Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222 This Is Fake

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The next few hours moved fast. I didn’t get time to settle into the anger or the tension that had been building. Brian stayed glued to my side as we pushed through the doors of the IT control room. Everyone was already working. The air felt tight, like the entire building knew something was wrong,

IT pulled up the server logs for me. They showed a backdoor sitting on our main corporate server. One of the techs explained that the code wasn’t new. Someone had planted it months ago, disguised as a routine system update.

From the timestamps, the intruder had used it multiple times. Whoever it was had access to nearly everything–financials, internal memos, research files, board documents. I asked where the money trail led, and the techs kept saying they needed more time.

They only knew the funds were being siphoned in small amounts over a long period. Too organized to be random.

Brian swore under his breath. I didn’t blame him. This wasn’t just an attack. This was preparation for something bigger.

My mother arrived ten minutes later. She didn’t waste any time. She came straight to the front of the room and took control like she’d been waiting for this.

She asked questions rapidly and demanded names, numbers, and timeframes. Everything snapped into order the way it always did when she stepped in. She and I split responsibilities.

She focused on locking down the corporate front–investors, silent partners, the board. I dealt with the security side, the technical side, and anything connected to Clara’s alliance with the Southern Alpha.

We agreed on one thing immediately which was no leaks. If the financial instability got out, our competitors would swarm. The Southern Alpha would also gain leverage before we even understood what he wanted. My mother ordered every internal access point frozen. No remote logins. No external transfers. No authorizations without her or me approving them.

While she handled that, I moved through the digital evidence with the IT team. We traced the breach attempts from earlier and confirmed that the Southern Alpha’s company had been probing our firewall for months. The recent attempt, the one that hit right as Amy spotted the missing financial files, wasn’t even subtle. That told me they were close to making a move.

Brian came back with updates. The team was pulling the server apart piece by piece. They found traces of data packets sent out to an offshore account that didn’t belong to us.

The backdoor had allowed someone to skim small transfers off certain transactions. Smart, quiet, almost invisible. It added up to a significant amount, considering how long it had been happening.

My mother called me from the other room. She wanted a status update for the board members she was about to contact privately. I stepped out to talk to her. She didn’t look panicked, but her jaw was tight. That said enough.

While I explained what we found so far, my phone vibrated. I ignored it until I finished talking. When I checked the screen, I saw Selene’s name. That alone irritated me. I didn’t want to deal with her during a

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crisis. I opened the message anyway.

She wrote: >“We need to meet. I have proof you’re unfit to lead.”

Brian looked at my face. “What now?”

“Selene,” I said.

He groaned. “Ignore her.”

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I wanted to. I wanted to toss the phone across the room and get back to work. But Selene didn’t move without someone pushing her. If she had something, it came from Elias. That meant ignoring this could give him more ground.

I stepped back into the office where Amy was seated. She had a blanket over her legs and a stack of files beside her. She looked worn out again, even if she tried to hide it. I sat next to her and told her about the

message.

She shook her head. “She’s baiting you. Elias is playing both sides.”

“I know.”

“Then you have to meet her,” she said. “If you don’t, Elias will use that as fuel.”

I didn’t like it, but she was right. I promised her I’d be back soon, then left before I could talk myself out of it.

The meeting spot was an isolated walkway behind one of the commercial buildings near the old business district. Neutral area. Cameras around but none directly facing the path. Selene stood under the overhang, arms folded, staring at me like she expected me to fall apart.

I walked up to her. “Make this fast.”

She pulled a slim folder from her bag and handed it over. “Everything you need to see is in there.”

I opened it. The documents showed accounts, transactions, and reports that claimed I used company funds for personal gain, manipulated leadership votes, and blocked internal audits. None of it was real. The signatures were forged. The transactions never existed. The reports were built from edited screenshots, half–truths, and fabricated timelines.

I flipped through the pages slowly, only to confirm what I already knew.

“This is fake,” I said.

Selene’s expression didn’t change. “Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on who reads it first.”

I closed the folder. “Elias gave this to you.”

“You think I’m stupid?” she shot back. “I know he gave it to me. Doesn’t matter. I’ll use it when the time is right.“.

I stepped forward, keeping my voice low. “You’re playing a game you don’t understand.”

She smiled lightly. “You keep telling yourself that.” Then she walked off, heels clicking against the pavement,

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acting like she hadn’t just handed me a pile of manufactured evidence meant to destabilize our entire pack and company.

I considered calling after her, but there was no point. She knew exactly what she was doing. She just didn’t care about the consequences.

I went straight home. I didn’there. My head was full of noise, and my chest felt tight with

everything that had happened within a single day. The breach. The hidden backdoor. The financial losses. The Southern Alpha pushing harder. Clara and her alliance. And now this attempt to smear me.

When I walked into the house, Amy w face.

“What happened?” she asked.

in the living room with Cole nearby. She sat up when she saw my

I put the folder on the table. “Elias forged everything.”

Cole leaned over to look. His eyes widened. “He went all in.”

“Yeah.” I said.

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