Chapter 161 One-hundred And Sixty-one

• Millicent
• The betrayal hit Abel like a physical blow, but I watched him lock it down with frightening efficiency. One moment his face showed raw devastation at Grady's treachery, the next he was pure alpha king - cold, strategic, lethal. Only I caught the micro-expressions of pain before they vanished behind his mask.
• Grady was caught within hours trying to cross the border into neutral territory. Camden had coordinated the hunt with ruthless precision, and when they dragged Marcus back to the Summit, he looked nothing like the confident investigator who'd pretended to help us find our son's would-be killers.