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."

culpability-Leila had earned her prison sentence through her actions.

His actions nearly got you killed multiple times. The combined charges should put him

in her eyes. "The Thornwood Pack's influence has effectively silenced anyone who might speak

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USB drive on the

evidence of every criminal act Lucas committed against you over those three

Lucas's security detail stood watch. "On your mating day, half of territory's pack elite and dozens of media outlets will be present. The perfect

this content during the reception-when he calls for your speech-he'll be

satisfied smile touched her lips. "Being publicly destroyed by

all else... I can't think of

something in Aria that had been dormant

fought to control her racing pulse as she studied the

do it," Aria finally said, "but I have

"Name it."

to the Northern Alpine Pack. And you make absolutely certain that no one

complex demand. This

she agreed

have