Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 574 Bloodlines and Betrayals

Just then, Louis emerged from the bedroom, temples streaked with gray. Clearly, he hadn't slept in days

"Louis!" Yardley rushed over like a drowning man grabbing a lifeline. "Please, talk to them. We just want to sce Dad. That's all!"

Louis looked at Yardley, disappointment written deep in his eyes. "Sir, Mr. Walter is unconscious. Even if you go in, there's nothing you can say. And besides-

His gaze slid to the lawyer standing nearby. "Bringing a lawyer to visit a dying man? That's not going to look good, is it?"

Lila's face stiffened.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Winona snapped. "We brought a lawyer just in case-"

"In case the old man passes and you get nothing from the will?" Louis cut straight through the pretense. “Relax. He already finalized it while he was still lucid. The notary has been here. Every detail's clearly written out."

He paused, then spoke mòre heavily. "Mr. Walter loved his family more than anything. Can't you let him have some peace at the end?"

Yardley froze, throat dry. Louis had hit the mark-and hard. He had no reply.

The lawyer, sensing the tension, wisely stepped back. This water was far too deep.

Louis didn't say anything else. He turned and gently closed the bedroom door behind him.

steadily. Outside, Yardley and his

same moment, deep in the emergency tunnel beneath the Nightshade Pack vault, a shadow moved quickly along the stone

been made possible by a mole planted by Nathan three years ago in the Nightshade Pack

word: S had been transferred to the underground vault. Inside

was the only shot they'd ever had. The vault had been locked down tight for years. No cracks, no windows -until

card provided by the mole, opening

pulling a tranquilizer needle from his coat

could react.

he rushed toward the prison cell

During the

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equipment inspection, recovered the magnetic key from S's collar, and passed it to Grants ventilation

the lock. The

head jerking up at the sound. His eyes gleamed with the fury

he saw Grant, he sneered. "Took you long enough. Another day down here and I'd have rotted

had stripped him of

deferential. "Alpha, we couldn't move until S was caught.

cold wind swirling in his wake. The iron shackles had left deep, bloodied grooves on his ankles, but

glanced at Grant, voice like

confidence. The mole had already provided a

head back and inhaled deeply. His