All Chapters of My Rival Alpha Knows I'm an Omega: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The name echoed through the cavern."Orion."Ronan's body trembled beneath my hands.Blood continued to drip from his nose onto the stone floor, each crimson drop disappearing into grooves carved into the ancient rock."Ronan."He didn't answer.His breathing had become uneven.His eyes remained fixed on the old photograph lying inside the legacy box."They called you..." he whispered again."...Orion."Dr. Dawson's face drained of color.Mr. Rowan stared at Ronan in stunned silence.Only Daniel's absence kept the room from feeling complete.I tightened my grip on Ronan's shoulder."Look at me."His unfocused eyes slowly found mine."Who called me Orion?"He swallowed hard."I..."Another wave of pain crossed his face."I don't know."He shut his eyes tightly."I can hear voices.""What voices?""Children."His fingers dug into the edge of the stone table."They're laughing."His breathing quickened."Then someone is crying."A long silence followed."I remember rain."The cavern was

The first slab of stone crashed onto the chamber floor.The impact shook the cavern so violently that I lost my footing.Dust exploded into the air.Another section of the ceiling gave way."Move!" Inspector Mara Voss shouted through the widening crack."They've planted charges all through the old foundation!"A second explosion answered her.This one was closer.The ancient chamber groaned like a living thing.Ronan grabbed the legacy box before it could slide from the stone table."Adrian!""I'm coming!"Mr. Rowan pulled Dr. Dawson away from the collapsing wall as another shower of rocks rained down between them.The crack Inspector Voss had appeared through widened just enough for a person to squeeze through.She reached inside."Now!"I shoved the journal into my coat and climbed through first.The jagged stone scraped my shoulder, tearing my jacket, but I barely noticed.Ronan passed the legacy box through the opening.I caught it just before another explosion rocked the passage.

The sun rose over the city like nothing had happened.Traffic filled the streets.Stock markets prepared to open.Morning commuters carried coffee and briefcases, oblivious to the bodies, betrayals, and secrets hidden beneath the foundations of Silverfang Tower.The world continued.Mine had stopped.We emerged from the service tunnel into an abandoned warehouse three blocks from headquarters.The cool morning air should have felt refreshing.Instead, it only reminded me how exhausted I was.Marcus checked his phone again."The markets open in fifty-eight minutes."Inspector Mara Voss was already issuing orders to her officers."I want every entrance to the old library secured."She looked at me."But not yet."I understood.If our enemies truly believed the chamber beneath Silverfang had held the final evidence, the library remained invisible.For now."We leave it untouched," I agreed.Ronan glanced toward the skyline."They'll be watching the tower.""So will we."An hour later, we

The phone continued to ring.No number.No name.Only four words.Silverfang Public Library.Marcus looked from the screen to me."It has to be fake.""Probably," Inspector Mara Voss replied."But answer it anyway."Marcus handed me the phone.I let it ring once more before pressing accept."This is Adrian Vale."Silence answered.Not static.Not interference.Just the faint sound of pages turning.Someone was reading.I waited.A woman's calm voice finally spoke."Good morning, Chairman."My grip tightened."Who is this?""You've never met me.""Then how do you know who I am?""I've been expecting your call for twenty-four years."The words sent a chill through the room.Ronan stepped closer so he could hear."You called me," I said."No."A soft laugh."I simply knew you would answer."Behind her, another page turned.Then another.As though she had never stopped reading."What do you want?""To keep you alive.""I've heard that before.""And yet you're still breathing."She wasn't

The knocking came again.Three measured knocks.A pause.Then three more.No one in the library moved.The silence that followed felt almost sacred.Inspector Mara Voss instinctively reached for her sidearm.Her officers quietly spread out across the reading room, taking positions behind the towering oak shelves.Marcus looked toward the front windows."I don't see anyone."That was impossible.The library doors were almost entirely glass.Whoever stood outside should have been visible.Yet beyond the stained-glass entrance...There was only empty morning sunlight.The knocking came again.Exactly the same rhythm.Three.Pause.Three.Ronan slowly turned toward Ivy."You know that pattern."She nodded once.Her grip tightened around her walnut cane."It isn't a greeting.""What is it?""It's a request.""A request for what?"Her answer came quietly."Permission."Marcus frowned."Permission to enter?""Yes.""Why would anyone ask that?""Because they understand this library."She look