All Chapters of The Alpha CEO's Rejected Mate Returned : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

~ Damien POV ~The hotel suite was quiet when I shut the door behind me. I tossed my coat onto the armchair and walked over to the desk. "Did you bring the papers?" I asked.Lucas looked up from the table, adjusting the folder in front of him. "I brought everything. I've been reading through them since you left the ballroom.""Find me a way out, Lucas," I said, pulling out a chair and sitting down. "There has to be something. An oversight. A technical error. Anything that lets us challenge her claim."Lucas shook his head. "There isn't one, Damien. I had two of our solicitors review the text while you were downstairs. It's solid. Brooks Global bought the notes from the banks after the council defaulted. She holds fifty-one percent of the revenue streams.""What about the shipping docks?" I asked."Included," Lucas answered. "The eastern ports, the storage warehouses, the main timber contracts, and the residential land leases. She owns the underlying debt for all of it. If we default

~ Damien POV ~I shoved past the entrance guards and pushed through the meeting room doors. Victoria stood near the head of the table, her voice ringing across the room. Twelve senior council members sat along both sides, their folders open."We have no other choice," Victoria declared, gesturing toward the maps spread before them. "Bloodcrest holds our border notes. If we sell the southern timber tracts to the offshore buyers, we can clear the principal before the end of the week.""Sit down, mother," I called out, walking down the aisle. Victoria turned, her eyes narrowing as she looked at me. "Damien. You were supposed to be in Aetheria until tomorrow evening.""The meeting in the city ended early," I said, stopping at the foot of the table. "And you have no authority to sell pack land.""Someone froze our treasury accounts," Victoria replied, her voice rising with anger. "The banks shut off our credit lines overnight. If I hadn't stepped in to call this council, Marcus Cross wou