Alpha's Abandoned Daughter is the Secret Heiress novel Chapter 434

Chapter 434: Something’s Wrong

Chapter 434: Something’s Wrong

(Author’s POV)

Amelia lowered her hand slowly.

The middle finger had done its job.

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She turned away from the gate and faced the cluster of officers still standing nearby, her expression

shifting from cold amusement to something far more serious.

“Now that this matter has drawn such widespread public attention,” she said, her voice steady and clear, “I

want to formally request a thorough investigation.”

She looked directly at the officer in charge.

“The accusations against Stone Botanicals – equipment failure, medical negligence – these claims have

affected real employees and real patients. They deserve a proper answer.”

She held his gaze.

“I want Stone Botanicals cleared through official channels. Not just through a livestream. Through the law.”

The officer gave a firm nod.

“We’ll begin the formal inquiry immediately, Ms. Stone.”

Across the city, Griffin Drake stood motionless in front of his screen.

His hands were at his sides.

His jaw was locked so tight the muscle in his cheek twitched.

On the screen, Amelia stood in front of the cameras – unhurried, unruffled, completely in control.

Something inside Griffin’s chest snapped.

He drove his foot into the coffee table.

The crash was enormous.

The laptop skidded off the edge. Papers, a glass, two phones – everything hit the floor in a single chaotic

wave.

A low sound tore out of his throat. Not quite a shout. Something darker than that.

He stood in the wreckage and breathed.

Then he looked around the room.

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And that was when it hit him.

There was no one there.

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Jade was gone. Wade was gone. Carlos was gone. His grandmother Matriarch Octavia was behind bars.

Lance had been exiled. Even the butler had been arrested.

The room was completely silent.

He was alone.

*She did this. The thought settled in his mind like a stone dropping into still water. *Every single one of

them she took them all.*

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One of the phones on the floor began to ring.

Griffin stared at it.

He let it ring once.

Twice.

On the third ring, he bent down and picked it up without looking at the screen.

“What.”

“Griffin?” The voice on the other end was soft, slightly breathless. “I saw the livestream. Are you – are you all right?”

He blinked.

He looked at the screen for the first time.

*Celine Stone.*

He almost hung up.

His thumb hovered over the button.

But the silence in the room pressed in around him, and her voice was the only sound in it.

“I’m fine,” he said flatly.

“You don’t sound fine.” A pause. “I’m worried about you.”

Something in Griffin’s chest shifted – barely, almost imperceptibly. Like a hairline crack forming in stone.

He exhaled slowly.

“Come to the Drake house,” he said.

The sharp intake of breath on the other end was immediate.

“Really?” She couldn’t keep the excitement out of her voice. “I’ll be right there.”

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Griffin ended the call without responding.

He set the phone down on the table and looked back at the dark screen.

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Back at Stone Botanicals, the crowd had thinned to nothing.

The media vans were pulling away. Assistants moved efficiently through the space, folding up the shelter

canopies and stacking the catering equipment into waiting vehicles.

What remained was a quiet stretch of pavement, a closed gate, and five people.

Amelia. Theodore. Marcus. Natasha. And two small girls.

The older one she couldn’t have been more than nine – was staring at the ground. Her younger sister

stood pressed against her side, one fist curled in the fabric of her sister’s sleeve.

After a moment, the older girl looked up.

“Is it true?” she asked quietly. “That we’ll really get to go to school?”

Her voice was careful. Like she’d learned not to expect too much.

Natasha dropped into a crouch in front of them immediately.

“Yes,” she said. “I promise you. School, meals, a safe place to sleep, and more kids your age than you’ll

know what to do with.”

The younger girl blinked. Her lower lip trembled.

The older one turned to Amelia.

She stepped forward – and then both girls rushed toward her at once, grabbing her hands, tears spilling down their faces before they could even get the words out.

“Thank you – thank you so much-”

Amelia looked at them.

“I’m sending your family to prison,” she said simply. “You don’t need to thank me for that.”

The older girl shook her head hard.

“We do,” she said. Her voice was steadier than it had any right to be. “Because if they hadn’t decided to

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raise us – to sell us off to other Packs when we were old enough, for alliances – they would have left us in the wild the day we were born.”

The words landed like a slap.

Natasha stood up slowly. Her expression had gone rigid.

“Those people,” she said, her voice dropping to something barely controlled, “are worse than animals.”

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She turned to the girls, and when she spoke again, her voice was gentle but fierce.

“I’m getting you settled somewhere safe tonight. And the welfare school – I’m accelerating the timeline. It’s

happening.”

Amelia looked at the two girls for a long moment.

“Education is power,” she said quietly. “Learn all you can. And no one will ever be able to take your freedom away again.”

The younger girl wiped her face with her sleeve. The older one nodded – once, seriously, like she was

making a promise.

Natasha led the girls toward a waiting car.

The moment they were out of earshot, Amelia turned to Theodore.

“I thought this livestream was going to run all day and all night,” she said, the corner of her mouth lifting. “You got here faster than I expected.”

Theodore’s expression softened.

“I wasn’t going to leave you standing in the cold any longer than necessary.”

“Very considerate.”

“I try.”

He held her gaze for a moment, then his tone shifted – still quiet, but more serious.

“The evidence we have right now is enough to clear Stone Botanicals. Enough to get your father released.”

Amelia nodded slowly.

“But bringing the Drake family down completely-” He paused. “We’re not there yet. What we have isn’t

sufficient.”

“I know.” She exhaled. “As long as my father is safe, I can work with that.”

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