Chapter 290: Interrogation Killian's POV

I watched the words sink in, the terror twisting their faces even further.

They exchanged frantic glances, looking for some sort of reassurance from each other, but none came. The reality of their situation had finally caught up to them, and it was clear they knew I wasn't bluffing. One of the nurses broke first, her voice cracking as she shook her head. "Alpha, please! We didn't do anything wrong! Ryker is truly-"

I snapped my fingers, cutting her off sharply. Ryder, who had been standing silently by the door, stepped forward.

Without hesitation, he grabbed the heated brand from the brazier, bringing it close to the nurse's face. The heat radiated off the metal, the glow reflecting in her wide, terrified eyes.

She flinched back, her voice rising into a desperate wail as she realized just how dire her situation had become.

"Please, please! Don't hurt us!" she sobbed, shrinking away from the brand, the words spilling out of her as she clung to the hope that I might change my mind.

Enough." My voice came out hard, cutting through the air like a blade.

I turned my attention back to the Pack Doctor, my patience running dangerously thin. "The next words out of your mouth better be the truth, or I'll have Ryder start with her. And I promise you, she won't survive the night."

Doctor's resolve crumbled, his shoulders

welled up in his eyes, and he finally broke, his voice barely more than

eyebrow, waiting, the silence stretching out between us, heavy

he trembled as he began to speak, each word dragging out of him like a confession he had never intended to make. "I never

him, my fists clenched at my sides, the air in the dungeon thick

words kept coming as if he couldn't stop

I found out early that she's pregnant with a baby girl, but she

me lie about the baby's gender. Said that if anyone

make sure I had everything I needed. She said

tightened, the bitterness welling up inside me as I listened. "And you thought

is, he knows it would still be counted

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head hanging lower. "I-I didn't think it would lead to this. I thought it was just a way for her to secure her place I had no idea what she was truly planning.

could see the terror in his eyes, like he was reliving that night all over

child-the little girl she was carrying. But I had no idea that

"Who?" I asked my brows

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