Alex And Marcus Lewis Inheritance Novels & Stories

Power. Exactly what I’d built my life around. But legacy,that was different. It wasn’t earned, it was inherited. And to inherit mine, I had to jump through hoops my father had designed back when men still smoked cigars in boardrooms and traded wives like stock options. “Married by thirty-five, or the controlling shares pass to Marcus.” My thirty-fifth birthday is in three weeks. The deadline was closing in like a noose. Marcus had been circling since the will was updated,lurking at board meetings, offering “suggestions,” throwing his weight around like a prince-in-waiting. He was too charming for his own good and just reckless enough to ruin everything.

He had a meeting with a client today, so he was scheduled to arrive at the office later than usual. I message Levy, proposing a meeting today to discuss the matter of inheritance. Ella and Darcus have managed to recover my squandered inheritance from the buyer Jeffrey sold it to. During our marriage, I had given Jeffrey authority over my assets, a decision that turned out to be disastrous. Being a dragon shifter, Levy is eligible to inherit half of the property my father and his father once shared.

Marcus said. “That’s where you’re wrong, Marcus. Charles left everything to Marley. My IT guy has already dismantled your entire mainframe. Every single playhouse was bought by shelf companies owned by Charles and therefor now belongs to Marley. You don’t have the funds to fight me, so I’ll ask you again, what’s in it for me?” “You won okay, there, are you happy?” Lewis said angrily. “Let the grownups talk,” Kelley said and Lewis bristled.

I had overheard them talking, and their words had stayed with me ever since. “Luna Everleigh hasn’t given Alpha Theo an heir yet. What’s her use?” “Alpha Theo needs a strong alpha bloodline. She’s failing him.” “She’s just a useless miscreant who got lucky. Who knows what she must’ve done with her body that she hasn’t been able to reproduce.”

‘And why is that? He looks away as if he’s ashamed when we both know he has no reason to be. ‘Levi should be your heir. Levi will have pups…’ He replies. ‘So could you.’ ‘You know that’s not going to happen.’ He growls. I narrow my eyes. “Ryker is my heir and that is final.” I say out loud. He huffs but he doesn’t argue more. “What are we going to do about the Aurora Pack?” Khloe asks.

“Eric knows we’re watching.” Vincent leaned forward. “He’s scared. He should be. But fear won’t stop me.” “But we can't underestimate him” “I didn't get this far by underestimating my enemy Jax. If my enemies aren't powerful, then they aren't my enemies” he said as he gave a low chuckle. He turned toward a tall woman, Alina, his Beta. “What have you learned?” Alina pulled a scroll from her cloak and laid it flat. “There’s an ancient lore, scattered, fragmented. Some say children born of human and wolf blood possess unique traits. A connection to both worlds. If trained young, they can become ....”

Something set in motion a long time ago that is only now becoming visible. Alexander does not confirm or deny this theory. But he does not dismiss it either. And Sophia can feel the Reyes conversation from several chapters back sitting underneath this exchange. "Your father." The word is not said now. But it is there. In the room. Between the three of them. Marcus knows it. Sophia knows it. Alexander knows it and is visibly choosing not to say it out loud. Marcus closes his laptop. "I am still working on the beneficiary. The trust is layered. It will take me another day to get through the rest of it. But I will get it."

As the wall was down between them, they began loving each other the way they wanted to do it. The Alexander Project was going well and Lexingtons were almost back to their original glory, but the effects of the previous damage were still visible. The war for inheritance was on. Maria, Ryan, Camelia, Aunts, Uncles and Henry Lexington were out of the fight. There were only two possible inheritors. Rowan and Sara. Sara had worked diligently and she was in favor with Grandfather Magnus who trusted her more now. Sara had made sure that Silas never came face to face with her family again. She had tried her best to protect him in her own way.

I nearly crushed my phone in my hand. One photo after another flicked past my screen, and then I saw it: Serena Ashford’s necklace. That ruby pendant was our family’s heirloom. It had been passed down for more than a hundred generations, but now it was hanging around the neck of an outsider? I remembered it clearly. On Lila’s eighteenth birthday, I had placed it around her neck myself. My pulse thundered as I dialed the number for Lila’s university, words spilling out before I could stop myself. I demanded to know about her enrollment.

"He made two of these. He kept one. He gave me the other with instructions to pass it to you specifically." I looked at the key in her palm. "Why me?" I said. "He had Kade. He had lawyers. He had—" "Because you are the only one Marcus genuinely underestimated," she said simply. "Kade he has been watching since birth. The lawyers he has had compromised for years. But you were gone. You were nobody to him. A girl who ran." Her eyes met mine steadily. "Harlan knew exactly what he was doing when he put your name in that will tonight. He was not just giving you an inheritance. He was making Marcus look at you for the first time. And while Marcus is looking at you—"