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THE ALPHA'S FORSAKEN SECRET

Chapter 9 Shadows of Deception

Word Count: 1557    |    Released on: 01/11/2024

son'

likewise too. The twins were asleep and ignorant of the storm building outside these walls in their room with Ava. Still, I wasn't sleepy.

ore than I had let on. He is aware of t

years that I was maintaining pack order and safeguarding them. The fundamental basis was falling apart right n

ur children. I too ought to have been with them. But the guilt got more every time I visited Ava and every time I observed tho

ing went through my hands, I had to keep moving, acting, doing something. And stil

hanging over her shoulders. Her eyes locked with mine, and for a moment we neither spoke. The quiet stretched thick

shattering the quie

thing, the words would not flow. What I could say to straighten thi

son," Ava remarked, he

r; the strain in my muscles

here to fight. But this kind of circling each other is

s not that straightforward, though. You separated the twins fr

ffering-but she stayed firm. I had to keep them safe.

nched. "You

ove a whisper: "I didn't trust any

g away from. I had turned her away. I had pushed her away since, for the pack, for me, I felt it

g." "What I found in front of me did not match.

een us stayed. Jackson, we cannot turn back the

n the future hangs precariously, we afford to bury ourselves in

want to protect them." But I h

exactly in front of me. You really have to believe me

lthough I had been treating her like a threat-that of someone who had betrayed me-the truth was

lackthorn's danger hovering over us. Not with a traitor

threatened to overwhelm me. Blackthorns are aware of the t

determine the traitor among us. Should we not,

k has been kept under great alert. Although everyone has been scree

brow. "Perhaps they are not hiding. Perhaps

ough that made logic, it also meant we were running out of time.

voice firm. "He has also been researching e

long enough to sa

ta, my closest friend. But lately, there had been cracks-tiny, hardly perceptible at

But I can't discount the likel

. "Then, Jackson, exercise caution.

ew exactly what I needed. We would lose ever

, the door knocked. Riley wa

he replied, "We

lerance was runni

ome men from Blackthorn close to the northern boundary. They

n surge of adrenaline coursed

maybe more". The worst o

then turned back to Riley. "

y currently have someone with

member of our flock. The disloyalty. Right n

wondered, my voi

clear view. Whichever it is, though, they are gui

xuding tension. "We have to stop them," she replied, her vo

it. The occasion we had been waiting for. At last the tr

er. One misplaced action

head to the northern border." "We'll grab w

at was in his eyes. Was it uncertainty? Dela

devoid of space for debat

pped myself with her glance. S

y jaw stiff. But you r

e wouldn't stay on the sidelines. Not

on was high in the heavens, giving the trees a terrible radia

That we would uncover the traitor, h

this was the starting point. Sti

o meet Blackthorn's scouts and find the trai

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1 Chapter 1 Prologue: The Burden of Secrets2 Chapter 2 The Return3 Chapter 3 Old Wound, New Threats4 Chapter 4 Shadows in the Pack5 Chapter 5 Echoes of the Past6 Chapter 6 Separating Loyalties7 Chapter 7 A Wolf's Gamble8 Chapter 8 The Cost of Secrets9 Chapter 9 Shadows of Deception10 Chapter 10 The Unraveling Truth11 Chapter 11 Underlying the Surface12 Chapter 12 Web of Lies13 Chapter 13 The Slice: Thin Line between War and Love14 Chapter 14 Unraveling Loyalties15 Chapter 15 Underlying Shadows16 Chapter 16 The Still Betrayal17 Chapter 17 A Crack in the Wall18 Chapter 18 More Severe Injuries19 Chapter 19 The Enemy Within20 Chapter 20 The Edge of Trust21 Chapter 21 Web of Lies22 Chapter 22 Echoes of Dishonesty23 Chapter 23 Separating Shadows24 Chapter 24 Underneath Surface25 Chapter 25 Crossing the Line26 Chapter 26 The Road of Shadows27 Chapter 27 Enter the Trap28 Chapter 28 The Cost of Integrity29 Chapter 29 Breakpoint30 Chapter 30 The Slaying31 Chapter 31 The Edge of Deceit32 Chapter 32 The Silent Shadow33 Chapter 33 In the Den of the Lion34 Chapter 34 The Final Betrayal35 Chapter 35 Reaching in the Shadows36 Chapter 36 Echoes of Deception37 Chapter 37 Below the Surface38 Chapter 38 The Storm Gathering39 Chapter 39 Loyalty Test40 Chapter 40 A Connection with Shadows41 Chapter 41 The Broken Oath42 Chapter 42 Subtle Betrayal43 Chapter 43 Mysteries and Shadows44 Chapter 44 Beyond the Surface45 Chapter 45 Echoes of Betrayal46 Chapter 46 Beyond The Limits47 Chapter 47 Breaking Point48 Chapter 48 Shadows of Confusion49 Chapter 49 Exposing shadows50 Chapter 50 Uncovering Falsehoods51 Chapter 51 Separating the Chains52 Chapter 52 Into the Den of the Lion53 Chapter 53 The Edge of Dishonesty54 Chapter 54 Under the Surface55 Chapter 55 Shadows and Secrets56 Chapter 56 Unseen Allies57 Chapter 57 Whispers of Betrayal58 Chapter 58 Shattered Loyalties59 Chapter 59 Beneath the Mask60 Chapter 60 Unmasking the Enemy61 Chapter 61 Tangled Webs62 Chapter 62 Shadows in the Light63 Chapter 63 Shattered Trust64 Chapter 64 Betrayal in the Shadows65 Chapter 65 Echoes of the Past66 Chapter 66 The Edge of Deception67 Chapter 67 A Storm Within68 Chapter 68 A Test of Trust69 Chapter 69 The Hidden Truth70 Chapter 70 Shadows of Doubt71 Chapter 71 Beneath the Surface72 Chapter 72 The Whispered Betrayal73 Chapter 73 Shadows of Doubt74 Chapter 74 Bonds of Deception75 Chapter 75 Whispers of Betrayal76 Chapter 76 Shadows of Trust77 Chapter 77 Shattered Truths78 Chapter 78 Betrayal's Edge79 Chapter 79 Unraveling Shadows80 Chapter 80 Shadows of Betrayal81 Chapter 81 Echoes of Trust82 Chapter 82 Beneath the Mask83 Chapter 83 Echoes of Betrayal84 Chapter 84 Shadows of Redemption85 Chapter 85 Colliding Hearts, Breaking Shadows 86 Chapter 86 Shadows of Desire and Deception87 Chapter 87 The Edge of Betrayal88 Chapter 88 Shadows of the Heart89 Chapter 89 Shadows of Desire and Danger90 Chapter 90 Beneath the Surface91 Chapter 91 Shadows Between Us92 Chapter 92 Shadows of the Past 93 Chapter 93 Shadows of the Heart94 Chapter 94 Shadows of Deception95 Chapter 95 Shadows of Betrayal96 Chapter 96 The Edge of Desire and Danger97 Chapter 97 Shadows of Desire98 Chapter 98 Shadows of Desire99 Chapter 99 Shadows of Desire and Danger 100 Chapter 100 Shadows of the Heart