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."

through her

point, “but Lucas executed it with methodical precision. His actions nearly got you killed multiple times. The

eyes. "The Thornwood Pack's influence has effectively silenced anyone who might speak against him. Until

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a small USB drive on the table between

evidence of every criminal act Lucas committed against you over those three years. Felony assault,

the private dining room's entrance, where Lucas's security detail stood watch. "On your mating day, half of territory's pack elite and dozens of media outlets will be present.

he calls for your speech-he'll be arrested before the mating ceremony. I'll have pack enforcers standing by to ensure

"Being publicly destroyed by the mate

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

proposition stirred something in Aria that

control her racing pulse as she studied the

it," Aria finally said, "but

"Name it."

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

a more complex demand. This request was

it done," she agreed

have