All Chapters of The Lycan Captain's Off Limit Obsession : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

DebraI planted the photo carefully, the way I always did when I wanted a story to breathe before it exploded.Not full exposure. Not yet. Just enough to raise questions, to plant doubt, to make the network start looking a little too closely at the reporter they'd handed the biggest exclusive of the season."You're sure about the timing?" Elissa asked, watching me type from across the small office I kept downtown."I've done this before," I said, not looking up from my screen. "You drip it out. You let people draw their own conclusions before you confirm anything outright. It builds more heat that way.""How long before the network reacts?""Give it an hour," I said. "Maybe less.""That fast?""Sports journalists gossip worse than teenagers," I said, finally glancing up at her. "Somebody sees it, screenshots it, sends it to their group chat. By the time it reaches an editor, three people already think it's confirmed.""And nobody traces it back to you?""Nobody's traced anything back

KesheraThe pain didn't stop. It only sharpened, spreading from both marks until it felt like my whole body had become a battlefield between two competing claims."Romani, do something.""I don't know what to do.""You're supposed to know everything about this.""I've never seen two marks sync like this before," he admitted, his hands hovering over my throat like he was afraid to touch either bruise. "This isn't normal, even for a double claim."I gasped as another wave of heat rolled through me, sharper this time, radiating out from Dexter's mark first before Romani's answered a half second later, the two sensations chasing each other through my body in a rhythm that made my vision blur."Make it stop," I said, gripping the sheets beneath me. "Please, just make it stop.""I'm trying.""Try harder.""There isn't a manual for this, Keshera. I don't know what happens when two claims sync like this. Nobody in my bloodline has ever seen it.""So I'm the first.""Looks that way.""Wonderfu

DexterI felt the pull the second I woke up, sharp and unmistakable, dragging me toward the other side of the city before I'd even fully opened my eyes.Something was wrong with her.I checked my phone first, half expecting a text, a call, anything. Nothing. Just silence, the kind that made the pull in my chest feel even worse, like the bond itself was screaming at me to move.I knew Romani had practice that morning. The whole team's schedule was public, plastered across every sports site in the city, easy enough to check if you knew where to look.I made my decision before I'd even finished getting dressed.The penthouse building had decent security, but nothing that could stop me from scaling the fire escape on the building next door and crossing onto the balcony two floors below the penthouse itself, working my way up until I reached the private terrace attached to Romani's apartment.The door was unlocked.Of course it was.I stepped inside quietly, my senses immediately picking u

ElissaThe security guard at the front desk didn't even try to stop me.I flashed the pureblood signet ring on my right hand, and he waved me straight through to the private elevator without a single question, exactly the reaction I'd expected from a low-ranking human employee unaware of what he was actually looking at.The penthouse door opened before I'd even knocked.Romani stood there, his shirt torn, dried blood along one forearm, his expression darkening the moment he saw my face."Elissa.""Romani." I stepped past him without waiting for an invitation, my rank granting me that privilege whether he liked it or not. "You look terrible.""I've had a rough morning.""I can smell why."I walked further into the apartment, taking in the destroyed furniture, the shattered coffee table, the faint but unmistakable scent of a human female threaded through the entire space, tangled with the scent of two rival Alphas."Where is she?" I asked."None of your business.""It's absolutely my bu

KesheraSarah's office felt smaller than it had two days earlier, the walls closing in around me as she sat across the desk, her expression grim."I have no choice," she said. "You're suspended, effective immediately, pending an internal investigation.""Sarah, please…""This isn't a punishment, Keshera. It's damage control. The network can't have your name attached to any active coverage while Debra's article is trending on every platform in the country.""I didn't do any of the things that article says.""I believe you," Sarah said, pinching the bridge of her nose. "But belief doesn't stop advertisers from pulling out. It doesn't stop the league from questioning our credibility. I need this to look like we're taking it seriously.""By suspending me.""By suspending you," Sarah confirmed. "Temporarily. Until things settle.""Temporarily meaning what, exactly? A week? A month?""I don't know yet.""That's not an answer.""It's the only one I have right now," Sarah said, folding her ha