Reborn After Rejection: I Chose the Alpha Everyone Feared のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 151 - チャプター 160

Hallie started with the chairs. That would have sounded ridiculous at Bellamy Creek. There, chairs had never been only chairs.She had been taught which guest entered first, which side of an Alpha carried more honor, how much distance suggested respect instead of distrust, and what it meant when a host placed someone close enough to be consulted before anyone else spoke.Now she stood in Cedar Draw’s meeting room and saw traps everywhere. Caleb came through the door carrying a list.“Security routes are set.”“Same entrance?”“For the delegations, yes. Separate waiting points outside so they don’t meet on the path and start the summit early.”“Good.”“No weapons inside.”“Same check for everyone?”“Yes.”“Including Bellamy Creek.”His expression shifted.“Especially Bellamy Creek, if you&

Grant felt the next delegation before he saw them. Not thoughts. Not intent. Emotion. Fear reached him first as the group crossed close enough to the meeting building. Then something harder that might have been hostility. Curiosity moved through it. Tension sat underneath everything. Grant stayed where Hallie had placed him.The wolves passed through Caleb’s security check one at a time. No weapons inside. No extra people beyond the agreed delegation. No private access before the summit. One man looked at Grant long enough for the fear near him to sharpen. Grant did not react. He could feel it. That did not tell him why it was there.The man might fear Vael blood. He might fear Cedar Draw. He might fear the Alpha he had come to argue with. He might simply hate walking unarmed into another territory.Grant knew none of those things. That mattered more today than the feeling itself. Caleb finished the count and looked toward him.“All clear.&rdq

Hallie did not give the room time to invent a new argument.“Before anyone presents a claim, we set the terms.”The two Alphas across from each other looked as if they disliked the delay equally. Good. Hallie kept her hands on the first page.“One person speaks at a time. No threats. No weapons come back into this room because someone dislikes what they hear.”One of the disputing Alphas leaned back.“We surrendered weapons at the entrance.”“And the rule still matters after you get angry.”A few faces changed. Enough to release one degree of tension.Hallie looked toward Grant only for the part that belonged to his territory.Grant said, “If violence starts, the meeting stops. No one uses Cedar Draw to settle a pack dispute by force.”No threat followed the statement.Hallie faced the table again.“That is Cedar Draw’s limit. Th

The first event sounded simple until both Alphas described it.“Three wolves crossed our boundary without authorization,” the Alpha on Hallie’s left said.Across the table, the other Alpha answered immediately.“They were running from pursuit.”Hallie raised one hand before the argument could restart.“First event. One statement at a time.”The second Alpha pressed his mouth flat. Hallie looked to the first.“What is documented?”He slid a page toward her.“A boundary watch recorded three wolves entering our territory after dark.”Hallie read the notation. Three wolves observed crossing the disputed stretch. No authorization recorded. No names. No reason for crossing. She placed the page in the center.“This establishes an unauthorized crossing.”The Alpha nodded once, as if that ended the matter. Hallie held his gaze.

Hallie put the border map back in the center of the table. No one reached for it. That was useful.The two Alphas had spent the last hour describing the same stretch of ground in different ways. One called it established territory. The other called part of it disputed. Each had a list of crossings and reasons the other side’s list should count differently. Hallie looked at both of them.“We are not settling ownership today.”The Alpha on her left gave a short, humorless laugh.“Then what exactly are we doing?”“Making sure nobody gets hurt before you have another chance to argue about it.”His expression hardened. The other Alpha said, “That sounds like asking us to withdraw.”“No.”Hallie touched the disputed line on the map.“I’m asking both sides to stop moving armed patrols into this stretch for the rest of the summit and the immediate peri