The Messenger( Iva) novel Chapter 40

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It was as if she had erased herself with surgical precision.

“That’s not possible,” the Alpha muttered. “She’s eighteen.”

But the evidence mocked him.

Finally, there was only one person left.

Lori.

She was brought into the Alpha house pale and shaking, her hands clenched together so tightly her knuckles were white. Her parents flanked her, fury and fear burning in their eyes.

“Sit,” the Alpha commanded.

Lori obeyed, swallowing hard.

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“You were her closest friend,” the Alpha said, his voice sharp as a blade. “You knew her better than anyone. You will tell me where she went.”

“I-I don’t know,” Lori said, her voice trembling but sincere. “I swear. If I did, I’d tell you.”

The Alpha slammed his palm against the table. “Enough lies!”

Her parents surged forward. “Alpha, stop this-”

“She knows something,” he snapped. “She has to.”

Lori’s breath came faster. “Please,” she whispered. “I don’t know anything.”

The Alpha’s eyes flared.

“Then I will make you,” he said coldly.

Power flooded the room.

“No!” her mother cried. “That’s unnecessary pain!”

“She’s a child!” her father shouted. “You have no right!”

But the Alpha was beyond listening.

His voice dropped into command, heavy with dominance.

Tell me where Iva is.

The words slammed into Lori’s mind like a hammer.

She cried out, collapsing to her knees, clutching her head as tears streamed down her face.

“I don’t know!” she sobbed. “I swear on my wolf, on my life-I don’t know!”

The command recoiled.

Empty.

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Truth rang through her bond.

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