Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Within seconds, the messages disappeared from the chat, as if they'd been nothing but a

hallucination.

Aria stared at her phone, her hand trembling so violently she nearly dropped it. The realization hit her like a physical blow, driving the air from her lungs. The cold truth spread through her veins like

poison.

Everything-her "accident" at the pool, her fever, the “medicine"-had all been meticulously orchestrated as part of their sick game. The pills Lucas had so tenderly given her, pretending to care,

were specifically designed to intensify her suffering.

She'd known they were using her, had heard it with her own ears at the pack healer's, but experiencing it firsthand made the betrayal infinitely more devastating. The calculated cruelty of it all made her physically ill.

Her phone lit up with Lucas's name.

"Where the fuck are you?" His voice was sharp with urgency, almost angry. "Why aren't you at the

den?"

Aria took a deep, steadying breath, forcing herself to sound detached: "My fever got worse. I had to

go to the ER."

The line went dead silent before Lucas responded, his tone suddenly softer: "I'm coming over."

"Don't," she cut him off, her voice eerily calm. "They're just giving me fluids and keeping me overnight. You seem busy with your... other priorities. Don't let me interrupt."

Her controlled tone seemed to quiet something in him too. After several seconds of silence, he asked

carefully: "Did you check your phone at all?"

So that was it. He wasn't worried about her health-he was terrified she'd seen those messages, that their game was exposed.

"No," she lied, "The doctor said my temperature was dangerously high. I've been a little preoccupied with not dying to scroll through social media."

Lucas spoke, his voice carrying

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"As long as I'm around, nothing bad

hollow reassurance made her want to scream. A bitter laugh caught in her

as he was around? Every ounce of pain she'd experienced over the past three years could be

evening.

sidewalk to call an Uber, a van screeched to a halt beside her. Before she could process what was happening,

nose.

let this just be

in a seedy motel room, wrists and ankles bound with zip ties. Four rough-looking

largest one sneered, running a finger down her cheek. "Lucas's little pet, all wrapped

fog still clearing from her mind, "Who are you? What do

another one laughed, reaching for the buttons on her blouse. "That alpha heir's been hogging you

after we're done, we'll take some pictures for your mate," a third one said, pulling out his

in her weakened state, she was

that moment of pure terror, she still found herself desperately hoping Lucas would somehow find her-that he would burst through that door and

the door exploded

THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER!" Lucas's voice was unrecognizable-a primal roar of pure rage

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in their haste to escape the murderous fury

When she looked up at Lucas, what she saw stopped her heart-genuine fear in his eyes, raw panic, and something that looked dangerously close to devastation. For that brief moment, it was like seeing an entirely different person. "Aria..." He rushed to her side, his hands visibly shaking as he reached for her. But the trauma was too fresh. She flinched away instinctively, a broken sob escaping her lips as she pressed herself against

the room began to spin, black spots dancing across her vision. The combination of medication, trauma and exhaustion finally overtook

drifted back to awareness in what she recognized

could open her eyes, she heard voices just outside her

was barely controlled, trembling with rage. "Which one of you geniuses thought hiring rogues

voice was dismissive. "We thought you wanted to speed things up. Ninety-seven down, just two more to

her raped?" Lucas's voice rose sharply, making the others fall silent.

the big deal? Isn't this whole thing about making her life hell? Why

something being violently overturned-followed

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