Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 440

Chapter 440 Working In Our Favor

CLARA

I knew Elias was angry before I even saw him.

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He didn’t bother with subtlety this time. The message he sent was short and sharp, telling me where to meet him and how long I had before he would leave. No usual teasing. No layered meaning. Just a location. and a warning wrapped in silence.

I left the house carefully, the same way I always did when I didn’t want questions. Mark barely noticed. He was distracted, restless in a way that made him easy to work around. I drove myself this time. Elias didn’t come for me, and that alone told me how bad things were.

The warehouse wasn’t the one we had used before. This one sat farther out, closer to unused industrial land. No lights on the outside. No guards where they could be seen. I parked where instructed and walked in without knocking.

Elias was already there.

He stood near a long table, hands braced against the surface, his head lowered. When he looked up, his eyes were hard. Not amused. Not calculating. Just angry.

“Sit,” he said.

I did, keeping my posture calm. Panic never helped in rooms like this.

“You told me Cole was nothing,” he said. “You told me he was a routine tail.”

“He was,” I replied. “Until he wasn’t.”

Elias let out a sharp breath. “He was caught.”

“I know,” I said. “Daniel found him.”

“That wasn’t supposed to happen,” he snapped. “He wasn’t meant to leave the North alive, let alone conscious enough to talk.”

I held his gaze. “Did he talk?”

“Not yet,” Elias said. “And that’s the only reason you’re still sitting there.”

My fingers tightened in my lap, but I didn’t let it show on my face.

“He has nothing on me,” I said. “No proof. No recordings. No witnesses.”

“He has patterns,” Elias said. “And patterns are enough when someone is desperate.”

“Daniel is desperate,” I said. “That works in our favor.”

Elias laughed once, sharp and humorless. “You’re very confident for someone standing on thin ground.”

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“I’m careful.” I corrected. “That’s why Cole didn’t find anything.”

He walked around the table, slow and deliberate, stopping just behind my chair.

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“Listen to me carefully, Clara,” he said. “If Cole opens his mouth and your name comes up, I will not shield you.”

I turned slightly to look at him. “You think I don’t know that?”

“I don’t think you understand it enough,” he replied. “You walk alone if this turns. I won’t go down with you. I won’t sacrifice my position because you miscalculated.”

“I didn’t miscalculate,” I said. “Cole was following shadows. He saw movement, not intent.”

“And that’s still dangerous,” Elias said. “Intent can be inferred.”

I stood up then, meeting him eye to eye. “If you think throwing me aside saves you, you’re wrong. Daniel won’t stop with me.”

“That’s my problem to manage,” he said. “Your problem is keeping your name clean.”

“It is clean,” I said firmly. “And it will stay that way.”

Elias studied me for a long moment. “You sound sure.”

“I am.” I said. “Because everything I did was visible, harmless, and justified. I didn’t leak anything directly. I didn’t touch Amy. I didn’t give orders. I only gave access that I was allowed to give.”

“And the schedule?” he asked.

I didn’t flinch. “You asked for information. I gave it. What you did with it was your choice.”

His jaw tightened. “Careful.”

“I am,” I said. “And that’s why Cole can’t implicate me. He doesn’t even know what he was looking for.”

Elias moved away, pacing. “Daniel is tightening his circle. Mark is being watched. Even the Southern Alpha is nervous. Everything is unstable.”

“Instability creates opportunity,” I said. “That was the plan.”

“The plan doesn’t include loose ends,” Elias replied. “Cole is a loose end.”

“You said he hasn’t talked,” I reminded him.

“Yet,” he said. “And I don’t like yet.”

I crossed my arms. “What do you want from me?”

“For now?” Elias said. “Distance. No contact. No meetings. If anyone asks, we haven’t spoken in weeks.”

“That’s not how this works,” I said. “You still need me close to them.”

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“I need you safe,” he corrected. “Those are not the same thing.”

“If I pull back now, it looks strange,” I said. “Daniel already suspects everyone.”

“Daniel suspects patterns,” Elias said. “Give him boredom.”

I considered it, then nodded. “Fine. I slow down.”

“You don’t slow down,” he said. “You become invisible.”

“I can do that,” I said.

“I know,” he replied. “That’s why you’re useful.”

The word didn’t offend me. It never had.

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Elias stopped pacing and looked at me again. “Understand this clearly. If Cole says your name, I deny you. If he hints at you, I disappear. You don’t exist in my world if this breaks.”

“And if it doesn’t?” I asked.

“Then we continue,” he said. “But on my terms.”

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