Chapter 78

That’s when I felt it.

A shift in the air. A sudden breeze where there should’ve been

none.

And then-

Pain.

A sharp, electric surge bloomed at the base of my neck. My

phone clattered to the floor, and Ava’s voice shouted something

from the speaker.

I couldn’t hear her anymore.

The world spun sideways.

My knees buckled.

I fell.

Darkness swallowed everything.


And I didn’t feel a thing.

Alexander’s POV

Chapter 8

I stood before the long mahogany table in my parents‘ living room, staring at an array of glossy photographs laid out like a carefully curated gallery of eligible women. Profiles, lineage, accomplishments–each smiling face chosen for political

advantage or business merger. I had barely glanced at them

when my phone buzzed on the side table.

Unknown number.

I debated ignoring it, but instinct made me reach for it anyway.

“Alexander speaking.”

“Alpha Alexander?” A breathless voice rushed through the line.

“It’s Ava.”

I straightened slightly, gaze flickering toward the doorway.

“Yes?”


“I–I think something’s wrong. Olivia called me ten minutes ago.

We were on a call. Then the call suddenly disconnected with a

thud. It happened right outside her house. She said she lost a

stalker earlier on the highway. She didn’t seem too shaken, but I

said calmly, already walking

exactly

tried calling her again–no answer.

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mahogany table in my parents‘ living room, staring at an array of glossy photographs laid out like a carefully curated gallery of eligible women. Profiles, lineage, accomplishments–each smiling face chosen for political advantage or business merger. I had barely glanced at them

Unknown number.

ignoring it, but instinct made me reach for it

“Alexander speaking.”

A breathless voice rushed


“It’s Ava.”

slightly, gaze flickering toward

“Yes?”

wrong. Olivia called

were on a call. Then the call suddenly disconnected with

happened right outside her house. She

highway. She didn’t

said calmly, already walking

“When exactly

I tried calling her again–no answer. Her

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are you right

my way to Duskhollow


call and

mother raised an expectant

an urgent matter to attend to.” I offered a

the

I’d already stepped outside, dialing property management as I moved. “This is Alpha Alexander. I want access to the security feeds at Duskhollow Pines- immediately. Last thirty

gates!”‘

I waited, I called

“Did you locate Olivia?”

tone brisk. “We tracked her phone entering Duskhollow Pines twenty–five minutes ago. She drove in alone, no sign of forced

garage–then nothing.”

“And the tail?”

Chevrolet Malibu outside the convenience store

didn’t enter the neighborhood. It


then circled around.

“License plate?”

night. Our guy’s

car window, fingers tapping against the

have done it. Or they had access. Find

car. Pull property entry

two hours. Flag any

to the Windsors or

“Yes, Alpha.”

“And Gai.”

“Yeah?”

her, we don’t call the police

is clean. I

up, Ava

she asked, this time more

from the property office yet,” I

movement. A suspicious vehicle left

last fifteen minutes. My

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