Claimed by the Alpha's Love (Tori and Lucas) novel Chapter 135

Claimed by the Alpha’s Love

Chapter 135

Tori’s POV:

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My grandmother’s trembling voice turned my blood to ice.

“What happened? When?” My voice sounded foreign to my own ears, higher and strained with rising panic.

Lucas tensed beside me, his body instantly alert.

His hand moved to my lower back-steady, grounding, a silent promise of support.

“She was playing at the suburban park near the old amusement grounds, Eileen’s voice cracked. “Janet stepped away to take a call—just for a

minute, she swears. When she turned back, Anna was gone. The police-

Suddenly, I heard Eileen’s voice change, filled with joyful relief.

“Anna!” she exclaimed, her tone transforming from despair to delight.

I could hear muffled voices in the background, then Eileen returned to the phone.

“Tori, Andrew just brought her home! He says he spotted a stranger leading Anna away near the park. She was crying, so he intervened and took the man to the police station before bringing Anna back to us.”

I exhaled deeply, my entire body sagging with relief.

“Thank goodness,” I whispered, my voice shaky. “Please tell Andrew I’m incredibly grateful. *

After a few more reassurances that Anna was truly safe, I ended the call and turned to Lucas, whose face remained tense with concern.

“Anna is okay,” I told him, my voice still unsteady. “Andrew found her with a stranger and intervened. He’s brought her home safely.

Lucas’s expression softened slightly. He pulled me into his arms, one hand cradling the back of my head.

“You should rest,’ he murmured against my hair. ‘It’s late.”

Too exhausted to argue, I let him guide me back to the bedroom.

The emotional whiplash had left me drained, and I fell asleep almost instantly in Lucas’s protective embrace, his warmth a shield against the

night’s terrors.

The next morning, I was awakened by my phone’s insistent ringing.

Groggily reaching for it, I saw Eileen’s name on the screen.

‘Grandma? Is everything okay with Anna? I asked immediately, itting up

‘Anna is fine, dear, but… her voice shifted. “The police questioned that man Andrew apprehended. Tori, he confessed that Hannah paid him to

take Anna.”

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“I can’t believe she would do something so heartless. Anna is just a child!ive years old! And she had the nerve to arrange her kidnapping!”

I held the phone slightly away from my ear as Eileen’s rage poured throug

Her normally gentle voice had transformed into something I’d rarely heard before.

After her outburst, her voice broke, and I could hear her crying.

“Tori, she did this to force you to withdraw your lawsuit against that Price girl. She prioritized her stepdaughter over her own flesh and blood. How could I have raised such a heartless creature? What kind of mother does this?”

The pain in her voice mirrored the ache in my chest.

Despite everything Hannah had done to me, hearing my grandmother’s distress was almost worse.

“Grandma, please don’t cry,” I said softly, my own emotions churning. After a pause, I asked the question weighing on my mind: “What do you

want to do about this?”

I worried that despite everything, Eileen might hesitate to take legal action against her own daughter. The bonds of motherhood ran deep, even

when betrayed.

“We absolutely must hold her accountable,” Eileen stated with surprising frmness. “If we don’t, who knows what she might do next? For Anna’s sake, we can’t let this go unpunished!”

Alexander’s POV:

The ringing of my phone interrupted my concentration.

It was Martha, our housekeeper, her normally composed voice now tight with urgency that immediately set my wolf on edge.

‘Mr. Price, there’s an emergency. Law enforcers have taken Mrs. Sullivan te the detention center.

My pen snapped between my fingers. “What?”

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