All Chapters of The Alpha My Sister Wanted: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

Victor called my name a third time.This time, I moved.The key felt heavy in my palm, heavier than old brass had any right to be. I curled my fingers around it and walked back toward the training field with Luna Maren’s warning still ringing through my bones.Your life was not the first lie Black Moon Ridge buried.I did not know what that meant.I only knew I believed her.Victor stood at the edge of the field, his expression carved from ice.“Where did Luna Maren take you?”I stopped in front of him and lowered my gaze just enough to look obedient.Not enough to feel it.“She wanted to make sure I was calm.”Victor studied me.Too closely.My fingers tightened around the key. I forced my hand to stay at my side, hidden in the folds of my training shirt.“And are you?”“Calm?”“Do not make me repeat myself.”My wolf stirred.I breathed through it.“Yes, Father.”His eyes narrowed, as if the words sounded wrong to him too.Behind him, the training field had returned to movement. Wolv

Victor laughed outside the archive door.Soft.Calm.Certain.The sound slid through the wood and wrapped around my throat.Ezra’s hand tightened around my wrist.Neither of us breathed.The ledger was pressed against his chest, caught there before it could fall. The page with my name was hidden inside it, but I could still see the word burned behind my eyes.Disputed.My life, reduced to one ugly mark.“Aurora,” Victor called.Not loud.He did not need to be loud.The whole house had taught me to fear that voice.Ezra leaned closer, his mouth near my ear.“Do not answer.”His breath brushed my skin.My wolf went still.Listen.This was not the time for her to notice him.This was not the time for my heart to forget there was a locked door between us and the man who had sent me away.The handle moved again.Once.Twice.The lock held.Victor made a quiet sound, almost amused.“You disappoint me,” he said.My stomach twisted.Ezra’s eyes darkened.He shifted the ledger silently into my