Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 173

Chapter 173 High Level Clearance

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“I’ll monitor all company communications discreetly,” she said. “But the board must not know. If they sense instability, they’ll panic and panic is good for Elias.”

“I’ve already started encrypting all internal correspondence,” I said. “Cole’s handling the digital trail. Daniel will keep the board distracted. You should handle any inquiries that come through about the financial inconsistencies. We can’t let anyone outside suspect that the pack’s internal problems are spilling into the business.”

Mrs. Carter gave a small approving nod. “You’ve learned quickly.” Then, her expression softened. “But don’t let your emotions cloud your decisions. You carry too much already.”

I didn’t answer. My emotions weren’t a distraction, they were fuel.

Later that day, I met with Daniel again. We sat in his private office, overlooking the compound that housed both the Carter Holdings headquarters and the Northern Pack administrative wing. The duality of our lives–business by day, pack survival by night had never been more fragile.

He looked at me with concern. “You’ve barely slept,” he said.

“I can’t afford to,” I replied. “Elias is using everything against us. Corporate power, political leverage, personal secrets. If we don’t close every door, he’ll walk straight through one we didn’t

see.”

Daniel reached across the desk, his hand covering mine for a brief moment. It was rare for him to show emotion so openly, but the gesture grounded me. “We’ll deal with him together,” he said.

I nodded, pulling my hand back gently. “Then we need to start acting like it. No more waiting. We have to move before he does.”

Cole entered, holding a report. “I traced one of the data breaches,” he said. “It originated from a subnetwork used only by senior management. Which means whoever’s feeding Elias information has high–level clearance.”

Daniel stood. “That narrows it down.”

“It also means,” I added, “that whoever it is has been in this building recently. Maybe even today.”

Silence settled over the room. The weight of suspicion was suffocating. I could feel Daniel’s frustration, he hated that we had to doubt our own people. But I had already accepted that loyalty meant nothing to someone who saw opportunity in betrayal.

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Chapter 173 High Level Clearance

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By evening, Mrs. Carter confirmed what I already suspected. Financial transfers had been rerouted to accounts associated with shell companies tied to the South. The same entities Elias had used months ago during his secret dealings.

That night, I sat alone in my office. The city lights glimmered outside as I stared at my computer screen. My world was starting to overlap in dangerous ways. Pack, business, and bloodline all connected by one man’s manipulation. And somewhere inside this building, someone was still helping him.

I opened a new encrypted folder and labelled it. Inside it, I began cataloguing every piece of data we had. Elias’s communications, his financial manipulations, his links to the South. Every move, every transaction, every word mattered.

My phone buzzed. It was a secure channel notification–one only a handful of us could access. The sender was anonymous. I opened it.

The message was brief, coded in the same encryption Elias had used before:

“The walls have ears. Someone you trust speaks for me.”

I froze, rereading it. The timestamp was current. The message hadn’t come from outside, it had been sent from inside the Carter network.

My heart pounded, but I stayed calm. This was confirmation. Elias still had an insider, and whoever it was had access to everything including my communication systems.

I encrypted the message again and locked the file. There was no point in showing it to Daniel yet. Not until I could verify where it came from.

I stared out the window, the city’s reflection staring back at me like a warning.

The real war wasn’t between packs anymore. It was here–inside our walls, inside Carter Holdings, inside the people we trusted.

And someone close to me was already feeding the enemy. The rest of the day passed in a blur and we all went home. Daniel and I barely saw eye to eye lately. We were overwhelmed and terribly occupied with the whole Elias drama.

The following day started like any other at Carter Holdings—or at least, I made it appear that way. On the surface, everything was normal with board meetings, financial reviews, and the occasional casual greeting from colleagues who had no idea the storm that was brewing beneath. But I knew better. Every file, every email, every whispered conversation could be a thread leading directly to Elias. And that thread could unravel everything Daniel and I had been trying to protect.

I arrived early, before most of the staff, and headed straight to my office. I had set up discreet

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