All Chapters of Cheating on a Frenzied Alpha, Pregnant with his Child: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

SERENA POV"Conditional freedom doesn't mean Kael gets his position back," the lawyer said over the phone. "The council can release him from custody while keeping his suspension as Alpha."My grip tightened on the phone. "So he could come home tomorrow and still have no authority over his own territory?""Correct. The custody review and the leadership dispute are separate matters. The council will argue that his failure to supervise Leonard Pike makes him unfit for executive duty. They'll also question whether the Blackwood administration can investigate its own misconduct."I hated that I couldn't call the second argument unfair. Kael had signed the transfer agreement, and Leonard had exploited every inch of the authority it gave him. But locking Kael up forever wouldn't rebuild a single home or recover a single stolen coin."What do you need from us?""The original agreement, the fraudulent payment instructions, the complaint records, and testimony showing Leonard's department handl

SERENA POV"Call the doctor," Kael repeated. "We shouldn't guess what the message means."I stared at him, braced for the accusation that never came. A few months ago, he would have demanded to know why Adrian had received the call instead of him. He would have mistaken my silence for betrayal and let his fear sharpen into anger. Now he stood beside me, jaw tight but steady, leaving the decision in my hands.'I hate how much that unsettles me.'"I'm calling," I said.I pressed the number on the clinic's message and stepped away from the residents gathered outside the Pack Advocate office. Kael didn't follow until I reached back and caught his hand.The receptionist transferred me to the nurse who had handled my scan. "Serena? First, I want to reassure you. The scan showed cardiac activity, and we haven't identified an emergency from the preliminary images."My lungs loosened for the first time all morning. "Then why did you call Adrian?""He was listed as the person who accompanied yo

"Your suspension review has been scheduled for tomorrow."Kael read the message twice before setting his phone on the dining table. I stopped halfway through pouring my water."Tomorrow?""Apparently the council has decided my future can't wait any longer.""Or they want you too busy worrying about your position to ask questions about theirs."His mouth twitched. "That's an unpleasantly accurate possibility.""I'm full of those.""I've noticed."I sat across from him while he opened the official notice. The hearing would decide whether his suspension from executive authority stayed in place during the leadership review. It would not decide his guilt in the relocation investigation, which was a separate process. The distinction mattered. He had been released because the evidence didn't prove he'd directed Leonard Pike's fraudulent payments. That didn't erase his failure to supervise the department under his name."How do you feel?""Like I should've had more time to prepare.""You've k

SERENA POVKael was still holding me when my phone vibrated against my hip.Neither of us moved. His arms stayed locked around my waist, his cheek resting against my hair. For a few precious seconds, I let myself pretend the world outside our embrace could wait, that there were no investigations, no suspended authority, no unresolved feelings for another man, and no promises I was afraid to make.The phone buzzed again."Are you going to answer that?" Kael murmured."Maybe it's important.""Or maybe the caller has terrible timing."I pulled back enough to see his face. "Are you complaining about my phone?""I'm considering filing a formal complaint.""With whom?"He looked at me with perfect solemnity. "The woman currently responsible for ruining a perfectly good moment."I laughed before I could stop myself. It was a small, startled sound, but his whole face softened, as if I'd handed him something precious.I checked the screen. Daniel."Serena, sorry to interrupt," he said when I a

SERENA POV"You're not putting my name on that list."Ruth Calder's voice cut through the provisional Pack Advocate office, and every conversation died at once.I turned from the table where Daniel and I had been buried in charter amendments. Ruth stood by the entrance, strangling a folded document in both fists. Her husband Thomas hovered behind her, shoulders rigid, face worn thin with exhaustion.Daniel rose. "Ruth, nobody puts your name on anything without your consent. Which list?"She thrust the paper at him. "Residents willing to speak at the council review. A woman at the market told me that if I testify, the people behind our relocation will know exactly who complained. She said troublemakers get investigated for something else.""Did she give her name?""Of course not. People who threaten you never do."Daniel studied the page. "Then we can't prove she's connected to the council. But we can answer your fear directly. Nobody will be forced to speak publicly, and we can ask th