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.

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

we

her entire position

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

been

I fell into a restless sleep, my dreams filled with possibilities for justice-not just for me and

Emma too.

arms, his warm body

past-before Lily's illness, before Victoria's return,

extracted myself from his embrace, creating as much distance

watching me with an unreadable expression. "Make me breakfast," he said, his tone

a request and a

slipped back

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powerful body like the predator he was. "You're my mate. And

made my wolf bristle with anger. Still, I needed

mother's sake.

I deliberately selected the strongest spices for the venison steak he preferred. I added three times the normal amount of pepper,

watched with satisfaction as he took the first bite. To my

to the

continuing to eat despite the

thought you might appreciate

formal Alpha jacket

he added, heading for

him as Alpha

several of the tiny pins holding it in place, ensuring it would fall off at the

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

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