All Chapters of Alpha Conrad: Claiming The Wrong Bride: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

The silence that followed Nadia’s declaration was intense. Estelle’s anxiety rising quickly."Stubborn," Estelle whispered, her voice cracking. "You are so incredibly stubborn, Nadia. Do you have any ounce of consideration for me? Do you not worry about yourself? Are you begging for a class suicide? Because that is what this is."Nadia didn't flinch. "It’s called dignity, Mom.""Dignity would not feed us if we become rogues!" Estelle snapped, her voice rising to a frantic pitch. She stood up, her hands trembling as she gestured to the thin, rotting walls of their home. "If Alpha Edward casts us out, if he strips what little protection we have left and marks us as rogues, we will not survive a week in the wild. The feral packs will tear us apart before we can even shift.""He won't not dare," Nadia said, though her wolf paced restlessly under her skin. "He needs the optics of a stable pack way too much.""You don't know him! You don't know the cruelty he hides under that Man." Estelle

Nadia stood before the towering doors of the executive suite, her heart hammering a frantic rhythm against her ribs. She raised a trembling hand to knock, but before her knuckles could graze the wood, a deep, resonant voice vibrated through the grain."Come in, Nadia."She froze.The CCTV.He had been watching her hesitate.She pushed the door open, the scent of his cold Alpha-power hitting her. Conrad was seated behind his desk, his silhouette framed by the sprawling glass window. He didn't look up from the tablet in his hand.Nadia stepped into the room, her legs feeling like they would melt. She instinctively clasped her hands together in front of her, squeezing tight to keep the tremors from becoming visible."You called for me, Alpha," she said, her voice small but steady.Conrad finally looked up. His face was unreadable. He leaned back, the leather of his chair creaking in the silence."I hear you’ve started raising dust already," he said, his voice dropping into a dangerous, l

The conference room was up in flames, this was another round for Nadia to prove herself and she still could not understand how to overcome her stage fright other than pretend her way through it. Alpha Conrad at the head of the table stared at nothing in particular, he simply observed with a straight face. Every Senior Analyst in the Bradley Group sat with shoulders squared, their scents clashing into a cocktail of anxiety.Nadia stood at the far end of the table, her digital presentation reflecting on the wall behind her. "As you can see, the Northern Grid’s energy dissipation wasn't a hardware failure. It was a billing anonymous-loop. By rerouting the—""Exactly my point," Marcus interrupted, his voice booming as he leaned forward, effectively cutting Nadia off. He spared a smug look toward the Alpha. "I’ve been tracking this anonymous-loop for months, Alpha. It’s a classic legacy-code glitch. I had the groundwork laid out on the shared drive; Nadia simply ran the final diagnostic ba

Nadia scrambled to secure her blazer, her mind racing. She had woken up late. The board meeting was only thirty minutes away. She grabbed her bag, her fingers fumbling with the strap."Nadia, sit down," Estelle commanded from the kitchen, her voice brooking no argument."Mom, I can’t. I’m already late mom," Nadia said, heading for the door."You have stopped eating in this house," Estelle said, stepping firmly in front of the exit, a plate of steaming eggs and toast in her hands. "The first meal of the day is the foundation. You are a Senior Analyst, not a machine. Sit and eat.""I’m late because I was up until three AM preparing todays meeting," Nadia pleaded, her eyes darting to the clock. "I’ll grab a coffee at the station. Please, move.""Coffee is not a meal. Your father never went to a council meeting on an empty stomach. You won't start now."Nadia sighed, her wolf pacing restlessly. "Fine. Pack it up for lunch. I’ll eat it at my desk, I promise. Just let me through."Estelle h

The digital clock on Nadia’s monitor flickered to 6:30 PM.Her vision was slightly blurred from six hours of dissecting the Stinson merger, but above all else, she was grateful that the liability clauses were finally summarized.She grabbed her bag, smoothed her skirt, and stepped out into the quieted hallway. Most of the bullpen had cleared out, leaving only the low sounds of the nighttime air filtration system.She hurried toward the elevators, her heels tapping rapidly against the floor.As she passed the doors of the executive suite, she caught a glimpse of Alpha Conrad.He was standing by his desk, a phone pressed to his ear, his brow furrowed in a deep, professional concentration.Nadia didn't stop.She couldn't.Every time she was near him, her inner wolf acted like a compass needle pointing north, and right now, she just wanted to go to the warmth of her home and her mother. She slipped into the waiting elevator and pressed the button for the lobby.Inside his office, Conrad f