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

more than a whisper. "All right. All right, I'll tell you.

waiting, the silence stretching out between us,

confession he had never intended to make. "I never wanted things to go this far, Alpha. I swear, I thought it

my sides, the air in the dungeon thick with

faltering, but the words kept coming

early that she's pregnant with a baby girl, but she told

anyone knew she was

me, make sure I had everything I needed. She said it was just a

I listened. "And you thought that was the end of it?

big a lie is, he knows it would still be

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a way for her to secure her place I had no idea what she was truly planning. But then, during

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

labor, we were prepared to deliver her child-the little girl she was carrying. But I had no idea that she's been planning to replace

We don't know where Ryker came from and what happened to her real child. We could only do as we were told." "Who?" I asked my brows furrowing in confusion. "Who swapped them? Who was helping

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