All Chapters of I teamed up with my ex-husband’s rival Alpha: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The silence in the medical wing was absolute. The soft hum of the pristine hospital monitors seemed to fade entirely into the background as I stared down at the encrypted tablet in Carter’s hands.Dominic stood perfectly still beside the hospital bed. He did not possess magical omniscience. He analyzed the fractured data with the cold, methodical precision of a general who had just realized the battlefield was ten times larger than he originally calculated."We don't wait for them to strike," Dominic said, his voice a low, dangerous rumble that resonated in the quiet room. He looked at Carter. "Get back to the development floor. I want the entire security grid locked down to protocol zero. Nobody enters or leaves the estate grounds without my direct authorization. Tell Maya to start tracing every single one of those shell companies. I don't care how many proxies they use—find a physical address.""Yes Alpha," Carter nodded sharply. He tucked the encrypted tablet under his arm and hurr

The mechanized voice faded, but the chilling promise hung in the air, vibrating against the cold concrete walls of the war room.We are inside.The glowing white image of the coiled snake resting over the shattered crown remained burned across every monitor. The digital syndicate had not just deflected our trace; they had used our own tunnel to ride straight past the Obsidian firewalls.For one terrifying second, absolute silence gripped the room.Dominic did not freeze. He did not ask questions. His survival instincts took over with immediate, brutal efficiency."Pull the hardlines!" Dominic commanded, his voice a booming crack of thunder that shattered the silence. "Cut the physical connection right now!"Carter stared at his keyboard, his eyes wide with sudden panic. "Alpha, if we drop the main servers, the automated locks will default. The perimeter defense grid will go offline. We will be flying blind.""They are already inside the grid!" Dominic roared, pointing a firm finger at

The glossy surveillance photograph sat in the center of the drafting table, illuminated by the harsh blue glow of the tactical monitors.We had returned to the top floor of the Obsidian tower. The physical connection to the outside network remained severed. Maya had established a closed, analog grid for the building’s internal security, ensuring Adams and the Apex Coalition could not peek through our cameras again. But the true threat was no longer digital. It was staring up at us from the photograph.I leaned over the table, my eyes locked on Scarlett’s face. "Is it a digital manipulation?" Davis asked, standing on the opposite side of the table. "A trick of the camera lens?""No," Carter answered quietly. He adjusted his glasses, his face pale in the dim light. "I ran the image through three different forensic filters the second we came back upstairs. There is zero pixel distortion. Nobody altered this photo. Her eyes truly look like that."A cold knot formed in my stomach. I remem

The gray mist poured from Julian’s chest in a steady, unnatural stream.From my hidden position behind the crumbling mausoleum, I watched the horrifying scene unfold with absolute clarity. The thick fog in the graveyard seemed to recoil, pushed away by the bitter scent of ozone and decaying roots.Julian Vanguard, the man who had tormented me for five years, was trapped in a silent scream. His muscles strained violently against an invisible cage. The veins in his neck stood out in stark relief, turning a sickly shade of purple as Scarlett kept her pale palm pressed flat against his heart.She was not killing him. If she wanted him dead, she could have snapped his neck in a single second.Instead, she was hollowing him out.The vibrant, aggressive aura that marked Julian as an Alpha began to flicker and fade. The vital energy that fueled his dominance transferred directly into Scarlett’s hand, swirling up her arm and sinking into her skin. As she drank his essence, the pitch-black void

I held my breath, standing perfectly still in the center of the war room. My golden eyes fixed on the steel floor beneath my boots as I concentrated every ounce of my awakened hearing on the conversation taking place dozens of floors below.The silence in the receiving hall stretched, taut and dangerous.“You want to inspect my Lead Architect,” Dominic repeated. His voice was smooth, carrying the refined, terrifying calm of a predator who held all the cards. “On the word of a broken man who spent the night wandering through a deconsecrated graveyard.”“Julian Vanguard holds the biological rank of Alpha,” Elder Thorne replied sharply, his polished cane tapping against the marble floor. “His company may have collapsed, but his blood grants him the right to be heard by the Council. He reported an anomaly. He claimed the omega he married five years ago suddenly exhibited glowing golden eyes. He claimed she radiated an ancient, forbidden energy.”“He is a desperate, disgraced man trying to