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Chapter 17 : A Warning Sign

Penulis: Mary Jeremy
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-01-12 22:05:57
Jake POV

The night air was thick with tension, a strange hum of unease I couldn’t shake. I prowled the edges of the city, my wolf restless beneath my skin. Something was off, though I couldn’t pinpoint what. The usual sounds of the bustling nightlife seemed muted, as if the city itself was holding its breath.

“Dammit,” I muttered under my breath, my frustration mounting as my search yielded nothing useful.

I’d spent hours trying to dig up anything on Riley—the elusive rogue who had been a thorn in our side for weeks—but the trail was colder than I’d anticipated. My sources had little more than whispers, rumors that amounted to nothing concrete.

“Another dead end,” my wolf growled in my head, his irritation matching my own.

Leaning against the hood of my car, I stared out over the city skyline. “We’re missing something,” I said aloud, the words breaking the silence. My voice was low, barely more than a rumble. “Riley’s too smart to leave a trail, but there’s always a crack. We
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    Jake POVThe faint click of the study door closing behind me did little to dispel the weight of the conversation I’d just had with Lucas. My brother, the unflinching Alpha who rarely let anything slip past his control, was now thrown into turmoil over a woman—his mate. The bond was relentless, and its power was clear in every strained line of his face. Yet, as much as I wanted to help him, the unease gnawing at my gut wouldn’t relent. Something about all of this felt… wrong. --- By the time I reached my own suite, my mind was racing. Lucas had shown me just enough of his hand to spark questions he probably didn’t want me asking. This woman—Lila—was clearly no ordinary mate. She had Lucas, of all people, tied in knots. And from what little I’d gleaned, she wasn’t exactly forthcoming with her own story. Slumping into the chair by the window, I pulled my laptop onto my lap. If Lucas wasn’t going to dig deeper into who Lila was, then I would. He could focus on wooing her or whatev

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 19: Lila Resolve

    Lila’s POV The rhythmic crash of waves against the shore was the only sound accompanying me as I stood on the secluded stretch of beach. The salt-tinged breeze tugged at my hair, but it did little to soothe the storm churning inside me. I wasn’t ready to go back to the cramped apartment I called home—not yet. I needed time. Time to think, time to process, time to breathe. Lucas King. The name echoed in my mind like a cruel taunt. It wasn’t enough that he and his brother had taken everything from me. No, fate had to twist the knife deeper, binding me to the man I despised most in the world. The moon hung high above the dark expanse of water, its silvery light casting eerie shadows across the sand. I stayed close to the dunes, ensuring I wasn’t visible from the road. I wasn’t naïve enough to think Lucas would give up so easily; the man was nothing if not relentless. My pulse quickened at the thought of his intense gaze, the way his voice had lingered in the air, commanding,

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 20: Plan and Strategy – Strategic Moves Begin

    Lila POV The air in my apartment was heavy with tension as I paced the floor, my mind racing with possibilities. Lucas King was nothing if not persistent. I knew he wouldn’t sit idly by after our encounter. By now, he was likely mobilizing his resources, setting traps, and deploying his network to track me down. But I wouldn’t make it easy for him. I grabbed my laptop from the table and set it down on the couch, the cool metal a comforting weight in my hands. Years of preparation had led me here, and I wasn’t about to falter. If Lucas wanted a game of cat and mouse, I’d ensure he found himself chasing shadows. --- I pulled up a map of the city on my screen, marking potential safehouses I could retreat to if things escalated. Each location was carefully chosen—places I’d vetted over the years for situations just like this. My fingers hovered over the keyboard as I considered my next move. Lucas was smart, but his confidence was his Achilles’ heel. He believed his dominance w

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 21: The War Within

    Lila POV “You’re making a mistake,” my wolf growled, her voice curling through my mind like smoke.“Not now,” I snapped aloud, the sharpness in my tone bouncing off the bare walls of the safehouse. “I don’t have time for this.”She huffed, her unease gnawing at me. “He’s not what you think.”“I don’t need your voice in my head right now,” I muttered, clenching my fists. The bond with Lucas was a chain, one I refused to acknowledge. There was no place for weakness—not now.I collapsed onto the couch, burying my face in my hands. Lucas King. My mate. The thought turned my stomach. He and his brother had torn my life apart. There was no forgiveness for that.My wolf stirred, her instincts clawing at my resolve. She wanted to see something in him that I couldn’t, and I hated it. I wouldn’t be swayed. Not by him, not by anyone.The files I’d downloaded earlier were scattered across the coffee table, evidence of years of quiet preparation. Lucas and Jake King thought they were untouchable.

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 22: Lucas Obsession

    Lucas POV “You should have stopped her,” Jake’s voice cut through the quiet, sharp and unyielding. “I couldn’t,” I replied, my tone heavy with frustration. My fingers clenched the edge of the desk, the wood groaning under the strain. “She didn’t want to stay.” “She’s your mate, Lucas.” Jake’s voice softened, but the edge of judgment remained. “You’re just going to let her walk away?” I turned, fixing my brother with a glare. “Do you think I don’t know that? My wolf is tearing me apart for not chasing her, but what was I supposed to do? Drag her back here against her will?” Jake sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. “I’m not saying that, but you can’t just sit here and brood. Do something.” ---“Do what, exactly?” I shot back, my voice rising. “She hates me, Jake. She looked at me like I was the last person she ever wanted to see, let alone be bound to.” Jake held my gaze, his usual confidence faltering. “Maybe give her space, but don’t give up on her. She’s your mate, Luc

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 23: The Hunt Begins

    Lucas POV I walked to the window, leaning against the glass. The cool surface did little to soothe the fire raging within me. “We’ll follow her anywhere,” my wolf said, his voice softer now, tinged with yearning. “I know,” I admitted aloud, the words a quiet surrender. “I’d go to the ends of the earth for her.” ---The realization settled over me, heavy and inescapable. This wasn’t just about claiming her as my mate. It was about needing her in every sense of the word—her strength, her fire, her very essence. I closed my eyes, letting the thought take root. Lila wasn’t just someone I wanted; she was someone I needed. ---But thinking wasn’t enough anymore. Reflection had its place, but it wouldn’t bring her back. I had to act. “Enough waiting,” my wolf urged, his tone sharp. “We need to find her.” He was right. The waiting, the doubting, the endless spirals of regret—it had to end. ---I turned from the window, a new determination taking hold. My steps were purposeful

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 24: Restless nights

    Jake’s POV "You’ve got that look again, Jake," I muttered to myself, staring at the reflection in my laptop screen. My tired face stared back, eyes bloodshot from yet another sleepless night.The clock on the desk read 3:27 a.m., but I couldn’t stop. My wolf was unusually quiet, which only made the silence of the room feel heavier."Just one more search," I whispered, fingers flying across the keyboard.The screen blinked to life as I pulled up the latest report from the cyber team. Every file on Lila King—if that was even her real name—sat before me, meticulously compiled and still frustratingly incomplete.Her background was a carefully woven tapestry, and the more I pulled at the threads, the more apparent it became that none of it was real.I leaned back in my chair, running a hand over my face. My eyes roved over the details again, picking out the anomalies.Her school records were flawless, yet there were no group photos, no yearbooks that featured her name or face. Employment

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 25: Brothers in Pursuit

    "You’re really dragging me out here at dawn?" Jake grumbled, sliding into the passenger seat of Lucas’s car. "You do know normal people are still in bed, right?" Lucas glanced at him, his expression unreadable but his grip on the steering wheel firm. "Normal people don’t have their mate vanish into thin air." "Fair point," Jake muttered, rubbing his face. He leaned back in the seat, still groggy but unwilling to leave Lucas to face this alone. The early-morning mist clung to the ground as the car hummed down the highway. Silence settled between them, broken only by the steady rhythm of the tires on asphalt. ---"You think we’ll find anything at her pack?" Jake finally asked, turning to Lucas. "I don’t know," Lucas admitted. "But it’s the only lead we have. If she’s not there, maybe someone will know where she went." Jake raised an eyebrow. "You think her pack would help us? Especially if she doesn’t want to be found?" "If they don’t, we’ll figure out another way," Lucas

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  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 147

    You’re overthinking this.”“I am not.” Lila’s voice was sharp, her eyes flashing with irritation as she paced the room. “Rikkard isn’t telling us everything. There’s something bigger going on, and if we don’t figure it out soon, we’ll be caught in the middle of it.”Jake exhaled heavily, arms crossed as he leaned against the doorframe. “I get it, Lila. But you’re pushing yourself too hard. You need to slow down.”“I don’t have time to slow down,” she snapped, raking a hand through her hair. “Arika could be orchestrating something even worse, and Rikkard might be hiding more than he’s letting on.”Lucas, who had been silent up until now, stepped forward. “Lila, we hear you. But your stress isn’t helping. It’s making everything worse.”Lila shot him a glare. “So what? You want me to just sit back and do nothing?”“No,” Jake said, pushing off the doorframe. “But I do want you to breathe, maybe sleep for more than three hours a night. You’re running yourself into the ground.”She clenched

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 146

    Lila stood in front of the map, the glowing pins marking their route to Venut flickering in the dim light. The cold wind outside howled like an unrelenting beast, but inside, there was only the quiet hum of machines and the tension that hung thick in the air.Jake and Lucas moved swiftly around the room, gathering equipment, checking weapons, and securing supplies for the journey ahead. Each movement was purposeful, and yet, there was an unspoken understanding between them all that nothing about this mission was guaranteed. No one knew what awaited them in Venut, not even Lila.As she scanned the map, her thoughts drifted back to the moments after the explosion—the cold, the smoke, the feeling of being utterly alone. But now, she wasn’t alone. She had them. She wasn’t going into this battle without a plan, without support.“Everything’s packed,” Jake said, glancing up from his gear. “We’re ready to move.”Lila’s lips pressed together as she met his gaze. “Hopefully, I’ll find Arika th

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 145

    …“She’s not just another rogue,” Lila said, her voice low, her fingers gripping the edge of the cold metal table in the makeshift strategy room. “She’s human.”Jake paused mid-step, turning slowly. “What?”Lila looked up, eyes burning with a fire she hadn’t shown since before the explosion. “Arika. She’s not like us. She never shifted. Never showed signs of a wolf. That’s why she’s been able to slip through pack territory without triggering the usual alerts. She’s off the grid.”Jake let out a long breath, and Lucas swore under his breath. “That makes things… complicated,” he muttered.“More than complicated,” Jake said. “It means she could be anyone. Anywhere.”“But not anywhere,” Lila snapped. She straightened and stepped toward them. “She’s in Venut. That log was real. I know it. She accessed the system from a terminal in the city. I’ve verified the IP bounce pattern three times. It matches regional routing unique to that district. It can’t be faked.”“But what if it’s a trap?” Luc

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 144

    “She’s in the system again,” Lila muttered, her voice tight with tension as her eyes flicked across the scrolling lines of code.“What?” Jake pushed off the wall where he had been leaning, stepping beside her screen. “I thought the firewall updates from yesterday sealed everything.”“She bypassed them,” Lila snapped, fingers flying across the keyboard. “She’s good, Jake. Better than before. This isn’t a brute force entry—it’s precision. She’s slipping in, taking what she needs, and vanishing before the trace completes.”Lucas leaned forward, studying the flicker of data. “Is that a decoy? Look—see that line repeating every seven seconds? She’s looping a command. It’s masking real-time action.”“Exactly,” Lila confirmed, zooming in on the blinking code. “But she slipped up. Just a millisecond too long in the core sequence. I caught it.”“Can you isolate it?” Jake asked, voice now sharper, posture rigid with focus.Lila’s lips tightened. “Already did. She cut the connection before I cou

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 143

    The Code She Left Behind"“That’s not one of ours, is it?” Jake’s voice cut through the hum of monitors, low and urgent.“No,” Lila muttered, eyes darting across the screen. Her fingers flew across the keyboard. “It’s Arika. She’s in again.”“What’s she trying to do?” Lucas leaned over Lila’s shoulder, his expression tight but composed. The green light of the data streams reflected in his glasses, casting sharp lines across his cheekbones.“She’s poking around the restricted files. Again,” Lila replied, her tone clipped, tense. “But she didn’t get through. Not yet.”“And if she does?” Jake asked, stepping closer. His voice was quieter now, edged with concern. “What exactly is she after?”“The archives,” Lila said flatly. “Our core research logs. The stuff we’ve buried under fifteen layers of encryption.”Jake swore under his breath. Lucas straightened. “She knows where the keys are hidden?”“She doesn’t have them, but she’s close.” Lila exhaled, dragging a trembling hand through her h

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 142

    LILA Several sunrises came and went, yet I still found myself empty-handed—no real lead, no breakthrough, and not a single clue that could steer me in the direction of my vile sister. She remained elusive but continued stirring trouble everywhere she went. The mess she was creating didn’t stop with random people anymore—now she had boldly turned her games toward the powerful Werewolf Council. That bold move only made my nerves rattle more fiercely. Although my mates tried tirelessly to bring me comfort, their efforts barely made a dent in my rising unease.Instead of resting or taking a break like they suggested, I locked myself away even more in the massive, dusty library, surrounded by flickering screens and endless codes. I poured my energy into trying to uncover anything that could point me toward her. The brothers often had to come in and literally pull me away from the setup to remind me to do basic things—like eat, sleep, and breathe like a normal person.Jake, ever the invent

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 141

    Jake didn’t stop.Even after she collapsed beneath him, her body quaking from release, he kept her pinned with his weight. His breath was hot against the nape of her neck, teeth still clamped possessively into her scruff. His growl was low, vibrating through her ribcage like thunder ready to rumble again.And then—he moved.His hips shifted, slowly at first, deliberately drawing out the tension. Her wolf whimpered, sensitive and overstimulated, yet greedy for more. Jake's dominance wasn’t just primal—it was unrelenting. He didn’t wait for permission. Didn’t coax.He took.With a vicious thrust, he buried himself inside her again, harder than before. Her body stretched to accommodate him, torn between pleasure and pain, between resistance and surrender. Her claws scraped against the snow-packed ground as she writhed, barely able to brace herself against the feral storm that was Jake.His rhythm was punishing.Rough. Wild. Untamed.Where Lucas had claimed her with control and reverence,

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 140

    Lila’s fur bristled with anticipation, her breath misting in quick, excited puffs as her wolf scrambled back to her feet. Snow clung to her flank from the fall, but she shook it off with a huff, head turning sharply to glare at Jake—still smirking from where he stood on the ridge.She bolted.No warning.No hesitation.Just the raw, fluid grace of her wolf launching back into the forest, cutting through the trees like moonlight through mist.But this time, Lucas was ready.His massive black wolf had been watching her movements, every twitch of her muscle, every subtle shift of her gaze. The moment her paws left the snow, he surged forward, cutting off her path with startling precision.She twisted to dart around him, her heartbeat pounding like war drums in her ears—but he anticipated the move. With a growl, he lunged. His body collided with hers mid-stride, knocking her down hard into the snow. Her wolf let out a sharp, startled yelp, limbs tangled with his, snow spraying around them

  • Mated To Twin Alphas    Chapter 139

    Lila's breath came in visible puffs as she stood in the snow-covered clearing, the moon casting a silvery glow over the landscape. The forest was silent, save for the distant hoot of an owl and the gentle rustling of branches weighed down by fresh snow. She turned to Jake, her voice barely above a whisper."Do you ever wonder what it's like to be truly free?"Jake's piercing blue eyes met hers, a hint of a smile playing on his lips."Every day."She glanced at Lucas, who stood a few paces away, his gaze fixed on the horizon."And you, Lucas?"Lucas's golden eyes flicked to hers, his expression unreadable."Freedom is a state of mind, Lila."She sighed, her breath forming a delicate cloud in the frigid air."I want to feel it. To let go of everything that's been holding me back."Jake stepped closer, his hand brushing against hers."Then run with us."Lila hesitated, the weight of her past fears and insecurities pressing down on her. But as she looked into the eyes of her mates, she fe

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