Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 157

Chapter 157 All About Me

AMY

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When I opened my eyes the next morning, the other side of the bed was cold. Daniel was gone. The curtains were half drawn, and a ray of sunlight shone across the floor. His scent lingered faintly, but the silence around me made it obvious that he had been gone for hours.

I sat up and looked at the clock. It was barely seven. On the nightstand was his watch and a folded note that only said, “Went to handle it. Stay inside. I didn’t need to guess what “it” meant. It was the attack from last night, the broken window, and the warning note with blood smeared across it.

I went downstairs, hoping maybe he’d left someone around, but the house was quiet. Cole wasn’t outside either. My chest tightened with unease.

It wasn’t just Daniel’s absence, it was the silence from the private investigator Cole had hired. It had been days without a single update. Not even a call. That wasn’t like him.

I tried to shake the feeling, made some coffee, and sat at the kitchen counter. The warmth helped for about five seconds. Then the questions started again. What if Daniel’s enemies weren’t just outsiders? What if there was someone inside the pack still pulling strings?

By midmorning, I gave up pretending to stay calm. I called Cole.

He picked up after a few rings.

“Cole, where’s Daniel?” I asked.

“He’s out,” Cole replied carefully. “Checking on last night’s incident.”

“And the PI?”

There was a pause. “He’s… still working on it.”

“That’s not good enough,” I said. “He should’ve reported back by now.”

Cole exhaled. “Amy, maybe it’s better if you-”

“Don’t say stay out of it,” I cut in. “Just tell me what he found last.”

There was another pause. I could hear the sound of his car engine idling. “Daniel told me to hold off on sharing anything until he approves it.”

So Daniel had told him to keep quiet.

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The betrayal hit harder than I expected. I ended the call before Cole could say anything else. My fingers were trembling, partly from anger and partly from confusion. If Daniel really trusted me, why keep me in the dark?

I didn’t think long before I made my next decision.

Daniel’s study had always been his private space neatly arranged, locked drawers, everything labeled. But I knew he kept files there that never made it into the main office. If he wouldn’t tell me what was going on, I’d find out myself.

I walked quietly to his study. The door was unlocked, which was unusual. Papers were spread across his desk, but they were all recent reports from patrols. Nothing on the PI. Nothing about Elias or Selene.

I checked the cabinets next. On the bottom right side, behind a stack of folders, I found a narrow drawer with a faint lock line on the edge. The kind that looked like part of the wood. I pressed against it and heard a click.

Inside were older files – yellowed photos, folded documents, and an envelope marked with my mother’s name: Lena.

My throat tightened as I pulled it open. The first photo was of her standing beside Elias, both much younger, smiling at something off camera.

—

Behind them was a man I didn’t recognize tall, dark hair, wearing a pendant I’d never seen before. I picked up the photo and looked closer. The pendant carried a symbol moon split by a claw mark.

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a crescent

It wasn’t from our pack. I had seen that symbol once before, on a border document Daniel had shown me – the mark of the South Alpha’s pack.

The next thing I found was a torn note folded into the corner of the envelope. My mother’s handwriting was faint, but I knew it instantly. The words made my stomach twist:

He will find her when the moon bleeds.

I didn’t understand what it meant, but the timing, the threats, the unrest, Selene’s sudden appearance. It couldn’t be a coincidence.

Before I could read it again, I heard footsteps outside the door. My heart jumped. I quickly tucked everything back into the drawer and closed it.

The door opened.

Selene stepped inside, her arms crossed, wearing that same confident smirk she always did. She didn’t look surprised to see me there, which made it worse.

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“Well,” she said slowly. “Curiosity suits you, Amy. Shame it’s going to get you hurt.”

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