Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 230

Chapter 230 Not Breaking

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Walking out of the council hall felt strange. My mind wasn’t keeping up with my body, Everything inside me felt tightened, like I was waiting for an attack I couldn’t see. Gole and Brian followed behind me, talking over each other, trying to explain what they thought had gone wrong, but I barely heard them.

“Daniel, stop,” Cole said, grabbing my arm.

I pulled away. “Not now.”

Brian stepped in front of me. “We can fight this. The evidence was too clean. Anyone with sense could see that.”

“I said not now,” I repeated, and I kept walking.

Amy walked quietly beside me. She didn’t try to talk. She didn’t try to convince me of anything. She just stayed close. That steadiness did more for me than anything the others could’ve said.

At the council steps, the noise hit us first. Reporters waited like someone had alerted them the second the vote was over. Cameras flashed. Microphones pushed toward my face. My wolf reacted before I thought it through, and I stepped in front of Amy.

One reporter shouted, “Alpha Daniel, is it true you abused your authority and sent unauthorized operatives South?”

Another cut in immediately. “Do you have a comment about your suspension? The council says they have strong evidence–❞

They pushed forward, and I felt Amy grip the back of my shirt. I held my ground. “Move back,” I warned, keeping my voice steady even though my patience was hanging by a thread.

Instead of backing away, they shouted more questions, louder this time. Someone shoved a microphone toward Amy, and she moved before I could pull her back.

She stepped in front of me and faced the crowd. “My husband is being set up,” she said clearly. “Everything presented today was forged. The council rushed a decision without verifying what they were given. Anyone connected to the South knows exactly who benefits from this.”

A few reporters murmured. Others started asking her questions instead of me. Watching her defend me while I stood suspended and powerless dug something sharp into my chest.

“Amy-” I touched her arm, but she shook her head and stepped back beside me. We pushed through the noise until we got into our car.

The ride home was quiet. Cole drove while Brian answered calls nonstop. Every five minutes, another update about council reactions, pack rumors, or investor panic came in. I didn’t speak until we reached the

estate.

When we walked through the front doors, my mother was already waiting. Her suit jacket was off, her tablet in hand, and her glasses pushed higher on her nose in that way she did when she’d been reading nonstop.

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“I’ve drafted a statement,” she said before I got a word out. “It needs your approval. The board is calling ond after the other. The stock dropped another eight percent in the last hour.

I rubbed my forehead. “Of course it did.”

“Don’t panic,” she said. “He wants you unstable. He wants the public doubting you.

“He already has both,” I muttered.

My mother stepped closer. “No. He has timing

narrative.”

That’s all. If you lose control now, he wins the entire

Before I could reply, someone knocked sharply on the door. The sound was stiff, formal–nothing like a normal visitor. My mother’s expression shifted. She already knew what it was.

“Let them in.” I said.

A legal envoy entered, two officials behind him holding sealed folders. The man in front greeted us with a practiced, controlled smile.

“Alpha Daniel,” he said. “By order of the Northern Council, you are placed under temporary restriction. Until the investigation is complete, you are prohibited from leaving northern territory.”

I stood still. “You’re restricting my movement without a hearing?”

The envoy continued like I hadn’t spoken. “You must also surrender all Alpha–level access. That includes encrypted files, internal command routes, and restricted communication lines.”

He held out a pen.

Amy stepped forward. “Are you serious? You came straight from the council and you’re already delivering restrictions? You didn’t even give him a chance to respond.”

“The council believes the matter is sensitive,” the envoy replied. “We are to enforce immediate compliance.”

Cole cursed under his breath. Brian started pacing behind us, muttering calculations and loopholes like he could find a way around it if he just kept thinking.

My pulse thudded, steady but heavy. I looked down at the pen. Refusing would make me look guilty. Signing would feel like handing Elias exactly what he wanted.

Amy touched my arm gently. No words. No pressure. Just a reminder I wasn’t standing alone.

I took the pen and signed.

The envoy nodded, collected the documents, and left with the same cold efficiency he walked in with.

The moment the door shut behind them, my anger slipped. Not in rage–just in weight. Everything I’d been holding up for hours dropped inside me at once. I walked to the couch and sat, leaning forward with my elbows resting on my knees.

Cole spoke first. “Daniel, we’ll fix this. I’ll start digging through the South’s records. Someone had to approve those forged commands.”

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Brian stopped pacing. “We’ll recover communications. We’ll trace signatures. If Clara’s behind this, we’ll find her footprint.”

Their voices blended into the background. My hands were shaking lightly, so I clasped them together and stared at the floor.

“This wasn’t made overnight,” I said quietly. “Elias built this. He waited for the right moment. He knew exactly what to hit. The council… the everything.”

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Amy knelt in front of me. She placed her hands on my knees and waited until I met her eyes.

“Daniel,” she said softly. “Look at me.”

She took my hands and placed them on her stomach. “We’re going to get through it. But you need to stay steady. I can’t carry this alone, and neither can you.”

The room went quiet. My breath steadied. The pressure didn’t disappear, but something in me settled enough to breathe properly again.

“I won’t break,” I told her. “I promise you.”

She leaned forward and rested her forehead on mine.

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