lphas Second Choice novel Chapter 25

Chapter 8

With Eric steadying me the whole way, I sped to the police station. The moment I saw lan standing there

unharmed, my knees almost gave out.

“Mom, don’t cry! I’m okay!”

He puffed up proudly, tapping his little chest. “The police lady said I’m smart and brave!”

I wiped my tears.

Then I saw Rachel. Handcuffed to a chair. Wild–eyed. Twisted with fury.

She shrieked at everyone in the room:

“I didn’t break the law! I just wanted to take the boy to kneel at his grandmother’s grave! What’s wrong with

that?! Do you people even know who my son is?!”

Her voice was sharp enough to carve metal. Madness burned in her eyes.

After Eric finished hearing the officer’s report, his face turned to stone.

That was a real Alpha’s presence, once his expression darkened, the entire station fell silent.

I knew this wasn’t going to end quietly.

Before long, Wesley arrived. At the same time, Ironclaw Pack’s legal team swept in, cold, efficient, immediately demanding statements and footage.

Rachel threw her head back and wailed the moment she saw her son.

“Wesley! Tell them to unlock me! You saw it, right?! They’re bullying me!”

Then the slap echoed through the station. Rachel hadn’t expected her own son to strike her. Her sixty–year–old body crumpled against the chair, eyes wide with raw fear.

Wesley ground his teeth.

“Mom. I tolerated what you did with Lauren’s father. I tolerated the way you pushed Lauren’s mother to her

death. I even tolerated the things you whispered to me afterward.”

His voice dropped to a razor–edged whisper, every word a blade.

“But you dare touch her son? What’s next, do you plan to kill me too?”

Rachel sobbed violently. “I just wanted to teach her a lesson–you don’t know how she had someone-

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She didn’t get to finish. A cold, measured voice cut through her excuse.

Eric stood beside me, gaze like a drawn knife.

“Alpha Wesley, we will not sweep this under the rug. I won’t allow. someone who threatens my wife and son

to walk free.”

Wesley’s face twisted with humiliation.

Rachel screeched, “Who the hell do you think you are?! Ever heard of the law? What can you do–kill me?!”

Eric didn’t even blink. “If murder weren’t illegal, you wouldn’t be sitting here right now.”

Rachel opened her mouth to continue screaming, but Wesley’s voice dropped into a deadly, frigid register.

“Shut up.”

She stopped instantly.

I signaled my bodyguard to take lan away and leave him with my assistant. Once I returned, I found Kayla rushing into the station, panic all over her face.

She immediately threw herself toward Rachel, crying hysterically.

“Mom, how could Wesley not help you? You’re his only mother… and the baby’s grandmother!”

“Baby?”

Rachel’s fingers tightened around her arm. “Kayla… you’re pregnant?”

Kayla lowered her head. “Yes. I found out this morning. I haven’t had time… to tell him.”

She glanced at Wesley’s back, eyes flickering with quiet hope.

Rachel, suddenly energized, shrieked with triumph.

“Wesley! Did you hear that?! Kayla is pregnant!”

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