All Chapters of Marked By The Rogue Alpha: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

MeredithI waited in the east family room after Kieran left to call the healer, anger and embarrassment mixing together in my chest. My weakness was no longer private. Soon someone else would examine me and give Silverthorn one more reason to wonder whether I belonged here at all.A knock came at the door, followed by a woman’s calm voice.“Meredith? I’m Yara, the pack healer.”“Come in,” I said, forcing myself to stand.The woman who entered was older than me, maybe in her early forties, with dark hair pulled back and steady gray eyes. She carried a leather bag and moved with the kind of calm professionalism that came from years of experience. She gave me a small nod, respectful but guarded, like she was treating me as both a patient and a political complication.Kieran stood near the window, his arms crossed, watching.Yara set her bag down on the table and turned to me. “I’ll need to examine you properly. May I?”“Yes,” I said.Yara glanced at Kieran, then back at me. “Would you p

MeredithI woke in the east family room with the woman earlier and her sick son still on my mind.I had no authority in Silverthorn yet, but pretending I hadn’t seen the issue felt wrong. The way the table had moved on so easily after she’d been dismissed kept replaying in my thoughts. The woman’s son had looked tired and pale standing beside her, and her voice when she’d asked for medicine had carried the kind of desperation that came from watching someone you loved suffer.When Mira came in with breakfast, I waited until she’d set the tray down before speaking.“The woman from dinner last night,” I said carefully. “How do medicine requests usually work here?”Mira’s hands stilled slightly on the tray. “Most requests go through the supply steward who handles allocations.”“Does it usually take long?”“Not usually,” Mira said. “Silverthorn records everything carefully. If something’s delayed, there’s supposed to be a reason.”I picked up the tea she’d brought and took a sip, keeping

Meredith I stood at the window in the east family room, staring out at the darkening forest beyond Silverthorn’s walls. The records couldn’t give me the truth. Not when someone else controlled what they said. I needed to talk to Nessa directly. I turned from the window, and the room tilted slightly. I grabbed the edge of the dresser to steady myself, waiting for the dizziness to pass. My wolf stirred weakly in the back of my mind, too quiet and distant. Before I could move toward the door, my phone rang. Hayley’s name lit up the screen. Guilt hit me immediately. I’d promised to call her as soon as I reached Silverthorn, and I’d completely forgotten. I answered. “Hey.” “Hey?” Hayley’s voice came through sharp. “That’s what you’re starting with? I’ve been waiting two days for you to call, and all I get is ‘hey’?” “I’m sorry,” I said. “Everything’s been… a lot.” “You….?!” Hayley’s tone softened slightly. “How are you feeling? Your body, your wolf. Don’t lie to me.” I wanted t

Meredith I sat in the east family room replaying the clerk’s words over and over in my mind. The medicine was released during the assigned collection window. The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. Everyone kept hiding behind procedure and proper channels while Lio was still sick and Nessa was too frightened to keep asking questions. The system protected itself better than it protected the people it was supposed to serve. I considered approaching Kieran after dinner and telling him everything I’d learned. But I still had no proof, just Nessa’s word against carefully maintained records and a clerk’s calm explanations. If I went to Kieran now, Tobin and the others could easily make it look like I was running to him because I couldn’t handle being wrong. The smart choice was to step back, rest, and wait until I had a safer way to ask questions without making things worse. But the thought of Nessa being silenced, of Lio still needing medicine, of that clerk making us both loo

Meredith I sat with Hayley in the east family room, thinking about what she'd said. Medicine starts with healer stock before it ever reaches Tobin's supply system. The idea settled into my exhausted mind slowly, piece by piece. I'd been chasing where the medicine went after Tobin marked it delivered. I'd never thought to check where it came from before he touched it at all. Hope stirred in my chest, small and fragile. I was afraid to trust it too quickly. "You think Yara will let us see her records?" I asked. Hayley's expression stayed sharp. "I think we need to ask her now while the trail is still fresh." I wanted to agree, but exhaustion pressed down on me like a weight I couldn't shake. My legs still felt unsteady from the storehouse confrontation, and my wolf was too quiet in the back of my mind. The thought of facing another Silverthorn authority figure who might dismiss me made my chest tighten. "What if she refuses?" I said voicing out the doubts that were beginning to f