The Lycan Biker King's Obsession

Chapter 20

Midnight fell like a blade over the old pack house. The building loomed dark and menacing, its windows glowing with sickly red light from the ritual chamber. I stood at the edge of the clearing, Ryker’s solid presence at my back and the four rogue Alphas flanking us like shadows ready to strike.

Leo was gone — safely on his way to Selene’s hidden sanctuary. The knowledge gave me strength, but the ache of separation still burned.

Ryker’s hand rested possessively on my lower back. “You don’t go in alone.”

“I have to draw her out,” I replied. “The widow wants me. Let her think she’s winning.”

Jax moved closer, his shoulder brushing mine. “The pup is safe. Now we end this.” His voice dropped. “And when it’s over, Rhea… no more running from us.”

Kai’s hand grazed my hip on the other side. “We’ve bled for you. We’ll kill for you.”

The broken pact and the curse binding us made every touch electric.

We moved as one.

The moment we entered the ritual hall, the widow stood waiting on the raised altar. The hybrid had fully merged with her, its glowing golden eyes now staring at me from her face. Twisted veins of red curse energy pulsed beneath her skin.

“You came,” she hissed, voice layered with something inhuman. “Good. The hybrid is ready. Your power will complete it.”

Darius stood beside her, injured but still dangerous, eyes burning with jealousy as he looked at Ryker and the rogue Alphas surrounding me.

Elias was nowhere to be seen.

The widow smiled, cruel and knowing. “You thought sending the boy away would save him? I already know the mountain sanctuary. The concealment runes won’t hold forever.”

My blood ran cold. “How?”

She laughed. “The curse you awakened connects everything now. Every time you use it, every time you touch them…” She gestured at Ryker and the rogue Alphas. “It leaks. It sings to me. You can’t hide anything anymore, Surgeon.”

Ryker snarled and stepped forward. “Then we end you here.”

Chaos erupted.

The widow unleashed the hybrid’s full power. Red energy exploded outward, slamming into Ryker and throwing him back. The rogue Alphas charged — Jax and Kai attacking from the left, Zane and Draco from the right. Darius shifted and joined the fray, targeting me directly.

I raised my glowing scalpel, anchoring the curse through Ryker like we had practiced. The power flowed steadier this time — controlled, lethal. I slashed the air, sending a wave of red energy that weakened the widow’s hybrid bond.

She screamed as the creature inside her convulsed.

But she wasn’t done.

“You still don’t understand!” she shrieked. “The traitor isn’t Elias. It’s closer than you think.”

Her eyes flicked toward the rogue Alphas for a split second.

Ryker noticed. “What did you say?”

Before anyone could react, the widow slammed her palms onto the altar. A massive pulse of curse energy erupted, targeting the bonds between me and the five males. Pain exploded in my chest. The threads connecting us flared violently.

I dropped to one knee, gasping.

Kai reached me first, pulling me against his chest. “Rhea!”

The contact stabilized me slightly, but the curse backlash was brutal. Ryker fought through the pain and tackled the widow, slamming her against the wall. The rogue Alphas tore into the remaining hybrid-tainted enforcers with savage fury.

In the middle of the battle, the widow laughed through bloodied lips. “One of them has been feeding me information since the beginning. Not for power. For love. For the chance to have you when all of this is over.”

Her gaze locked on one of the rogue Alphas.

Draco.

He froze mid-strike, eyes widening. “You’re lying.”

But the doubt was there. The others turned toward him, tension spiking dangerously.

Ryker roared and drove his fist into the widow’s chest, silencing her laugh. The hybrid inside her shrieked and began to dissolve as I poured the last of my controlled power into one final binding s***h.

The widow collapsed, the hybrid energy dissipating into harmless red mist.

Silence fell.

Draco stepped back, hands raised. “I didn’t... I would never...”

Jax grabbed him by the cut. “Then how did she know about the mountain sanctuary?”

The air crackled with betrayal and rage. Ryker stood over the widow’s body, chest heaving, eyes locked on Draco.

I pushed to my feet, the curse still humming dangerously. “Enough. We deal with this later. Right now...”

A slow clap echoed from the shadows.

Elias stepped into the light, clapping slowly. “Well done, Rhea. You’ve eliminated one threat. But the real game was never the widow.”

He looked at all of us, at the suspicion now burning between Ryker and the rogue Alphas.

“The curse doesn’t just bind you to them,” Elias said softly. “It amplifies every desire, every secret, every weakness. One of them will betray you eventually. It’s only a matter of time.”

Ryker’s golden eyes flashed. “Get out.”

But as Elias retreated into the shadows with a final smile, the widow’s last words echoed in my mind.

One of them had been feeding her information.

The question was...which one?

And how deeply had the curse already corrupted the bonds between us?

I looked at the five males surrounding me- Ryker’s fierce possession, the rogue Alphas’ hungry loyalty now mixed with suspicion.

The queen had won the battle.

But the war inside our circle had only just begun.