Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 111

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AMY

He exhaled slowly. “If it’s linked to Clara’s time with the rogues, we’ll need to find out what she was involved

in”

Mrs. Carter nodded from behind him. “And fast. If she’s been using their methods, there’s no telling what she’s brought into our world.”

As she left the room, Daniel stayed behind, still staring at the mark like he could will it to disappear.

“I’ll fix this,” he said finally.

“I know,” I said. “But for now, just sta

with me. That’s enough.”

I did not realize when I slept off until the ray of sun shone directly on my face causing me to squint. I opened my eyes slowly, feeling the

“Che of my wound.

By the time I came downstairs, Daniel was already dressed for the day, pacing near the window phone in hand. His tone was low.

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public,

“What do you mean she’s been released?” he said sharply into the phone. “She attacked my w there were witnesses-” He paused, “Don’t tell me it’s out of your control. Someone had to authorize that.”

I stood quietly by the doorway, watching him. When he finally ended the call, he turned to me, his expression unreadable.

“They let Clara out,” he said.

“What?”

“Last night. No record of who signed the order, but it went through the higher council channels. I called the precinct myself. They said someone with authority overrode her detainment.”

My stomach turned. “That doesn’t make sense. After everything she did—”

“It makes perfect sense if Elias was involved,” he interrupted. “He’s on the internal board that handles council–related cases. If he wanted her released quietly, it wouldn’t take much.”

Mrs. Carter entered, holding her tablet and wearing the expression that usually meant bad news. “I heard,” she said, setting the tablet down on the table. “Daniel, you need to tread carefully. If Elias has started pulling strings like this, he’s confident we don’t have enough to expose him yet.”

Daniel rubbed the bridge of his nose. “He’s stalling us

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buying time.”

“Or cleaning up,” I said quietly.

They both looked at me. “Cleaning up how?” Mrs. Carter asked.

I hesitated. “I tried accessing the financial archive again. The folder with Elias’s approval files that we flagged for review are gone.”

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Daniel froze. “Gone?”

“Deleted. Or moved. I checked through the audit logs. It wasn’t an outside hack, someone with administrative clearance did it.”

“That means it’s internal.”

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I nodded. “And not just the files. The hard copies from the secure cabinet are missing too. Whoever did it knew exactly where to look.”

Daniel turned toward his mother. “Who else has clearance to the estate and the company’s confidential section?”

She thought for a moment. “Only senior staff, two council assistants, and us.”

“Which means Elias has someone feeding him information,” I said.

Daniel’s tone hardened. “Then we find out who.”

By noon, Daniel was at the council office, demanding a review of Clara’s release. I stayed behind with Mrs. Carter, going over security access records from both the estate and the company.

It was tedious work of lines of digital entries, time stamps, codes. Nothing stood out at first, name that shouldn’t have been there.

“Mrs. Carter,” I said, turning the screen toward her. “Look at this.”

She leaned closer. “Samuel Grant.”

“He’s one of the estate’s internal clerks,” I said. “He doesn’t have clearance for the finance wing.”

She frowned. “He’s been with us for years. His wife used to handle staff training.”

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“Well, his access card was used three nights ago which was the same day the archive files disappeared.”

Mrs. Carter frowned. “That’s not a coincidence.”

Before we could discuss further, the front doors opened. Daniel walked in, “They stonewalled me,” he said flatly. “Every request I made was redirected. No record of who processed Clara’s release, no logs, nothing. It’s like the whole thing was scrubbed overnight.”

Mrs. Carter exchanged a look with me. “Then Amy’s right. Someone’s cleaning the house for him.”

Daniel’s eyes flicked to the laptop screen in front of me. “What did you find?”

I explained quickly about the access logs and the name that appeared. He took a step closer, jaw tightening as he read.

“Samuel,” he muttered. “He’s been with us since before my father died. Loyal, quiet. Never a problem.”

“Until now,” I said.

He nodded slowly. “If Elias got to him, he wouldn’t use direct money. He’d use pressure like family, debt, or something personal.”

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