Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 413

Chapter 413 Thats Not The Answer

AMY

I woke up to the sound of breathing that wasn’t mine.

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For a moment, I didn’t move. My body felt stiff, not from pain, but from holding itself too tight for too long. I was lying on something firm, not a bed.

The smell in the room was clean but unfamiliar. No damp. No rot. That alone told me this wasn’t a rushed setup.

My wrists were bound in front of me. Not tight enough to cut circulation. Tight enough to remind me not to try anything stupid.

My ankles were free, but the space around me was small. One light glowed from the ceiling. No windows. No clocks.

I lifted my head slowly.

A man sat in a chair against the far wall. He wasn’t watching me closely. He was reading something on a tablet, calm, unhurried. When he noticed I was awake, he set it aside.

‘You’re conscious,” he said. “Good.”

My throat felt dry. I swallowed once before speaking. “Where am I?”

He stood. He wasn’t tall, but he was solid. Wolf. That much was clear in the way he moved, in how little noise he made. “Safe,” he said.

‘That’s not an answer.”

‘It’s the only one you’re getting for now.”

I tested my wrists. He didn’t react. That told me he wasn’t worried. Which meant someone else had decided how much risk I posed.

“Who took me?” I asked.

He looked at me then, really looked. Not curious. Not angry. Evaluating. “You ask that like the answer would help you.”

“It would help me understand who I’m dealing with.”

“You’re dealing with people who want you alive,” he said. “That should be enough comfort.”

“It isn’t.”

He almost smiled. Almost. “You’re not supposed to be comfortable.”

I leaned back against the surface beneath me. My heart was still racing, but I forced my breathing to slow. Panic would get me nowhere. I had learned that the hard way.

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“How long have I been here?” I asked.

“Not long.”

“Hours or days?”

“Hours.”

That matched my body. I wasn’t weak. Just shaken. That mattered.

“Why?” I asked.

He didn’t answer right away. He walked to a small table near the door and poured water into a cup. He brought it to me and held it just out of reach.

“Drink,” he said.

“Untie me.”

“No.”

“Then put it down.”

He watched me for a second, then crouched and held the cup to my lips. I hated how vulnerable that made me feel, but I drank anyway. I needed my strength more than my pride.

When he pulled the cup away, I said, “If this is leverage, you’re doing it badly.”

He straightened. “This isn’t leverage. Not yet.”

That sentence stayed with me.

I tried another angle. “Is Daniel looking for me?”

“Yes.”

That was the first real answer I’d gotten.

“Does he know where I am?”

“No.”

“Does anyone?”

“Not yet.”

My stomach tightened. Not yet meant plans were still moving.

I thought of Cole. The absence I hadn’t understood. The way Daniel had brushed it aside. The way things had felt wrong for days before this happened.

“Was this planned for me,” I asked, “or was I convenient?”

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The man tilted his head. “You were selected.”

“For what?”

“For timing.”

I closed my eyes briefly. That was worse than randomness.

When I opened them, I asked, “Is Clara involved?”

His reaction was small, but I saw it. A pause that lasted half a second too long.

‘I didn’t say a name,” I pressed.

‘You’re sharp,” he said. “That will make this harder for you.”

‘So she is.”

He didn’t confirm it. He didn’t deny it either.

Anger flared, hot and fast, but fear followed right behind it. If Clara was involved, then this wasn’t just about hurting me. It was about breaking something larger.

‘What do you want from me?” I asked.

‘Nothing,” he said. “Not yet.”

That phrase again.

I shifted, trying to get comfortable despite the restraints. “You keep saying that like I’m waiting for nstructions.”

‘You are.”

‘No,” I said quietly. “I’m waiting for a mistake.”

That earned me a full smile this time. “You really are her.”

‘Her who?”

“The one they warned us about.”

“Who warned you?”

He stepped back toward the door. “Rest,” he said. “You’ll need clarity when the real conversation starts.”

“And when is that?”

“Soon.”

The door opened. Another wolf stepped in. Female. She glanced at me once, then at him.

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“Change of schedule,” she said. “He wants her moved.”

My chest tightened. “Moved where?”

They didn’t answer me. The man crouched again and began untying my wrists.

Relief came too fast. I didn’t trust it.

As soon as my hands were free, he said, “Don’t run.”

“I won’t,” I said. “I know better than that.”

He paused. “Do you?”

“Yes,” I said. “If I run, you chase. If you chase, you justify force. I don’t give people reasons.”

That seemed to satisfy him. He gestured for me to stand.

My legs held. That was another small win.

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As they led me down a narrow hall, I paid attention to everything. The turns. The floor texture. The smell of other wolves nearby. This wasn’t a single location. It was part of something larger.

We stopped at another door. Before it opened, I said, “You should know something.”

The man looked back at me.

‘I don’t know who planned this,” I said. “But whoever did has already underestimated Daniel.”

His eyes darkened. “We’re counting on his reaction.”

That’s your second mistake,” I said.

The door opened, and the light beyond it was brighter. I stepped forward because I had no choice.

But as fear tightened around my chest again, one thing became clear.

I still didn’t know who had ordered this.

And that uncertainty was exactly what they wanted.

They moved me again.

The room I was taken into was larger, brighter, and deliberately ordinary. A table. Two chairs. A camera in the corner that wasn’t hidden.

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