The Alpha King is unavailable 242

Chapter 242

As he worshipped my body with his touch, I closed my eyes and imagined Ethan in his place. Soon, I promised myself. Soon.

(Olivia's POV)

The surveillance photos from Hunter Morgan arrived at midnight, showing Connor Blackthorn slipping into Rosewood Haven. I studied them carefully, noting the security code he entered and the way Victoria greeted him at the door-definitely not as a

stranger.

I dialed Lucas's number, knowing he would still be awake.

"Liv?" His deep voice answered immediately. "Is everything alright?"

"Connor Blackthorn was just released from prison," I explained, flipping through the photos. "And he went straight to

Victoria's.

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Lucas was silent for a moment. "The same Connor who tried to kill you by tampering with your car brakes?"

"The very same," I confirmed. "But there's something else. Look at the way he's watching Emma in these other surveillance

photos."

I sent the images through our secure messaging app. They showed Connor observing Emma from a distance at her training den, his expression unmistakably paternal.

"You think he's Emma's father," Lucas stated rather than asked.

pregnancy, her sudden return to Shadow Creek five years ago, her desperation to secure Ethan

"If we can prove

her entire position

the first time in months. "And if Connor truly loves his daughter,

been

a restless sleep, my dreams filled with possibilities for justice-not just for me

Emma too.

the next morning to find myself in Ethan's arms,

the past-before Lily's illness, before Victoria's return, before everything fell

myself from his embrace, creating as much distance as possible between

unreadable expression. "Make me breakfast," he

request and a

slipped back into our old dynamic. "I'm not

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like the predator

with anger. Still, I needed to maintain the fragile peace between

mother's sake.

spices for the venison steak he preferred. I added three times the normal amount of pepper, along with extra garlic and

placed the plate before him, I watched with satisfaction as he took the

react to the

to

"I thought you might appreciate

he asked me to prepare his formal Alpha jacket for

heading for

that marked him as Alpha King of the Northern

the tiny pins holding it in place, ensuring it would fall off at the most embarrassing moment

phone buzzed with a message from Hunter Morgan: "Subject CB observed at Crescent Moon Training

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