Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 99

Chapter 99: The Blackwood Alphas Are Coming to Shadowmere

"We assume they’re here to take something," Garrett said. "Territory. Resources. Political advantage. Or...." He paused, looking at the elders directly. "We assume they’re here because of something they want from Shadowmere. Something they couldn’t take directly without causing a war."

"The omega," Elder Mateo said again, more certain this time. "They’re here because of the omega."

Garrett wanted to deny it. But he couldn’t shake the feeling that Mateo was right.

Why else would all three of them come in person?

"Prepare for the worst," Garrett said, finalizing his decision. "But don’t make any moves that would escalate tensions with the Blackwoods. We host them with respect. We provide security and accommodations. We treat them as honored guests."

"While preparing for them to attack?" Elder Rivers asked skeptically.

"While preparing for them to do whatever they came here to do," Garrett corrected. "Whether that’s attack, negotiate, or something else entirely."

Elder Theodore set the letter down on the desk.

"Three weeks," he said quietly. "We have three weeks to figure out what the Blackwood triplets want from Shadowmere."

"And in three weeks," Garrett said, "we’ll find out."

He looked at the letter again, at the carefully written words that gave nothing away while suggesting everything.

The Blackwood alphas were coming to Shadowmere.

All three of them.

And Garrett had no idea what they intended.

But his instincts...sharp from years of navigating pack politics, told him that this was going to change everything.

The first day of preparation for the Summit had yielded an unexpected complication.

And now the real game was about to begin.

***

Lilith’s eyes opened at 5:47 AM.

She hadn’t slept. She’d been lying on her apartment mattress in the darkness, staring at nothing, too exhausted to move but too wired to rest. The dreams waited every time she closed her eyes, so she’d stopped closing them. She’d simply lain there and waited for the morning to come.

Now it had.

She forced herself to sit up. Her body moved slowly, heavily, like it was underwater. Every muscle ached. Her head pounded. Her skin felt hypersensitive, too aware of the fabric of her clothes, the air against her skin, everything.

She dragged herself through the motions of getting ready. A splash of cold water on her face. A change of clothes. Her hair pulled back. Nothing elaborate. Nothing that required energy she didn’t have.

By 6:30 AM, she was walking toward the hospital.

The morning was cold and grey. The streets of Shadowmere were mostly empty except for early-shift workers heading to their assignments. Lilith moved through them like a ghost, present in body but not in spirit.

Her mind was fragmented. Scattered between the dreams that consumed her every time she closed her eyes and the reality of her situation. Four thousand dollars a month. Extra wages for the preparation work. The possibility of saving her mother. The impossible math that might, just might, become possible.

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