Semua Bab The Alpha's Hardest Game : Bab 131 - Bab 136

The structural violence of the past twenty-four hours finally receded into the background, leaving behind a heavy, silent stillness that the central perimeter had not experienced in months. With the encryption codes and interception coordinates secured from Vard, Leo had waste no time. He had assembled a specialized strike vanguard of his most experienced rogue fighters, preparing to move out toward the eastern valley line to neutralize the escaping generals before they could connect to the northern network.Before mounting his tactical transport in the lower staging yard, Leo had paused, looking at Avery under the soft amber wash of the courtyard lights. There was no anger in his gaze anymore, only the deep, protective exhaustion of an older brother who had finally accepted that his little sister was no longer a helpless asset to be shielded from the wind. He had given her a tight, brief embrace, a silent vow that he would return by dusk, before roaring out through the shattered iron

"You smell that, don't you, prince?" Vard mocked through the security grate, his teeth bared in a sharp, triumphant grin. "The air is already turning heavy. You thought you bought my survival, but you forgot that Vance is a true believer of the old order. He would rather serve a graveyard than see a rogue alliance ruling from this desk."Jake ignored Vard completely. He stepped up to the stone slab, his massive hands slamming down on either side of his father’s head, leaning down until his golden eyes were mere inches from the old tyrant’s face. His dominant Alpha aura expanded outward in a suffocating, territorial wave that filled the entire concrete cell with an unbearable pressure."Open your mouth, father," Jake growled, his deep baritone vibrating with a lethal, primeval authority. "The Dead Hand Protocol is counting down. Vance locked the ventilation loops. If you don't use your biometric vocal override to kill the sequence right now, this entire fortress suffocates in less than

"Drop the case, Vance," Jake commanded, his voice dropping into a terrifying, dominant Alpha frequency that vibrated through the very bedrock of the plateau. He stepped forward slowly, each footprint in the snow deliberate and unyielding. "You’ve lost your generals, your high alpha is paralyzed in a baseline cell, and your blood-guards are dead. There is no empire left for you to save.""Then I will bury it!" Vance roared.He didn't try to fight. Instead, he spun on his heel, preparing to hurl the encryption case into the bottomless abyss of the ravine while throwing himself over the edge to deny them his biometric clearance.But Avery was already moving. With the fluid, lethal speed of a wolf who had fully embraced her own survival, she circumvented Jake’s flank, her boots gliding over the ice with unnatural precision. She pulled her hand from her pocket, throwing her arm forward with absolute, practiced accuracy.The heavy chemical syringe left her fingers, cutting through the swirl