All Chapters of The alpha's forbidden desire: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

The study was dim, lit only by the pale glow of the evening sun filtering through heavy curtains. Mathew Volkov sat behind his desk, arms crossed, his sharp eyes fixed on the man standing before him. Orion, the family physician, shifted uncomfortably under that gaze, papers clutched in his hands like a shield."And eventually he—" Orion began, then hesitated, choosing his words carefully."Look at Silius," Mathew said quietly, cutting him off. His voice was calm, but there was an edge beneath it, the kind that made lesser men falter.Orion swallowed hard. He had served this family for years, had delivered difficult news before, but nothing had ever felt quite as heavy as this moment. He drew in a slow breath."I know it's not my place to say this, but... I think abortion is the best choice here."The words hung in the air like smoke, thick and suffocating. Mathew didn't move, didn't blink, but something shifted behind his eyes something cold and dangerous.Orion pressed on, perhaps fo

Mathew Volkov leaned back in his chair, watching his twin brother's jaw tighten across the room. Micheal had that look again the stubborn, wounded pride of a man who refused to admit he was losing something he'd never quite managed to hold."He will," Micheal said at last, answering a question that hung heavy in the air between them.Mathew tilted his head, studying him the way one might study a puzzle missing its final piece. "Are you sure about that?""I will make him stay."The words came out clipped, almost desperate, and Mathew let out a low chuckle — the kind that carried no warmth in it at all. He rose from his seat, unhurried, and crossed the room toward his brother."Sometimes I wonder if you really are my twin at all," he said. "You don't have that knack — the one that makes the people we love stay, even if we have to force them." He paused, letting the words settle like a blade resting flat against skin. "That's where we're different."Micheal's frown deepened, but he said

Micheal stormed back into Mathew's office for the second time that week, though this time there was no fist, no shouted threat at the door, only a simmering, dangerous quiet that was somehow worse."Where are they?" he demanded.Mathew didn't even look up from whatever he was doing at his desk. "All I know is that he's gone," he said. "You won't be able to find them.""He won't do it," Micheal said, more to himself than to his brother, his voice tight with something between certainty and desperation. "He knows what will happen if he betrays me.""We had a deal—" he started."Yeah... about that." Mathew finally lifted his gaze, and there was a glint of satisfaction in it that made Micheal's stomach turn. "The money you demanded from him — it's waiting for you, in your office."Micheal's frown deepened into something darker. "What do you—"He didn't finish. He didn't need to. The implication settled over him slowly, the way cold water soaks through fabric — Delvin hadn't just taken Mil

"Mathew," Silius said quietly, breaking the silence that had settled over the room."Hmm?" Mathew glanced up from whatever he'd been reading, distracted."Will you get mad at me if I ask you something?""No," he said, setting the papers aside, giving her his full attention now. "What is it?""How can you be so sure that Micheal wouldn't go after Mile?"Mathew's expression shifted, something guarded settling behind his eyes. "I told you not to—""I know," Silius cut in gently, "but I can't help worrying about him, okay?"Mathew sighed a long, tired sound, the kind that carried more patience in it than irritation. He reached over and took Silius's hand, holding it loosely between both of his own."First of all," he said, "they're going to some village or something, far away.""And secondly," he continued, "with Dan there, Micheal won't openly go after Mile. He knows exactly what Dan would do if he tried." A faint, humorless smile crossed his face. "Honestly, Dan's the main reason Miche

After Ryan left, Silius remained on the couch, his mind circling endlessly around the warning he'd just heard. Ryan wasn't wrong.Mathew had always been obsessive—sometimes to the point of isolating him from everyone, even his own family. Mathew liked to claim him, to wrap him so tightly in devotion that there was little room left for anyone else to exist in the spaces between them.And Silius, blinded by the warmth of that twisted devotion, had chosen to overlook it. After all, Mathew's love was genuine... just warped in its expression. There was no doubt Mathew loved him more than Silius could ever return that love. But that same obsession... it was a shadow on their future.He'd seen the way Mathew's eyes lingered on his baby bump, not with affection but with something darker. It wasn't awe, nor tenderness. It was resentment as if the child inside him was a rival, an intruder threatening to steal Silius away.Unlike other alphas who would kiss, caress, or whisper to their mate's be