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.

face was unreadable. "We do

joking?"

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

table and picked up

was trying to unlock a deeper meaning hidden

If we

and we’ll never see her

game. You said it yourself, Derrick could come back any moment. Mona is already ten

voice low but

get sloppy soon. She’ll think

now, we make her believe

arms. "I don’t like it.

him. "It’s

tighten the inner circle.

have your techs build something that tracks her without

a sharp nod.

there was a knock on the

at

She shook her head.

crack. A young boy

he stammered, handing

placed it on the table.

scanned the letter. Then, without a word, he passed

read. "’To the ruling king

last. The rightful bloodline always returns.

"That

back and crushed it in his hand.

voice trembled slightly. "They’re not

to," Theo replied. "They’ve found their

exhaled. "Then

use what we know. Every lie, every

comes, we burn everything they’ve built from the

hardened. "She played the long game. Now it’s

phone buzzed. He picked

is it?"

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

who they’re bringing

"Derrick," Kimberly whispered.

tight nod.

we crash

"No... We let it happen. I want to hear what they

face was pale, but her voice was

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

"Then we

then down at the

is how it

stolen bond, and a throne they want to rip from beneath

woods like he could already see the

come. Let Derrick rise from the shadows. Let Mona think

fire starts, I won’t be the one to

tightened, and his next

started this war. We’ll end

ticking of

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shot up from the bed, her breath

drenched in sweat, and her hands trembled as she gripped the bedsheet

disappearing moon spilled faintly through the window, casting

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