Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224 Priorities

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The boardroom felt tense the moment I sat down. Every major investor was already there, their faces tight and unreadable. No one bothered with greetings. The chairwoman opened the session and went straight to the issue that had dragged me out of the pack crisis and into corporate fire again.

Clara’s leak had spread faster than anyone expected. According to them, the company was “bleeding credibility,” and the market had reacted with quick distrust, shares dipped, partners asked questions, clients began reevaluating contracts. It was a chain reaction, and the board looked at me like I was the trigger.

I tried to defend my position. I reminded them of the ongoing investigation, the planted backdoor we discovered, and the internal betrayal that likely connected to Clara and the Southern Alpha.

None of it mattered to them. They kept repeating the same point: the company needed stability, and I was tied to every current scandal–pack conflicts, attempted attacks, financial breaches, and now forged accusations spreading through council circles.

The chairwoman finally said what they all wanted..

“We believe you should temporarily step down as CEO. Strictly temporarily. Until the situation stabilizes.”

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I froze for a moment. Not because I didn’t see this coming, but because hearing it openly felt like someone dropped a stone into my chest. I argued.

I reminded them that stepping down during an attack would only make us look weak. That our enemies would push harder. That leadership changes in chaos only fed the fire.

They didn’t budge.

One investor even said the words I had been waiting for since the meeting began: “We already voted.”

That was it. My seat was gone for now. They wanted a “neutral interim executive” to keep the public calm.

I didn’t trust myself to keep sitting there, so I stood, thanked them for their transparency because protocol demanded it, and walked out before I said something I would regret.

The second the door shut behind me, the anger I was keeping hit hard. I grabbed the nearest thing on my desk which was my tablet and hurled it across the office.

It crashed against the wall and dropped to the floor in pieces. The sound filled the room but did nothing to settle the frustration building in my chest.

I was still pacing when Amy walked in.

She stopped at the doorway for one second, scanning the broken tablet and the mess on the floor. She didn’t say a word. She quietly closed the door behind her and walked straight toward me.

When she reached me, she didn’t lecture or try to fix anything. She slipped her arms around my waist and rested her head lightly against my chest.

I exhaled and wrapped my arms around her, letting my shoulders drop. Her presence always made things

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feel better, even when they were falling apart everywhere.

I rested my chin on her hair. “They pushed me out.”

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“I know,” she said softly. “And it hurts. But it doesn’t erase everything you built. It just buys the company time to process things.”

“It feels like I’m letting them win.” Clara. Elias. Whoever else was pulling strings.

“You’re not.” She lifted her head and looked at me. “You’re protecting the company. That’s leadership too.”

Before I could answer, the door opened again. My mother walked in, expression serious but calm. She took in the broken tablet, the tension in the room, and Amy still standing close to me.

“Brian updated me,” she said. “I’m sorry, Daniel.”

“I can fight them,” I said, even though the exhaustion was starting to creep in.

She shook her head. “There’s more.”

I felt Amy stiffen beside me.

“The council wants the same thing,” my mother continued. “They want you to step back from Alpha duties until everything is resolved.”

I stared at her. “No.”

“Daniel-”

“They want Elias,” I said sharply. “Don’t try to soften it. That’s what this is. They want him in that position, even temporarily.”

“They’re divided,” she admitted. “Half the elders want time to ‘review‘ the accusations. The others think Elias will maintain peace while we gather proof.”

“He won’t maintain anything. He’ll use it to expand control.” My voice kept rising.

She nodded slowly. “Which is exactly why fighting them outright will make things worse. We need strategy, not impulse.”

I looked away from her, frustrated and tired of every direction collapsing at once.

Amy stepped closer, slipping her hand into mine. “You’re not losing your position. This is just a shift. We’ll prove Elias forged everything. We already have the drive from the old cabins. We’ll get more.”

My mother sat down across from us. “You don’t need to carry every battle at once. Use this time to focus your energy where it matters most.”

She paused, her eyes flicking briefly to Amy.

“Your family.”

Amy’s hand tightened slightly in mine, and I knew my mother wasn’t just talking about us as a couple. She was telling me to think about the baby.

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To understand that stepping back just for a moment didn’t make me weaker. It kept the people who mattered safe.

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I looked at Amy again. Her eyes were so innocent. Her breathing was calm. But I could see the strain behind

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Maybe stepping back wasn’t losing. Maybe it was shifting focus to something more important.

I exhaled slowly. “I’m still fighting this. But… I understand,”

Amy squeezed my hand once in support. My mother nodded, relieved that I wasn’t going to explode my way through the council chambers.

The rest of the evening felt quieter. I cleaned up the pieces of the broken tablet, mostly to give my hands something to do.

Amy sat on the couch, watching me with patient eyes. My mother made a few calls outside the office. informing trusted council members that I was considering the request.

And me? I kept thinking of everything that had stacked up in the last few days.

But under all that noise, there was one new truth I couldn’t ignore. Amy and I were building a family.

Whatever came next, I was going to make sure we were still standing when it ended.

When my mother finished her last call, she turned to us again. “We’ll handle the politics. You focus on gathering proof and keeping Amy safe.”

Amy frowned at the last part. “I’m not being sidelined.”

“You’re not,” my mother assured her. “But priorities shift. And that’s normal.”

Amy didn’t argue, but her jaw tightened slightly. I knew she was thinking about how quickly her life had changed.

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