Five Alphas Kneel for Me (Isabella) novel Chapter 616

Chapter 616.

I watched as the crowd of wolves, just moments ago captivated by Julia, instantly forgot her existence. The news of Fire Sanctuary’s imminent opening had them all scrambling, flooding my official Howlnet portal with desperate speed. My wolf preened, sensing the shift in the pack’s collective scent–from doubt to frantic desire.

A hundred slots!

Not Julia’s measly two rituals a month! But a whole hundred!

Surely, they thought, this time they’d finally snag a spot within the Fire Clan’s protection. They knew, of course, that these hundred slots wouldn’t mean I would personally operate the Micro–Sentinels. Like Julia, I’d trained many other ritualists to do it. But I would absolutely be overseeing everything myself, my Alpha presence ensuring every spirit–core was handled with precision!

What did that mean for them?

It meant they wouldn’t have to gamble on Julia’s unreliable methods! Instead, they’d have the chance to receive treatment personally supervised by the creator of the Micro–Sentinels! They were convinced that if any issues arose post–ritual, my wolf would personally intervene.

So, the very wolves who, just a minute ago, had been swayed by Julia’s “two–year Blood Bond commitment,” now completely flocked to Fire. They scrambled to the Fire official Howlnet site to snag slots, while simultaneously instructing their assistants, secretaries, or pack–lowlings to discuss ritual–pact annulments with Julia.

It didn’t even matter to them if they secured one of those hundred slots this time; they believed if they missed out now, there would be another chance ander the next full moon! As long as it wasn’t an emergency, they were willing to wait for the true Alpha’s touch.

This wasn’t just a slap in the face anymore. This was her muzzle being pressed to the dirt, stomped on repeatedly with a heavy paw.

Julia’s assistant must have been numb from all the telepathic mind–links demanding annulments. Meanwhile, Julia, still exhausted from just using the Micro–Sentinels, was resting in the pack lounge. At that moment, she was utterly alone in the lounge.

The

composure and Beta dignity she had so painstakingly maintained just moments ago for the Howlnet broadcast completely shattered at that instant. Her control, if she’d ever truly had any, must have shattered the moment the news hit. I could practically feel her fury, visualize her hand trembling as she snatched up the crystal water glass. It never even reached her lips before she slammed it down, hard, against the floor.

Glass exploded, spraying shrapnel everywhere. I could almost taste the coppery tang in the air as pieces flew, scoring crimson lines across her legs. But I knew she wouldn’t feel it. Not then. Not with her wolf howling in a frenzy of humiliated rage within her.

Ahhhhhh!”

get

her hands on,

A primal scream, raw and desperate, would have ripped from her throat. She’d have cleared the room, throwing anything she could her claws extending instinctively as she scratched at the walls. Her voice, a broken shriek echoing in my mind–link, would fill with the same infuriating

juestion:

Why?! Why her again?!”

That bitch! That goddamn bitch!”

ulia, eyes blazing scarlet, howling like a banshee possessed. I could see her, utterly unhinged, teetering on the edge of a forced shift into pure ust as that toxic mix of humiliation and fury threatened to swallow her whole, I pictured the lounge door swinging open. Aurora, her mother, would have stepped inside. Her gaze would sweep over the wreckage, then land on the screaming, hysterical mess that was Julia. And I knew, with a chill, that not a single ripple would cross Aurora’s cold, Alpha–female face.

madness.

‘Mom!”

Julia’s voice, suddenly fragile, desperate. She’d lunge, I knew she would. Lunge for her anchor, her only release. All that pent–up venom, finally finding a target. The moment Julia came close, Aurora’s hand shot out, delivering a sharp slap.

“Smack!”

Julia’s head snapped sideways, a searing, hot pain blooming across her cheek. Her hand flew to her stinging cheek, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Aurora. Aurora dropped her hand, her gaze as cold as ice as she fixed Julia with a stare that demanded submission.

“A daughter of mine, Aurora, can face defeat. But she will never behave like a spineless coward, just screaming and sobbing in here.“

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Julia flinched, her mother’s sheer force of will instantly cutting through her hysteria. She calmed down, almost against her will, her wolf whimpering and retreating into the shadows of her mind.

Aurora’s tone softened, her gaze dropping to the injury on Julia’s foot. “Does it hurt?”

Julia’s eyes welled with fresh tears, a silent, wounded plea.

Aurora pulled her into a tight hug, her scent of cedar and steel enveloping the younger she–wolf. “Why are you panicking, my dear? You still have me, don’t you?”

Julia clung to her, a ragged sob escaping her lips. “Mom… I can’t stand it. Why am I not good enough? Why can’t I ever measure up to Isabella?”

I could only imagine the pressure Julia was under. Someone on her team must have tried to reassure her, “Don’t compare your weaknesses to her strengths. This is her specialty, and you’ve done incredibly well just to get this far.”

But I knew, deep down, Julia had to be questioning herself, wondering, “What even are my advantages anymore?”

Aur

e soft as she gently wiped away Julia’s tears.“You have a mom, you know,” she murmured.

transformed, a watery sm

little while, I’m going to

determinedly wiping

h her tears.

u don’t have to carry this alone. You still have me.”

ing into a dark, plotting quiet.

later.

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private pack–club.

in a sharp, professional suit–entered a private ritual room. Inside the room, several

ers of the Miller Group, the very ones who’d just emerged from the Council board meeting, still He’d been pushing them hard, almost successfull

as ‘Good evening, everyone, left her lips. She she spoke:

plicated today.”

witch.

Miller Group is leaderless. And Fire Sa ren’t you?”

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lutely sick with it, kicking t

ere they were, after open

iller collapsed again

en:

heir territory support behind Julia.

he table, but she didn’t sit down. A

now, pulling the rug out from under you…

hrough the pheromones of fear and anxiety filling der’s lies, for ever being so blind as to think Julia could at the Council meeting, only to fall flat on their faces.

them, using the very same ruthless pack–tactics Julia had

ge ritual technology or the capacity to deploy it. It was simply that

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