Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games

Chapter 22

The Blackwood Pack had twin daughters with dramatically different personalities. The elder sister,

Leila, was notoriously entitled and manipulative, constantly bulldozing those around her.

Her younger twin, Layla, was calculated and strategic, preferring to orchestrate events from the shadows rather than cause scenes directly.

Initially, the Blackwoods had invested all their expectations in Leila, grooming her as the future heir of their pack.

What they hadn't anticipated was Leila's obsessive fixation on Lucas Thornwood- a one-sided infatuation that frequently resulted in dramatic public incidents and impulsive decisions.

Exasperated by these liabilities, the family had quietly redirected their resources toward Layla, sending her to the European packs at sixteen for elite education.

She had been tasked with assuming control of Blackwood Pack before her thirtieth birthday, a responsibility she approached with characteristic intensity.

Her single-minded focus on this goal had kept her primarily in Europe, which explained why Aria had never encountered or even heard of her during the years in The Thornwood Pack.

Only when Leila was imprisoned for her role in the fire and the Blackwood Pack's area and fortune began hemorrhaging under The Thornwood Pack's attacks did Layla finally return to America to stabilize the situation.

Within a week, she had meticulously traced the origin of their current predicament, reviewing every facet of the so-called "revenge game."

didn't dispute her sister's culpability-Leila had earned her prison sentence through her actions. What Layla found unacceptable was the primary architect of

Lucas executed it with methodical precision. His actions nearly got you killed multiple times. The combined charges should put him away for decades, yet here he is, planning

cold flickered in her eyes. "The Thornwood

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over those three years. Felony assault, unlawful

your mating day, half of territory's pack elite and dozens of media outlets will

continued with surgical precision: "If you play this content during the reception-when he calls for your speech-he'll be arrested before the mating ceremony. I'll

satisfied smile touched her lips. "Being publicly destroyed by the mate

love above all else... I can't think of a more

stirred something in Aria that had been dormant for

racing pulse as she studied the she-wolf delicately sampling her

do it," Aria finally said, "but

"Name it."

Alpine Pack. And you make absolutely certain that no one from the Thornwood pack ever

complex demand. This request was easily within her

it done," she agreed

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