clothes and boots while Fenrir is still working through injuries that should have healed by now, and pulling clothes over my side reminds me how badly the fight in the forest affected us. The shirt sticks against the wounds around my shoulder and ribs, but there is no time to waste thinking about pain when Kane has finally located the place where my father and Beta Blackwood have kept Milena’s brother for years.Kane already has the horses prepared when Zoran and I join him, so we mount and ride toward the outer territory without wasting time on conversation. The farther we move from the packhouse, the thicker the trees become until the main grounds vanish behind us and the route narrows into land few people would bother entering without a reason.For years, finding Milena’s brother has been one of the reasons I have tolerated my father breathing. Killing the old bastard has tempted me more times than I can count, but his death could have buried the

Milena~Vera stays behind me while I copy Zlata’s movements, though every scrape of boots against stone makes me wonder if Drago has noticed my absence.At one point Zlata ushers us into an empty storage space while two warriors pass nearby. I listen until their footsteps fade, and the question I have been avoiding starts again. Is Stefan worth being caught for?He knows how to move through places respectable people avoid; he knows people I do not, and he wants to work for me. If I am serious about bringing the Ryders down, I cannot keep relying on luck and anger. I need people who can do things I cannot do myself, and Stefan may be useful if I can keep him from stealing everything that is not nailed to the floor.We make it to the stables without anyone stopping us. Zlata ducks behind sacks of feed and retrieves a folded black cloak she has hidden there, which makes me stare at her until she notices.“Why are you looking at me like that?”“You keep a cloak hidden in the stable?” I as