Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 245

Bound To The Broken Alpha

Chapter 245 Inside Knowledge

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After a while of looking around and trying to figure out Elias Escape, I realized that the place was supposed to have collapsed to the ground with the kind of blast I heard.

The blast we felt inside had been strong enough to shake the floor under my feet. I thought I’d find rubble, fallen beams, maybe injured guards scattered across the hallway. Instead, everything looked untouched.

The walls stood firm, the lights were steady, no debris. Nothing was out of place. It was like stepping into a completely different reality.

I froze for a moment, trying to match what my senses were telling me with what I’d just experienced. The illusion clicked instantly. Whoever had extracted Elias wasn’t interested in destruction. They wanted confusion. They wanted noise without damage. And they wanted it timed perfectly to cover his escape.

I swallowed my frustration and shifted fully into command mode. I called out to the closest guards, my voice sharp. “Perimeter sweep. Full lockdown. No exits open. I want every corridor checked.” I didn’t wait for them to respond. I moved past them, heading toward the next security point. More guards were already running in, confused and asking questions.

“Treat this as an infiltration,” I told them. “Someone staged that blast on purpose. Elias didn’t escape on his

own.”

I reached the end of the corridor and pulled out my phone. Cole picked up almost immediately.

“Leave whatever it is you are doing, take my mother and Amy home now,” I ordered. “Straight to the estate. No stops. No talking to anyone. Once you get inside, lock the gates. Nobody gets in unless I personally authorize it.”

Cole didn’t push back. “Understood. I’ll update you when they’re secured.”

I ended the call and immediately dialed my mother number. She answered out of breath, probably already halfway down the exit stairs.

“Leave now,” I told her. “Your involvement with the council is done for the day. I’ll handle the rest.”

She didn’t argue. “I’ll take Amy with me.”

“Good.”

She hung up to keep moving.

Amy was still near the doorway, waiting with a worried look. She stepped toward me as I approached.

“Daniel, I can stay with you-”

“No.” I kept my voice calm even though everything inside me was running hot, “Go with them. This isn’t

safe.”

“But you-”

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“I’ll be fine. Please go.”

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She held my gaze for a few seconds. She knew I wasn’t saying it to be dramatic. She knew enough to recognize the tone I only used when something was truly off. Her shoulders sank slightly as she nodded. She left the chamber without another word.

When the doors shut behind her, I turned back to what was left of the scene. Investigators were already sweeping the room, collecting samples, taking photos, and checking air vents. They were talking over each other, unsure what they were even looking for because half the signs of a real explosion were missing.

I walked over to the head investigator. “I need the footage from every camera in this wing,” I told him. “And I want the scent analysis run immediately.”

He nodded, pulling a technician closer to hurry things along.

My attention drifted toward the door again. The strange scent I’d picked up earlier was faint now, but it was still there. It didn’t belong to anyone in that room. And it didn’t belong to Elias.

Someone had helped him. Someone who had access, timing, and enough recklessness to think they could get away with freeing a criminal from the middle of a council hearing.

Clara.

Her face flashed in my mind. Her desperate loyalty to Elias. Her resentment toward anyone who stood in his

way. Her history of siding with him even when it made no sense.

I clenched my jaw, refusing to jump to conclusions but unwilling to ignore the obvious. She was the only one close enough to Elias to risk something like this. And she was the only one unstable enough to think it was a fight she could win. I would not be surprised if she escaped the dungeon

I walked toward the chamber exit with fast steps. A pair of guards approached me with updates.

“Sir, outside units report no suspicious vehicles leaving the compound. No signs of forced entry either.”

“Check again,” I said. “Then check the blind spots. If someone got in, there’s a way out.”

They nodded and left.

The investigators called out behind me. “We’ll update you when we get something!”

I lifted a hand without looking back. I was already moving. Standing still felt like wasting time.

My thoughts kept circling the same facts. Elias hadn’t escaped on his own. He didn’t have the strength or the nerve. Someone lifted him out of that chamber with careful planning. Someone who didn’t fear the council. Someone who underestimated me.

I reached another hallway and kept going, the sound of my footsteps echoing off the tiled floors. The scent lingered again as I moved past the next intersection, weaker than before but still present. It pulled me forward like a trail leading out of the building.

I didn’t slow down.

Every instinct in me sharpened to a point. If they wanted to create a spectacle to delay justice, then they had chosen the wrong person to challenge. They could run, hide, or pretend they were smarter, but I wasn’t

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going to sit behind a desk waiting for reports.

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I pushed through a set of double doors that led to the administrative wing. More council workers stared at me, startled by the force I entered with. I ignored them and kept walking.

The building felt too calm for what had just happened. That illusion bothered me more than the false explosion itself. Someone wanted me chasing the wrong kind of chaos.

But they miscalculated.

As I reached another corridor, the scent cut off completely. The trail ended. That only confirmed how prepared the extraction had been. They covered their tracks quickly. They knew how to mask physical clues. They knew the council’s protocols.

Which meant whoever helped Elias had inside knowledge.

I stopped in the middle of the corridor, chest tight from holding too much inside. Then I turned around and headed back toward the security center. I needed the footage. I needed the analysis. And I needed

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