《The Alpha’s Rogue Luna》全部章節：第 21 章 - 第 30 章

Killian’s POVAsher was at my elbow before I’d made it ten steps down the corridor.“We kept the boy safe at the main building, for the night,” he said, matching my pace. “At least forty-eight hours of monitoring before we consider moving him back to his mother’s house. I’ve already told Maya.”“Good,” I said.“You heard me, right?”“I heard you,” I said.He looked at me sideways. “Alpha, you sound like your mind isn’t here”He wasn’t wrong. My feet were moving through the compound but my head was somewhere else entirely… back in that corridor, watching Rae’s face close down the way it did when she was feeling something she had decided I wasn’t going to see. That particular stillness she put on like armor.I had put it there.She had asked a simple question. Not a threat, a demand, or an accusation. Just a question from a woman trying to understand the world she had landed in. And I had looked at her like she’d said something unforgivable and told her to get out.I ran a hand over my

Rae’s POVZeus’s voice cut through the tension like a blade through rope.“Bikers,” he said simply. “We have to move now.”Zeus echoed it from the other side of the tent and people started moving without further discussion. That was something I was learning about this pack… when the right person said the right thing in the right tone, things happened fast.I got on behind Killian and we pulled out in formation.The ride back was quicker than when we were leaving first, the way return journeys always seem to be. The compound lights came up through the trees and we rolled into the garage one after another, engines cutting out in sequence, the sudden quiet after all that noise landing like something physical.Selene was off her bike before it had fully stopped.She pulled her helmet off and walked straight toward the interior door, muttering something under her breath that I only caught half of. The half I caught was not flattering.Asher watched her go and pressed his lips together. Zeu

Rae’s POV“What exactly do you mean by that?” Killian asked.He wasn’t being defensive. His voice had that particular quality it got when he was processing something he didn’t like and choosing his words around it carefully.“I mean what I said,” I told him. “The notes weren’t placed by someone outside this pack. The positioning, timing, and the fact that they even knew where those bodies were… that’s not a coincidence you can reason your way out of.” I looked at him steadily. “And I think this is just the beginning. Whoever did this is testing the water. There’ll be another move.”“I’ll get to the bottom of it,” he said. “I need to sit down with everyone first and go through it properly.”Selene’s voice came from near the door. “And you believe her.”It wasn’t a question exactly. More like a challenge dressed up as one.Killian turned toward her. “Rae is trained for exactly this kind of assessment. It’s her specialty and she’s been right about everything she’s told us so far.” He hel

Rae’s POVI didn’t slam the door.That was the thing about real hurt… it didn’t always make noise. Sometimes it just walks nto a room, sat down, and stayed there quietly while you tried to work around it.I opened my laptop and pulled up the maps I had been building since yesterday. The narrow road and the surrounding area, the treeline boundaries, the positions of the border checkpoints relative to each other. I needed to understand the territory properly if we were going to do anything useful with the information we had.My fingers moved but my head was only half there.‘Everyone is a suspect... Including you.’He had said it in front of all of them. In front of Selene, who had been looking for exactly that kind of satisfaction. In front of Zeus, who had been watching me since day one with the particular patience of someone who believed they were eventually going to be proven right. In front of Liah, who documented everything.He had handed them the ammunition himself.I pushed the

Rae’s POVThe first thing I felt was the sweet ache.The kind that lives in the muscles after they’ve been pushed past their usual limits and settled into something that feels earned. I stretched slowly, positioning each part of my body the way I used to after a long ride, and the memories of why I felt this way came back in a warm, unorganized rush.My face went hot immediately.I pressed both palms to my cheeks and stared at the ceiling.How can I, a powerful warrior, assassin and combat lady, a woman, men had crossed territories to avoid encountering. Trembling and completely undone for Killian. Saying things that I desire to Killian, unashamed of begging for more of his touch.I sat up and pushed the thought away before it could embarrass me further.That was when I realized that the room wasn’t mine. It was Killian’s room. His smell on the sheets, his things on the table, the particular organized stillness of a space that belonged to someone who moved through the world with in