All Chapters of Claimed by My Best Friend's Alpha Dad: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Lina's POVThat morning, I woke up to a realization that made my heart stop.My period was almost three months late. I'd tested before—twice, actually. Both times, negative. But still. Nothing.I sat up slowly, my hand drifting to my lower belly. Three months. My cycle had always been irregular—I'd been telling myself that for weeks. But three months? That wasn't "irregular" anymore. That was something else.Aurora stirred inside me. *Do you want to be pregnant?**I don't know.*I decided to get checked out.I didn't tell anyone where I was going. I just sent a message to my boss saying I had some personal errands to run and would be back at the office in the afternoon.Then I got dressed, got in the car, and drove to a small clinic on an old street in the west part of town.The sign was small, gray-white, squeezed between a barbershop and a dry cleaner. The glass door had faded lettering: Gynecology · Family Planning. I'd found it online the night before—not many reviews, but the one

Lina's POV"Lina? Hello? Earth to Lina!"Chloe's hand waving in front of my face snapped me back to the present. I'd been so lost in the memory that I'd completely zoned out."Sorry, what?""I asked what Grandma Victoria gave you!" Chloe looked genuinely concerned now. "Are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost.""Just a sapphire parure," I said quickly, fidgeting with my coffee cup. "And a tiara."If I told Chloe about the third gift—the deed to the Ashford Pack's workshop, the symbol of generations of family honor and prestige—she'd lose her mind.Hell, I'd barely processed it myself."JUST a sapphire parure?" Chloe shrieked. "JUST a tiara? Lina, are you insane? That's Grandma's wedding jewelry! She's more attached to those sapphires than she is to her own children!""I noticed," I said dryly."No, you don't understand. She once threatened to disown Aunt Katrina for trying them on without permission. When I was twelve, I snuck into her room to look at them and she didn't speak

Lina's POV"You said you're Adrian's white moonlight," she said quickly, like she was afraid I'd leave before she finished. "That you know everything about him—his good side and his bad side. And you still love him anyway."I looked at her for a moment. Then I sat back down."Yes," I said simply."Then tell me—" Her voice broke. "Have you really seen Adrian's dark side? The parts of him that are cruel and calculating and ruthless?""Of course." I said quietly. "I've seen Adrian at his worst. I've seen him when he's calculating, manipulative, even vicious. I've seen him lose control and do things that terrified me."I'd seen the way he could plot—patient and deliberate, each move calculated long before I ever saw it coming.I'd seen the ugliness that lived underneath his anger when it finally broke loose.And I'd seen something almost worse than either of those things—the wild, unraveling look on his face when jealousy got the better of him. When he stopped being controlled and just be

Adrian's POVLina walked into the Lockwood Pack house on my arm, wearing a soft green dress with a white sweater, and I felt that familiar surge of possessive pride.Mine. My mate. My Luna.Raze practically purred in my mind. "Beautiful. And she smells like us now. Like rain and pine and home."I'd dressed carefully for this meeting—tailored suit, polished shoes, every inch the refined Alpha. I needed to make the right impression on the people who'd raised my mate."Alpha Victor,Luna Elena," I said, nodding respectfully as I guided Lina to the seating area. "Thank you for having us."I deliberately didn't look at Jasper, who I could sense lurking in the corner like a rejected suitor at a mating ceremony. Pathetic.Victor gestured for us to sit. "We weren't sure you'd make it this late.""The alliance is too important to delay," I replied smoothly, settling beside Elena with Lina's hand still clasped in mine. "Besides, this is about Lina's and my future—our mating ceremony. I won't neg

Lina's POVI got scared. I pulled my hand back quickly."I just wanted to make you happy," I said, my voice small.His deep gray eyes reflected my flushed face. I could see my own arousal written all over me—my cheeks burning, my lips swollen from biting them, my chest rising and falling too fast.The next second, he restarted the car.The speed picked up fast—so fast I had to grip the handle for even a shred of security. The engine roared beneath us, vibrating through the seat, and the hum seemed to settle deep in my pelvis.God,he must be angry."Um... this is my first time trying something like this. I'm sorry. I didn't know you wouldn't like it," I said nervously.His face remained frighteningly dark."Actually, Chloe showed me those videos. She told me to study and practice, said if you ever got mad at me, I should use this trick. She said it works every time!"I decided to throw my best friend under the bus to save myself.Adrian suddenly freed one hand to pinch my cheek. "Do I