Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 388

Chapter 388 Secondary Access Point

AMY

When I was in transit between meetings. It was precise. But precision didn’t equal proof.

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What I knew, with certainty, was this: someone wanted me blamed without being accused. Wanted doubt without rebellion.

Clara had looked satisfied. That was all I had. And it wasn’t enough.

Yet.

I understood then that whatever had gone wrong was not the end of something. It was the beginning of a shift.

Trust didn’t break loudly. It thinned. And whoever had done this expected me to react. I didn’t.

I stayed calm. I complied. I waited. Because the next move wouldn’t be careful. People who succeed quietly always push once more.

And when they did, I intended to be watching.

I stopped pretending the situation was temporary the morning the access badge failed. It wasn’t dramatic. No alarms. No denial message. Just a quiet red indicator where green used to be.

Addison noticed before I did.

“That’s not right,” she said, glancing at the panel, then at me. “Your clearance should still work.”

“I know,” I replied.

She swiped her own badge and stepped aside so I could enter behind her. No one said anything, but the message was clear. I was being escorted in my own building.

Inside, the floor felt different. People greeted me with respect, but it was careful now. Wolves weren’t pulling away. They were adjusting.

I told myself to stay focused. Emotion would only make things worse.

By midmorning, the review had expanded. Not officially, but in practice. More departments were asked to submit logs. More people were asked questions. The pattern was obvious to anyone who understood pack behavior.

This was becoming a story.

I was the center of it.

Daniel called me during a break between meetings.

“They’re pushing for a temporary oversight committee,” he said. “Framing it as support.”

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“For me?” I asked.

“For stability,” he replied. “Which means you.”

I closed my eyes for a second. “Do they have anything new?”

“No,” he said. “That’s the problem. They don’t need it.”

After the call, I went to the executive lounge to get water. Clara was already there.

She stood when she saw me. Too quickly.

“Amy,” she said. “I was just about to come find you.”

“Why?” I asked.

Her expression softened. “I heard things were escalating. I wanted to make sure you were okay.”

“I’m fine,” I replied.

She nodded, like she expected that answer. “I know this must feel unfair.”

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I studied her face. Calm. Sympathetic. Perfectly aligned with the version of events spreading through the building.

“Unfair implies intention,” I said. “This is procedural.”

Her lips curved slightly. Not a smile. Something else.

“Of course,” she said. “I only meant… people forget how much weight leadership carries.”

“Do they?” I asked.

She hesitated. Just a fraction. “Sometimes.”

Silence stretched between us.

“I should let you get back,” she added. “If there’s anything I can do-”

“I’ll let you know,” I said.

She inclined her head and left.

I stayed where I was, staring at the glass wall long after she was gone.

By afternoon, the whispers were louder.

Not accusations. Questions.

Why had the release gone through Amy’s credentials?

Why hadn’t she noticed?

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Why was Southern analysis already acting on the data?

None of it pointed directly at me. That was the danger. It didn’t have to.

Sue requested another meeting.

This time, Daniel joined us.

“We’ve identified a secondary access touchpoint,” Sue said. “Someone logged in from a proxy routed through internal systems.”

“That still doesn’t explain how my clearance was used,” I said.

“No,” she agreed. “But it narrows the window.”

“To who?” Daniel asked.

Sue looked between us. “Someone with proximity. Physical or administrative.”

My jaw tightened.

Clara’s face flickered through my mind again. The timing. The access. The look.

“I want to be clear,” Sue continued. “I don’t believe you intended harm. But belief isn’t proof.”

“And perception is already shifting,” Daniel added.

“Yes,” Sue said. “That’s why this needs to move carefully.”

After she left, Daniel stayed behind.

“You’re being positioned,” he said quietly.

“I know,” I replied.

“And you’re not reacting,” he said. “That worries them.”

“It’s what they want,” I said. “Either way.”

He watched me closely. “You still don’t think it’s Clara.”

“I think it’s too clean to be careless,” I said. “And too quiet to be random.”

That evening, a minor incident tipped everything further.

A logistics delay. Nothing serious. But someone had rerouted a shipment without authorization. The approval trail stopped at my office.

Not my signature. Not my instruction.

But my department.

The council convened an emergency session.

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I stood before them without notes.

“This is the second incident tied to your oversight,” one of the elders said. “Even if unintentional, it raises

concern.”

“I agree,” I replied. “Which is why I support an internal review.”

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