The Omega and The Arrogant Alpha (by Kylie) novel Chapter 355

They escalated proximity.

And they left someone behind.

Inside the holding room, I sit across from Darin while Layla stands near the door and Landon remains silent but present.

“You crossed a boundary,” I say evenly.

He nods once.

“On whose instruction.”

Silence stretches again, but this time it trembles.

“You are not trained for solo probing,” I continue calmly. “You move like someone given pattern directions.”

His jaw tightens.

“They said you were fractured,” he blurts suddenly. “They said alliance was straining you.”

The words hit the room with deliberate weight.

“They told you that,” I reply.

He nods, breathing uneven.

“They said if we pressed enough, you would turn on each other.”

Silence settles heavy.

Trust fractures first.

There it is.

External narrative confirmed.

“Who is they,” Landon asks quietly.

Darin shakes his head.

“I do not know the Alpha,” he says. “Only the Beta.”

“Name.”

Another hesitation.

“Kellen.”

The name means nothing to me immediately, but Layla stiffens slightly.

“Former Ridge line enforcer,” she says quietly. “Disappeared two winters ago.”

Not rogue by nature.

Organized.

“Where are they positioned,” I ask Darin.

He swallows.

“Northwest valley. Temporary encampment. They shift every three days.”

Calculated.

Mobile.

Studying.

The bond hums steady but sharpened.

“They told you to test borders and withdraw,” I say.

“Yes.”

“And tonight.”

“They said escalate to force exposure.”

Meaning they expected pursuit or visible fracture.

Instead, they left him behind.

Or he failed.

“Why did they leave you,” I ask quietly.

He looks down.

“I was slower.”

No retrieval attempt.

Disposable.

Silence thickens.

I stand slowly.

“They are accelerating,” I say to Landon.

“Yes.”

“They moved from probing to psychological reinforcement through capture.”

“And miscalculated,” he adds.

Perhaps.

Or perhaps this is another layer.

I turn back to Darin.

“You will remain here under supervision,” I say evenly. “You will not be harmed.”

His eyes flick up, surprised.

“They told us you would kill captured rogues,” he says.

I hold his gaze.

“They told you many things.”

That is the strategy.

Seed distrust.

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