Alle Kapitel von Claimed By The Alpha Billionaire : Kapitel 21 – Kapitel 30

Chapter 22KaiThe drive back to the tower was silent.Not peaceful.Silent.There was a difference.I sat beside Lena in the back of the SUV, watching the city lights slowly return through the tinted window.Marcus was in the front.Two security vehicles followed close behind.The Voss Estate was already several miles behind us.But the information we had found there had followed us home.Mara Vargas had been protected under Reyes authority.That much was now certain.What I didn't know was why.And I didn't like the fact that someone else had known the truth before I did.Lena sat with her arms folded.She hadn't spoken since we left the estate.“You should sleep.”She looked at me.“I don't think I can.”“Try.”“Are you going to?”“No.”A faint breath escaped her.“Then don't tell me to.”I almost smiled.Almost.Instead, I looked back through the window.The bond was quiet now.But I could still feel her presence beneath my ribs.Steady.Impossible to ignore.My phone vibrated.I

Chapter 24KaiThe moment Lena finished speaking, I knew the next twenty-four hours had changed.Not because the council had moved the vote forward.Not because Vale had interfered with her sister's treatment.Because Lena had stopped asking whether she could survive what was coming.She was preparing to face it.Marcus stood across the room with his tablet in hand.“I can get a medical team to the hospital within ten minutes.”“Do it.”“Already moving.”I looked at Lena.She was still staring at the message from the hospital.Her fingers were steady.Her face wasn't.“They want me at the event,” she said.“Yes.”“And they want my sister at the hospital at the same time.”“Yes.”“So if I leave the event to go to her, you lose the vote.”I stepped closer.“No.”She looked at me.“If I stay with you, they can interfere with her treatment.”“No.”Her brows pulled together.“You keep saying no.”“Because you're accepting their rules before we've even made ours.”She went silent.I took th

Chapter 26Kai“The passenger appears to be Lena’s sister.”For a moment, I heard nothing else.Not Marcus.Not the security team moving around us.Not the elevator humming behind the walls.Only Lena's breathing.One sharp inhale.Then silence.I turned toward her.She had gone pale.“My sister.”I caught her hand before she could move.“We're getting her back.”“She could be hurt.”“We don't know that.”“They took her from the hospital.”“I know.”“Then what are we waiting for?”Her voice cracked.I pulled her closer.“For the location.”Marcus came through the speaker.“We're tracking the vehicle now.”“Where is it heading?”“North.”“How far?”“Still moving. We're trying to get a clean position.”I looked at Lena.She was fighting to keep herself together.That was what worried me.Fear could make people reckless.Lena wasn't reckless.She was calculating.Which meant she was already thinking of every possible thing that could happen to her sister.“Give me the location as soon as

Chapter 28KaiThe words on the screen stayed there.THE VOTE HAS BEGUN.I stared at them for a second.Then I looked at Vale.He wasn't smiling anymore.That told me enough.“You didn't start the vote,” I said.His eyes narrowed.“No?”“You moved it.”He said nothing.“You forced the council to begin without me.”Vale's expression hardened.“The council doesn't need you to make a decision.”“No.”I stepped closer.“But you needed me gone.”His silence confirmed it.Marcus came through the communication device.“Alpha, we have a problem at the council hall.”“Talk.”“Eastern representatives are already inside. Several families arrived earlier than expected.”“How many?”“Most of them.”“Is the vote actually underway?”“Not yet.”I looked at Vale.He had expected us to believe it had started.A distraction.A way to keep me here while his people moved into position.“Who called the emergency session?” I asked.Marcus hesitated.“Councilman Vale.”Of course.I looked back at him.“You w

Chapter 30KaiThe first man through the doors raised his weapon.I moved before he could aim.I grabbed Lena around the waist and pulled her behind me as the first shot cracked through the hall.Glass shattered above us.People screamed.Security surged forward.“DOWN!” Marcus shouted.The council members dropped behind the heavy table.The attackers spread through the entrance, moving with the precision of people who had rehearsed this.They weren't here to frighten anyone.They had come prepared.My wolf slammed against my control.Protect her.That was all it knew.I looked over my shoulder.Lena was crouched behind the council table, one hand pressed against the floor.Her eyes were different.Silver flickered through them.“Lena.”She looked at me.“I can hear them.”“Stay down.”“They're moving left.”I turned.One attacker was already moving along the western wall.Marcus saw him at the same time.“West side!”Two security officers intercepted him.The room erupted again.A ma