Unmatched Wife: Not His To Claim Anymore novel Chapter 26

MATTHEW

“You’re not leaving. Not until you sign these transfer papers.“she said as I turned to see her holding out a document, that she apparently wanted me to sign.

“I don’t have time for this right now, Bianca. Mia’s in danger.”

“Sign them.” Her voice was flat, emotionless. “You can have the shares. I don’t need them. I don’t need anything from you or your pack or this life anymore. Just sign the last page so I can be done with this.”

Something in her tone made me pause. She sounded tired. Hollow. Like she’d already given up on everything, including this fight.

“Fine.” I strode back to the bed, took the papers she offered, and flipped to the last page. A signature line, waiting for my approval.

I scrawled my signature across the bottom without reading the fine print. I didn’t have time. Mia was being followed, possibly in danger, and Theo was with her. That was what mattered right now. Not hospital shares or Mia supposed healthy status or Bianca’s endless jealousy.

“There. Happy?” I shoved the papers back at her. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have actual problems to deal with. Problems that don’t involve manufacturing drama for attention.”

I didn’t wait for her response. Didn’t look back to see the expression on her face. I was already out the door, my phone in my hand, calling Jordan to arrange security for the house.

The hospital corridor was still crowded, and I was moving fast, my mind entirely focused on getting home, on protecting Mia and Theo, on dealing with whatever threat was following them.

I rounded the corner near the elevators and collided hard with someone coming the other way.

“Watch it-” I started, then stopped.

The man I’d run into was tall, broad–shouldered, with dark eyes that held an intensity I immediately recognized. Alpha. Powerful one, too, based on the aura rolling off him in waves that made my long–dormant wolf sit up and take notice.

We stared at each other for a long moment, and something passed between us, territorial instinct. My wolf bristled, sensing a rival even though I couldn’t explain why. Ever since the continent had entered a state of peace, most werewolves either had no active wolf or their wolves remained dormant, only awakening in the presence of an overwhelming aura or a perceived threat.

The man in front of me didn’t look like he intended to attack. There was only one possibility left… his Alpha aura was stronger than mine.

He nodded curtly and moved past me, heading down the corridor I’d just left.

Toward Bianca’s room.

I froze, my hand still on my phone, as I was torn between the urgency of getting to Mia and the sudden, burning curiosity about who this Alpha was and what business he had with my wife.

What was he doing here? Why was he going to Bianca’s room? And why did the sight of him heading in that

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direction make something dark and possessive snarl in my chest?

My phone rang again and I picked immediately. It was Mia, her voice breathless with fear. “Matthew, the car is still following me. I’m almost home but I’m scared”

“I’m coming. Five minutes.” I forced myself to move toward the elevators, away from Bianca’s room and the mysterious Alpha who was entering it. “Just stay calm. I’ll be there soon.”

But as I stepped into the elevator, I couldn’t shake the image of that man, seared into my brain as he walked to my wife’s room, the power in his stance, the aura that he was giving out that made people move out of his way, and the way he’d looked at me like he knew something I didn’t.

Who was he? What did he want with Bianca? And why did it feel like I’d just let something important slip through my fingers?

The elevator doors closed, and I pulled out my phone, dialing my head of security.

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