Ran Away Pregnant Came Back Alpha Heiress (Amelia and Damien) novel Chapter 365

Chapter 365

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Chapter 365

Damien’s POV

After hanging up the phone, the others had already gone into the movie theater. Hoping, Jake was still alert to his phone, I texted him, Need to speak with you about Amella’s security ASAP.

To my relief, his response came back right away, On my way.

A moment later, he walked out of the theater with a serious expression on his face and walked straight toward me. He waved a few of his own guard closer. When they were nearer to me, he asked me, “What’s going on?”

In a perfect world, I could have handled Amelia’s security on my own, not alerting anyone else to my failures. But this wasn’t a perfect world, and I couldn’t just ignore my failures, not if they meant Amelia would be in danger.

We were in Jake’s pack, so security was primarily his responsibility. That meant I needed his help.

So I told him, “When I left, I had people watching Claire. I’ve just been informed that she’s escaped their observation.”

A low growl escaped Jake’s throat. “Where is she?”

“I don’t know,” I admitted. “My Beta has people searching, but so far she hasn’t turned up, and we don’t have many leads.” I lowered my head, some shame filling me. “Claire comes from a well-respected family, so many people believe that she is innocent. She could be using those connections to elude me.”

“Well, those connections won’t save her here,” Jake said. He turned to his guard, “We need to increase the number of enforcers on patrol. I want every corner and every alleyway around us watched at all times.”

“And one of us should be with her always, especially when she is outside of the estate,” I said.

Even though I had no reason to doubt the abilities or motivations of Jake’s enforcers, I knew there were no two people on this planet who loved Amelia more than Jake and I. We would give our own lives to protect her, where others might not.

Jake nodded at once, and I was grateful, despite the many disagreements we shared, that we could see eye to eye on this particular thing.

“We should get back to her now,” Jake said. “You go ahead and protect her here. I will brief my soldiers on what Claire looks like and ways she might be a danger.”

I felt I should be involved in that conversation, knowing Claire well, but I was anxious leaving Amelia alone. I also didn’t think Jake’s enforcers would listen to me alone, without him.

Later, I would talk to Jake about some of Claire’s more manipulative tactics. For now, I needed to be at Amelia’s side like I needed to breathe.

Only when I entered the theater and took my reserved place at her side, my heartbeat returned to its normal steady pace.

She turned to me and smiled a little. She mouthed, Everything okay?

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Chapter 365

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Jake and I hadn’t talked about keeping Amelia in the dark, but with everything else we already weren’t telling her, it made sense that this would be one more thing she should be blissfully unaware of.

Besides, I didn’t think I could tell Claire was a danger without explaining why, and I wasn’t ready to go into the details of Amelia’s past like that. Maybe I never would be. Maybe I hoped it would always stay secret.

So I simply nodded at Amelia, and smiling more, she turned to watch the movie again.

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