Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha

Chapter 205

Chapter 206: Chapter 206

The room was dimly lit, and silence hung in the air like a heavy curtain.

Kimberly sat on the long leather couch with a file in her hands, her brows furrowed and her lips pressed into a thin line.

Theo stood by the window, arms crossed, staring blankly outside while Elijah paced back and forth.

"This... this isn’t just suspicion anymore," Kimberly finally said, holding the file up. "We have proof."

Theo didn’t turn around. "Are you sure it’s her?"

Elijah stopped pacing and nodded.

"Positive. One of the trackers traced an encrypted signal.

It was coming from her room, alpha. Mona planted a cloaking charm around her space, but she wasn’t smart enough to cover her trails outside the main house."

Kimberly flipped open the file again, her voice steady but low. "She’s been meeting with two of the elders, Elder Gregor and Elder Evans.

The same two who questioned your rise to alpha king."

Theo finally turned around, his jaw clenched.

"They’re the ones who brought Derrick up last year... during the council review."

"Yes," Elijah answered. "And now they’ve found a new pawn. Mona."

Kimberly’s eyes flickered with something like disbelief. "But why? What does Mona gain by working with them?"

Theo’s voice was sharp. "Power. The seat of alpha isn’t enough for her anymore. She wants more, wants the throne I sit on."

There was a long pause. No one said anything until Elijah broke the silence again.

"There’s something else." He walked to the corner of the room and pulled out a small wrapped item from his bag.

"We found this hidden in her room. It’s ancient... coded with dark incantations."

Kimberly leaned forward. "Is it cursed?"

"No. Not cursed. Worse, it’s a blood-binding talisman. She’s bound herself to someone.

We’re still analyzing the energy signature, but from the first reading, it matches someone not in the pack."

Theo’s eyes narrowed. "Derrick."

Elijah nodded slowly.

Kimberly gasped. "She bound herself to him?"

"Seems so. That’s why she’s so confident... she believes no one can touch her."

Theo moved away from the window, the weight of their discovery resting heavily on his shoulders.

"If she’s bound to Derrick, that means their strength is linked. If he returns..."

"She’ll be unstoppable," Elijah finished.

Kimberly shook her head. "We have to act now."

"No," Theo replied sharply.

"What do you mean, no?" Kimberly looked stunned.

was unreadable. "We do

joking?"

just said she’s aligning with Derrick. The same Derrick you said we

to the table and picked

turned it in his fingers like he was trying

wait. We learn everything. If

and we’ll never see her

voice rose slightly. "Theo, this isn’t a game. You said it yourself, Derrick could come back any moment. Mona is

voice low but

get sloppy soon. She’ll think we’re blind. That’s

for now, we make her believe we know

his arms. "I don’t like it.

to him. "It’s the only

tighten the inner circle. No more trust

And Elijah... have your techs build something

nod. "Already working

was a knock on the

looked at Kimberly.

She shook her head.

opened it a crack. A young boy

this," he stammered, handing Elijah a sealed letter with an unfamiliar

brought it in and placed it on the

the letter. Then, without a word, he passed it to

slightly as she read. "’To the ruling king alpha, this is not a

never last. The rightful

scoffed. "That

back and crushed it in

slightly.

don’t need to," Theo replied. "They’ve found

exhaled. "Then what

both of them. "Now we use what we know. Every lie, every betrayal, let

comes, we burn everything they’ve built

"She played the

buzzed. He picked it up and

is it?" Kimberly

secret meeting... Gregor and Evans just called for a midnight

they’re bringing in

"Derrick," Kimberly whispered.

gave a tight

crash

looked at him. "No... We let it happen.

her voice was steady. "This is

said, his voice cold. "And when it’s exposed,

his knuckles. "Then we better get

down at the crushed letter

is how it begins,* he

stolen bond, and a throne they want to rip from

the window, eyes scanning the woods like he could already see the war

Derrick rise from

fire starts, I

jaw tightened, and his next words were cold

this war. We’ll

room fell silent again, only the ticking of the clock, and the storm building outside, whispered what

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up from the bed, her breath

sweat, and her hands trembled as she

spilled faintly through the window, casting eerie shadows on the

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