All Chapters of I Accidentally Married The Billionaire Alpha: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Kai’s POV“Mrs. Draven's public Luna evaluation will begin in seven days.” The chairman's announcement was still being recorded when I asked for the full assessment regulations.Maren had succeeded in setting a date before anyone discussed what Elara would be expected to do. I knew enough about council procedure to recognize that omission as a choice.“Send the current rules to my office today,” I told the chairman. “I want the scoring standards and the names of everyone authorized to select examiners.”“You'll receive what every candidate receives,” Maren said. “Marriage to the Alpha cannot excuse your wife from Blackmoon's traditions.”“Then there should be no objection to showing me the regulations,” I replied. “Transparent rules protect the council as well as the candidate.”Elara waited until we were outside before speaking. “You were ready to argue with her through the entire afternoon.”“I was ready to ask what she expects you to do in seven days,” I said. “You shouldn't have t

Elara’s POV“I was told the appointments were to find out why I couldn't transform,” I said. “Mother never mentioned medication.”Dr. Vale turned the monitor toward herself again. “The registry lists a course of treatment, the dates it was renewed, and your mother's authorization. The field identifying the substance is blank in the copy available to this clinic.”“Could it have been something ordinary?” I asked. “I was sick quite often when I was little, or at least Mother said I was.”“That's possible. I won't tell you what the treatment did when I don't know what was administered.” Dr. Vale opened the next entry. “There should be prescribing notes and a dispensing record. We can request both.”I studied the date at the top of the screen. I had been young enough then to believe that adults always knew what was best for children.“Does this mean the doctors were wrong about me being wolfless?” I asked.“It means I need to see the original assessments before I can answer that question

Elara's POV“The disciplinary finding gives us a reason to verify this assessment carefully,” Dr. Vale told me the next morning. “It does not establish that your particular record was falsified, and this assessment alone cannot settle your condition.”I had brought Vivienne's document to the clinic before work. Kai had arranged for a legal adviser to explain how I could request the original records, and I had signed the request myself.“His license was revoked for falsifying records,” I said. “Does that mean everything he wrote about me was invented?”“The board found that he falsified patient records, but we have to establish whether your file was affected.” Dr. Vale returned the assessment to me. “The certified originals and the board’s findings may help us determine how much of this document can be trusted.”I placed it back in the envelope. For most of my life, Mother had treated my condition as an embarrassment that required no explanation beyond the fact that I had disappointed

Elara’s POV“Our own funds?” I asked, looking from Kai's phone to his face. “You mean Blackmoon paid the contractor connected to the route your parents took?”“The ledger proves the invoice was charged to a Blackmoon account,” Gideon answered through the speaker. “It doesn't prove what Northline was hired to do or who authorized the charge.”“Send me the ledger entry and the approval trail,” Kai said. “Keep the originals secured, and don't mention Roland Crane outside the investigation.”When the call ended, Kai remained at the table. I had seen him defend me before the council without raising his voice, but this was different. The records concerned people he had lost when he was barely older than I was now.“Would you rather be alone?” I asked. “I can take my dinner upstairs if you need to work.”“I asked you to eat with me.” He drew his plate closer. “The records have waited ten years. They can wait until we've finished dinner.”We ate together, and afterward I checked my evaluation

Elara’s POVSelene announced, looking directly at the chair rather than at me.The marshal consulted the printed rules before answering. “Wolf form is permitted, Miss Ashford, but the restrictions on excessive force and the stop order apply regardless of form.”Kai stepped forward from the barrier. “The committee has heard evidence that the replacement was arranged improperly. Are you seriously going to allow a transformed fighter against someone you classify as wolfless?”“The roster remains provisionally approved,” the chair replied. “Mrs. Draven may withdraw without a disciplinary penalty, although withdrawal means she will not pass this portion.”I looked at the doors behind the gallery. Leaving would be easy enough until Maren used my departure to tell everyone that I had been given an opportunity and lacked the courage to take it.“I heard the rules,” I said. “I want the marshals close enough to enforce them, and I want the stop signal explained before we begin.”The senior mars