Promised To The Alpha Twins – Chapter 106

“Wow, that was an absolute disaster,” Sven huffed, raising an eyebrow at me as he took a long sip from his glass. He seemed completely calm. That’s when I realized we weren’t alone. The girl who had touched my hand leaped to his side, putting a protective arm around his leg. She looked at me with hazel eyes, through hair the same color as Sven’s. I stared at her open-mouthed for a few seconds, still sprawled on the carpet.

“She did quite well for the first time, didn’t she?” came a cold, serene female voice as she analyzed me.

I got up from the floor and finally noticed the woman sitting in the armchair. She wore a tight black dress, but looked professional with her short heels and her impeccable shoulder-length cut. Her eyes were a warm shade of brown, despite the cautious look on her face.

steady rhythm as he spoke. “I really had no idea how little you knew until today. I could have avoided all this mess if I had known sooner.”

with my companions. David has officially declared me his prisoner. Things have already gone to hell, and I don’t have time to stick around while you tell me the important truth I should have known days ago!”

em if they manage to get out of the hotel.”

her shoulder.

here I want, but Dad doesn’t like to let me do it most of the time.”

ook another long sip.

n alliance with you means risking a lot. I’m not someone to trust easily, but you’re the first person I’ve encountered who stands a chance against him. I knew it that night when you took Maurice Evans’ life.”

idn’t consider myself a killer, but at the same time, I was aware that I had killed those men. Even with all my promises,

wolf, Sven’s daughter. I was curious to know who the woman sitting in the chair was.

eborah is my beta, a white wolf as well,” Thomas said, catching how my eyes had shif

g women from taking high-ranking positions had been abolished nearly sixty years ago, but still, none had been chosen.

the armrest of the chair. Leaning forward, I could sense the protective aura emanating from her. It was my gift to sense emotions that prevented me from taking offense at this last moment. “The information he’s giving you could destroy thirty years of work. If you betray him, or let this slip through your fingers, your abilities might kill me, but you’ll fall with me.”

e’s quite abrasive; it’s her favorite

know is that we’re on the same side, fully. Both of you clearly know what I want. At first, it was my freedom. I just wanted to be left alone, but now it’s become so much more than that,” I grimaced, gritting my teeth as David Zoe’s smug face wandered through my mind. “I don’t know the full extent of what David is doing, but it has to come to an end. I want all the white wolves to be free and every ounce of corruption eradicated from the Hig

,” Deborah murmured, her brown eyes fixed on my

m doing better here,” I retorted sharply, my words as cutting as steel.

at he’s doing. Am I right?”

ay. We tolerated each other more for the sake of getting things done at both ends. Truth be told, having Nicola

ht,” I nodded, optin

meone like you, those who are tired of hiding and are ready to fight.”

hin their borders. That’s how David discovered your activities. I couldn’t understand how he’d done it. I watched the security footage almost a hundred times, but then I found it. There’s a rumor that David possesses a white wolf who can see your memories through touch. It so happened that he was here today, just steps away f

ds.

a safe house where I would be waiting for them. We needed to stay out of sig

s pack’s truth, and I trusted he wouldn’t send me into a room full of David’s soldier

nt connection until you must venture back with your pack. From there, we’ll figure out something else.”

ed by the harsh world we lived in. After seeing that flicker of tenderness in her eyes, I knew he had protected her well all these years.

ling at me.

with a long bar that stretched across the wall. Decanters and bottles of expensive liquor remained unopened on the shelves.

f stale air fres

fter a few attempts, I managed to turn on the lights. Ten circular lights protruded from the ceiling, bathing the room and making me shiver.

hering in my stomach.

lse was too.

ped through to hear some noise. Within the silence, I could hear every creak and movement in the house. I contemplated picking up

parts of the house popped up, including one of me sitting on the living room couch.

early enveloped by trees. The next tab held a map, with a small section circled in red. I dryly laughed at the screen. It wasn’t much farther from the hotel, probably just a couple of hours away.

s a desperate distraction.

ke some kind of news channel’s website. Boldly at the top was a catchy headline, followed by a lengthy paragraph. I refreshed the page and almost dropped the tablet.

pressed against Ethan in the council room, a look of anger on my face. Another where I was at the podium, mouth agape as I rejected the three offers.

m the High Council for acts of betrayal. David Zoe had almost declared war on us, all without making a formal statement.

op swimming behind my eyes. The remaining members of the High Council were offering a significant reward for my capture, alive

nly one camera interested me, the one that led directly to the safe house. With the TV playing in the background, I looked at the tablet and waited for my companions to find their way back to me.