Chapter 246

246 – Dangerously Serious

Silver:

“Mathew, you must know that I do things a certain way,” Elgin stated.

We were having a meeting. We had returned to our pack because there was no point in staying at the guest house anymore. The researcher was gone.

At some point, I began to wonder what they were really planning to do. The sickness had died down, which was why they found it acceptable to kick her out of the pack.

But I knew that if something happened, they would find a way to make her comply and help them without ever stepping foot inside the pack’s borders again.

She was practically a rogue now, at the mercy of all the packs around her.

Right now, though, I was in more trouble watching Elgin sit in front of my father and speak to my ex, whom I had been avoiding as if I did not recognize him.

Mathew had not given me any reason to believe he recognized me either p>

We both knew who the other was, but we acted like we did not. Maybe he had moved on too, which seemed like a good thing.

“It’s alright. You can show me your ways, and I will adapt to them,” Mathew responded.

Every time he spoke, my father wore a confident smile. I knew my father well. He was placing a spy in the pack

under the name of Mathew.

I was the one who convinced Elgin not to upset my father and to appoint his royal beta.

My father had also said he did not want to completely step back from pack matters yet.

Of course, I did not explain all of that to Elgin.

I only told him that my father was taking a huge step back and that we should not make him feel completely useless.

Elgin agreed. He wanted the position badly.

In the last two days, he had not spoken about Madeline even once, and that alone felt like a positive change.

I hoped Madeline would die in the woods with her children and that useless alpha who had left the crown for her.

“Great. Then we will have no problem,” Elgin stated.

My phone beeped, and I glanced down at it. The screen showed Yuvonne’s name.

She had not stopped bothering me. She had told me she was going rogue with Baxter, and now she was texting again, saying that Baxter had sent her back home.

I did not know why she felt the need to tell me all of this. She would drain my patience, and I would still have to respond as if I cared.

But I would only reply after three hours. That was the rule.

Even if she was crying or dying, I would not respond immediately.

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I was slowly cutting back on contact, and eventually, I would stop responding altogether.

I was only replying now because I wanted to get a sense of what was happening with Madeline.

“Alright then. I’ll pack my bags and move into the guest room here,” Mathew said.

The moment he spoke, my heart skipped a beat. I looked up at my father, who was nodding along with Mathew.

I had forgotten that this was how things worked. The royal beta’s house had to be close enough.

Sometimes, they even stayed in the guest room until they got married.

“Yes, that would be good,” Elgin replied, untangling his legs and standing up to shake Mathew’s hand.

After that, he turned to my father and hugged him, sealing the new alliance.

I had just straightened up from my chair when Mathew reached out his hand to me.

There was a silent storm between us as I shook it.

The way he gently rubbed his thumb over the back of my hand made me pull away quickly.

I forced an awkward smile at Elgin, hiding the fact that something was very wrong.

“ Um, Silver, why don’t you go and show him the guest room?” my father said as he turned his attention to Elgin to discuss when the crowning would happen.

I did not feel like walking alone with Mathew, but now that the attention had shifted to me, I had no choice.

I walked down the hall, with Mathew following behind me.

“This is your room,” I said as I reached the door and opened it.

Mathew barged in before me, grabbing my arm and pulling me along with him.

He slammed the door shut, pushed me against the wall, and pinned my hands above my head.

I already knew this was going down a very wrong path.

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Before I could ask him what he was doing, he crashed his lips against mine.

For a moment, I felt the familiarity of it, the taste of him, and unwanted urges stirred in my body.

But I remembered one thing. His presence was nothing compared to Elgin’s.

I started to fight back, and he stopped.

That was when I shoved him away and slapped him hard enough to turn his face to the side.

“I’m a married woman, and I will not cheat on my man,” I hissed, fixing my dress as I reached for the door.

Just before I walked out, he said something that made my skin crawl.

“We’ll see how long it takes before you give in to your cravings.” (2

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