Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 359

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I sat alone in my office long after the building had quieted.

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The lights of Carter Holdings stretched below the windows, just like the territory outside the city limits. Two worlds I ruled. Two fronts that were no longer separate.

I leaned back and let the thought settle.

This was not a coincidence.

The rogue attacks at the borders. The corporate resistance inside my own company. The timing was too clean. Someone was pulling on both ends, trying to see where I would tear.

I mind–linked to the elders.

They came quietly, one by one, slipping into the private council chamber beneath the headquarters.

Men and women who had held territory before I was born. Wolves who remembered wars we pretended

were over.

Elder Tomas spoke first.

“You’re being tested,” he said simply.

I nodded. “I know.”

He folded his hands on the table. “The South never attacks head–on unless it wants blood. This feels like something else.”

“Proxies,” Elder Mira added. “They send others to do the bleeding.”

I looked at her. “Rogues.”

“And corporations,” she said. “Shell firms. Influencers. Wolves who don’t wear claws anymore.”

That landed.

I exhaled slowly. “So this is a two–front assault.”

“Yes,” Tomas said. “Territory and economy. Pack and paper.”

My wolf stirred, pacing just under my skin. Not raging. Not snapping. Watching.

“Who benefits?” I asked.

Mira didn’t answer immediately. “Whoever wants you distracted. Whoever wants your attention split so decisions slip through unnoticed.”

My jaw tightened.

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Amy’s face crossed my mind. The pressure she had been under. The way corporate resistance had sharpened only after her name was dragged through the dirt.

I looked back at them. “Someone needed access.”

Tomas raised an eyebrow. “To you?”

“No.” I said. “To her.”

Silence followed.

Then Mira spoke carefully. “You’re thinking of Clara.”

“I am.” I said. “Not as a leader. She’s not that smart.”

Tomas sighed. “She’s always been used.”

“And she always lets herself be,” I replied.

My wolf didn’t like that thought. It pushed closer, urging action. A strike. A confrontation. Something loud.

I kept it contained.

“Force is what they expect,” I said. “That’s why I won’t give it to them.”

Mira studied me. “Then what will you do?”

I stood and walked to the map projected on the wall. Northern borders. Settlements near the woods. Patrol

routes.

“They want to stretch me thin,” I said. “So I’ll let them think it’s working.”

Tomas frowned. “Explain.”

I pointed to one section of the border. “Here. We reduce patrol visibility. Not removal. Just enough to look like strain.”

“That’s dangerous,” Mira said.

“Controlled,” I replied. “No civilians left exposed. We quietly relocate the vulnerable ones. What remains will look like opportunity.”

“And the rogues?” Tomas asked.

“They’ll move,” I said. “Because someone will tell them to.”

The room stayed quiet.

Mira leaned back. “You’re setting bait.”

“Yes.”

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“And if the South is behind it?” Tomas pressed.

“Then they’ll bite,” I said. “Or send someone who will.”

My wolf finally stilled, satisfied with the direction, if not the patience.

Tomas nodded slowly. “Old tactics,” he said. “Letting your enemy think you’re tired.”

“They always underestimate restraint,” I said.

Mira stood. “What about Carter Holdings?”

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“I’ve already reinforced Amy’s authority,” I said. “Quietly. Any attempt to sideline her will trigger internal alarms. Let them try.”

Tomas smiled faintly. “You trust her completely.”

“I do,” I said without hesitation. “That’s why this won’t work.”

They left soon after, slipping back into the night like they always did.

When the door closed, I allowed myself one breath of honesty.

I hated this.

Not because it frightened me, but because it demanded patience while people suffered at the edges of my land.

I called Rylan again.

“Begin phase one,” I told him. “No deviations.”

“And if they move faster than expected?” he asked.

“Then we learn who’s pulling the leash.”

After the call ended, I stood by the window again.

Two wars. One visible. One hidden.

They thought I’d have to choose which one mattered more.

They were wrong.

I authorized the order with my thumbprint and Alpha scal

Controlled weakness at the northern border.

Now we wait–and see who steps forward to exploit it.

The authorization went through without resistance,

That, more than anything, told me how deep this had already gone.

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I remained by the window, watching patrol lights move along the distant ridge. Even reduced, the border

still held.

Wolves I trusted were out there, following orders without knowing the full shape of the plan. I would tell them when it mattered.

My wolf stayed alert. Not pacing. Listening.

A soft knock came at the door.

“Enter,” I said.

Rylan stepped in, his posture tight. “The first shift has been adjusted. Border presence looks thinner to anyone watching from the outside.”

“Good,” I said. “Any reaction yet?”

“Not from the rogues,” he replied. “But corporate channels are restless.”

That pulled my attention back inside.

“Define restless.”

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