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Chapter 41

Lorenzo's POVI had known about the vial before my beta told me.That was the thing I was going to have to explain to both of them and there was no version of that explanation that made me look like anything other than what I was.A man who had been managing a situation for eight years and had finally run out of room to manage it.I stood in Jordan's doorway and looked at them both and took in everything the room was telling me.Jordan with both rings in his hand.Killian with his phone still lit.The two of them standing close enough that there was no version of tonight I hadn't already understood the moment I saw the light under Jordan's door."We need to talk," I answered quietly. "All three of us. Right now."Jordan looked at me with his mother's eyes. "Come in then," he answered.I stepped inside. Killian closed the door behind me and stood in front of it and looked at me with his father's face doing the thing it did when he had already decided something and was waiting for confi

Chapter 42

Jordan's POV"Both of you," I repeated."Yes," Lorenzo replied."At once," I repeated."Yes," Lorenzo replied.I sat there on the edge of my bed and looked at my mother's ring and my father's ring sitting in my palm and thought about that for a moment.My wolf was not quiet about it.He was doing that thing where he already knew and had been trying to tell me and was now thoroughly unbothered by the confirmation and I found that genuinely unhelpful."Since when?" I questioned."The first night," Lorenzo disclosed. "When you came to my study. Your wolf recognized the bond immediately. I felt it too." He held my gaze. "I should have told you then.""Yes," I agreed flatly. "You should have.""Lorenzo," Killian began."I know," Lorenzo replied."Six weeks," Killian reminded him."I know Killian," Lorenzo replied."You sat across from me in my study," Killian continued. "You told me to handle my pack business. You told me to trust you. You were carrying this the entire time.""Yes," Lorenz

Chapter 43

Jordan's POV"Out of hours," I repeated."Yes," Lorenzo replied."How many hours?" Killian demanded."I don't know exactly," Lorenzo disclosed. "But the acceleration means the window for the bite is closing. If we wait until after the council it may be too late."I looked at my hands. Both of them cold. Not the gradual cold I had been feeling for days. Something deeper. Like the warmth was draining out from the center outward."So we do it now," I replied.Killian looked at me. "Jordan...""We do it now Killian," I repeated. "What's the alternative?""There are risks," Lorenzo disclosed carefully. "The double bite has never been documented. What's in the vial proves it's theoretically possible for a wolf with your specific bloodline but theoretically possible and actually survivable are two different things.""And waiting is definitely not survivable," I acknowledged."No," Lorenzo replied quietly.I sat down on the edge of my bed and looked at both of them standing in my small ward's

Chapter 44

Killian's POVLorenzo said forty minutes and I was already moving before he finished the sentence."Reef first," I declared."Reef first," Lorenzo agreed.Jordan stood up from the bed and I looked at him quickly, checking, the way I was going to be checking for a while whether I wanted to admit that or not, and his hands were warm and his wolf was open in his eyes and something in my chest that had been tight since the war room finally loosened slightly."Stop looking at me like that," Jordan replied."Like what," I retorted."Like I might fall over," he replied."You might fall over," I retorted."I'm fine Killian," he insisted."You were dying twenty minutes ago Jordan," I retorted."And now I'm not," he replied. "So let's go."Lorenzo was already at the door. I followed. Jordan followed me and I heard him behind me and my wolf settled at the sound of his footsteps and I made a note to think about what that meant later when we had time.We didn't have time right now.The packhouse w

Chapter 45

Jordan's POVWe were three minutes from the eastern council hall when Killian grabbed my arm and pulled me into a doorway."Your neck," he urged quietly."What about it?" I questioned."The bite marks," he replied. "If Callum sees them before we're in that room he knows exactly what happened tonight and he adjusts his strategy accordingly." He held my gaze. "Pull your collar up. Both sides."I looked at him. "You're thinking like an Alpha," I acknowledged."I'm always thinking like an Alpha," he retorted quietly. "I just don't always show it."I pulled my collar up and Lorenzo adjusted it from behind without being asked and I stood there between both of them in the dark street outside the eastern council hall at 3am and thought about how strange it was that this felt normal."Ready?" Killian questioned."No," I replied honestly."Good," he replied. "Neither am I."We went in.The eastern council hall was smaller than I expected. Stone walls. Long table. Seven chairs, three of them alr

Chapter 46

Killian's POVThe session ended and we filed out into the corridor and Callum was gone.Not standing outside the door waiting. Not at the end of the corridor. Gone completely, like he had never been there at all except for the far exit still swinging slightly on its hinges and the cold draft coming through it.I looked at Lorenzo. "How long?" I questioned."Ten minutes maybe," Lorenzo replied. "While we were finishing inside.""Ten minutes is enough time to do significant damage," I replied flatly."Yes," Lorenzo acknowledged.I looked at Reef. "Go," I urged.Reef was already moving before I finished the word.I looked at Jordan.He was standing very still with both rings in his hand and his wolf doing something careful behind his eyes and I recognized that expression now, the one he wore when he was three moves ahead and deciding which one to say out loud first."What?" I questioned."He's not running," Jordan replied."How do you know?" I questioned."Because men like Callum don't r

Chapter 47

Killian's POV"Come up here Killian," Callum acknowledged from the top of the stairwell. "Just you."I looked at Jordan.Jordan looked at me and replied very quietly "don't.""I have to," I replied."He's separating you from us deliberately," Jordan replied. "The moment you go up there alone he controls the conversation.""I know," I replied. "But if there's a second recording and it says what I think it says then I need to hear it before it goes in front of the council." I held his gaze. "Stay here. Both of you."Jordan looked at me for a long moment with his mother's eyes and his father's stubbornness and then acknowledged very quietly "three minutes Killian. If you're not back in three minutes I'm coming up.""Four," I replied."Three," Jordan retorted.I almost smiled.I went up.Callum was standing at the end of the third floor corridor with his coat still on and his hands visible and his face doing that practiced composure that I had been looking at all night and finally knew ho

Chapter 48

Jordan's POV"You haven't told me what's on it," I said to Killian the moment we were alone in the corridor.Killian looked at me. "I know," he returned."Are you going to?" I questioned."Yes," he returned. "After.""After what?" I questioned."After Callum finishes his testimony and the session closes and this is actually over," Killian returned. "Not before."I looked at him carefully. "Is it bad?" I questioned.Killian held my gaze. "It's complicated," he returned."Lorenzo," I said.He didn't answer and that was answer enough.I looked at Lorenzo standing a few feet away by the council hall door with his coat on and his face doing that composure that I now knew how to read from the inside and I thought about two years and thought about both of you at once and thought about eight years of managing and thought about the vial and the rings and the bite marks still warm on my neck."Lorenzo," I said.He looked at me."Whatever is on that recording," I said. "Whatever Killian heard."

Chapter 49

Jordan's POV"I need you both to know something before this happens," I said.Lorenzo looked at me. Killian looked at me."I chose both of you," I declared. "Not because of the bond. Not because of the mate rot. Not because of anything that happened tonight." I held both their gazes. "Because of who you are. Individually. Both of you." I paused. "I need you to know that."Lorenzo looked at me for a long moment. "We know Jordan," he breathed softly."Say it anyway," Killian urged."I love you," I answered. Looking at Lorenzo first. Then at Killian. "Both of you. Differently. Completely." I exhaled. "That's what I needed to say."Neither of them spoke for a moment.Then Killian crossed the room and took my face in his hands and kissed me hard and I grabbed his shirt and kissed back and behind me I heard Lorenzo move and felt his hands find my waist and I was suddenly standing between both of them in the early morning light of Lorenzo's study and my wolf was absolutely singing in my ches

Chapter 50

Killian's POV"A forgery," I said flatly through the door."Yes Alpha," Reef answered carefully. "That's the challenge being filed. Fourth council member. Name is Harlan. He's been on the external council for six years and nobody flagged him because his connection to Callum was indirect enough to survive the initial review."I looked at Jordan.Jordan looked at me with that expression and said very quietly "Callum told us there was a second recording.""Yes," I confirmed."He knew we'd use it," Jordan answered. "He knew we'd play it in front of the council and he knew what it would do to Lorenzo's credibility and he knew that a compromised Lorenzo makes everything else easier to challenge." He held my gaze. "The second recording wasn't insurance. It was the plan."I stared at him."He walked into that council hall tonight deliberately," Jordan continued. "Gave his testimony deliberately. Handed us exactly what we needed to feel like it was over." He exhaled slowly. "And while we were

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