All Chapters of The Alpha's Hardest Game : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

"No, Alpha Prime," Jake said flatly, his voice devoid of any human emotion. "The handler is fragile. If you crush her throat before she decodes the eastern logistics matrix, the security sweep along the Sector Four perimeter will remain blind to Vance’s next deployment. I am protecting the asset’s utility."Magnus stared at his son for a long, calculating moment, testing the air for any scent of protective pheromones. Finding only the cold, bitter scent of tactical frustration, the old tyrant turned back to Avery, his grip on her hair tightening until her scalp burned."Then let us ensure her utility remains absolute," Magnus whispered, his breath hot against her face. He leaned down, his eyes widening with a sudden, vicious malice that chilled Avery to the very marrow of her bones. "Listen to me closely, shadow. If my border patrols detect even a single rogue movement along the eastern fence tonight... or if I find any evidence of internal sabotage within this campus before the morni

Jake’s grip on her shoulder tightened, his large fingers digging into her tactical uniform with a firm, protective intensity that made her inner wolf let out a sudden, trembling whine of absolute relief. The fated mate bond between them flared with a brilliant, blinding clarity. The wolf within him finally understood the absolute, agonizing truth. She hadn't betrayed him out of malice or political greed; she had done it because she was a sister trapped in the jaws of a tyrant, fulfilling an unbreakable vow to her own blood."When my father spoke the name Leo in that vault," Jake whispered, his amber eyes burning with an unyielding, sovereign light, "every single piece of the puzzle fell into place, Avery. You are that sister. The boy who gave me strength to survive my own father's cages... he was talking about you."Avery let out a choked, ragged sob, her forehead dropping forward against Jake’s massive chest as the remaining strength left her legs. She didn't pull away this time. She

"He isn't going to the dais," Jake said, his voice dropping into an unbreakable vow. He sank down onto one knee before the hearth, bringing himself to her eye level, his immense physical presence shielding her from the rest of the dark room. He reached up, his hand sliding behind her neck, his thumb resting over the racing pulse point at her throat. The physical contact sent a sudden, electric jolt of warmth through the fated bond, the sovereign energy of their combined bloodlines flaring in the dark. "Leo gave me the strength to hold my ground when my father had me buried in the isolation blocks. He spent seven days speaking into a dark pipe, telling me about the shadow who would never abandon him. I am not letting that boy die in the pine canopy, Avery. Not while there is breath in my lungs."Avery let out a shuddering breath, her head dropping forward until her forehead rested against his shoulder. The heavy scent of rain and cedar on his skin act like an anchor, pulling her back f

"Run," Jake growled softly.Leo slipped out of the van, vanishing into the gray mist and descending the steep, rocky slope of the gorge like a creature born of the wilderness. Within three seconds, the fog swallowed him completely.Jake immediately stepped back into the van's cabin. He grabbed the internal diagnostic terminal and ripped the wiring harness out with his bare hands, making it appear as though the prisoner had desperately sabotaged the telemetry loop during the electrical stall to prevent an automated recapture. He then took a small, crude iron shim—the kind a prisoner could easily fashion from a loose bunk spring—and jammed it deep into the keyway of the manual bypass, breaking it off entirely."The scene is set," Jake said, stepping out of the vehicle and scanning the gravel to ensure no non-rogue footprints remained. "The narrative is locked. A structural power failure, a desperate prisoner who found an old enforcer bypass tool, and a midnight escape into the gorge."A

He broke the kiss, his breathing ragged and heavy, his teeth catching the sensitive skin of her jawline, biting down just hard enough to leave a mark before his lips dragged down the sensitive column of her throat. Avery threw her head back against the wood, her hands gripping his shoulders as his mouth trailed lower, his hot breath soaking through the thin cotton of her top."Jake... please," she gasped, her fingers digging into his traps, her hips twitching instinctively against him, begging for the final release of the denim barrier between them.With a swift, violent motion, Jake carried her across the room, never breaking the crushing contact of their bodies. He dropped her onto the dark velvet sheets of his massive bed, coming down between her thighs before she could even settle into the mattress. In a matter of seconds, his tactical trousers and her remaining clothes were stripped away, discarded into the shadows of the bedroom until there was nothing left but raw, naked skin a