Chapter Thirty
Gabriella’s POV
The silence after Rhael’s words wasn’t simple quiet.
It was pressure.
Heavy, electric, alive.
Someone inside the keep.
Someone close.
The four Alphas exchanged glances—silent, swift communication that needed no words. Their bond had been forged through blood and battle long before I’d ever walked into their lives. But now that bond trembled, stretched taut by the single thread of betrayal.
Mark was the first to move.
“Lock down the lower halls. No one leaves or enters without clearance.” His voice carried that Alpha weight that left no room for disobedience.
Rhael nodded once and vanished through the door, already mind-linking the guard units.
Leo, ever composed, rolled the parchment closed. But the way his fingers trembled betrayed what his calm
