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Chapter 296 Expired Usefulness

Lady Flourish POV

I will. The words had barely left my mouth when Rhys moved closer to the screen.

“Then we keep her here,” I said. “Under watch.”

Phina looked at me as if she had expected the opposite.

“You’re not sending me away?”

“No.”

Rhys glanced at me. “Are you sure?”

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“Yes. She has just been told she is expendable by the people who have been using her for years. If they think she knows enough to be a problem, sending her away gives them a chance to silence her without us seeing it.”

Phina lowered her phone slowly.

“I can stay somewhere secure,” she said.

“You’re staying under pack protection.” I replied. “You will have guards, restricted movement, and no private communication unless Rhys clears it. If you remember anything else, you tell

us.”

Her eyes dropped.

“I will.”

Rhys was already working on the message. He connected Phina’s phone to the secure F–Tech system and started tracing the number.

“I’ve got the first relay,” he said after a few minutes. “Give me another moment.”

gone

I stood behind him, watching lines of information move across the screen. The office had quiet except for the tapping of his fingers and the low hum from the server unit in the corner.

Then he stopped.

“It went dark.”

“What do you mean?”

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“They cut the connection.”

“Can you trace where it came from?”

“Partly.”

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He opened another screen and pulled up an old security record.

“The route matches the network that breached Stonehedge servers a few weeks ago.”

I looked at him.

“The same network?”

“The same pattern. Same masking system. Different access point.”

“That means it isn’t some random person trying to frighten her.”

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“No.” Rhys leaned back. “Whoever sent that message knew exactly which system to use and how to disappear before we could follow them.”

My fingers tightened around the edge of the desk.

“So whoever controls Phina’s handler still has access to pack systems.”

“Somewhere,” Rhys said. “I can’t tell you where yet.”

Damian had been standing near the window during the entire call. When Rhys finished, he turned around.

“How many threats are we dealing with now?”

Nobody answered immediately.

He counted them himself.

“Voss and the Eastern Army. Whoever has been testing Dartwood’s border. Now this.”

His hand went to his waist as he walked back toward us.

“We keep finding another layer.”

His male wolf stirred.

“This is getting too close.”

“I know,” I said.

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Damian looked at Phina’s image on the screen.

“And she was inside Stonehedge all this time.”

Phina said nothing.

“Do you think there are others?” Damian asked.

“I don’t know,” Rhys answered. “But I’m checking everyone who had access to the old family systems.”

“Do it quietly,” Damian said. “I don’t want whoever is behind this knowing we’ve started looking in the right place.”

Rhys nodded.

The call ended shortly after that, but the problem stayed with me.

Later that evening, Magnus came to see me.

He did not sit immediately. He stood near the doorway, hands behind his back, looking older than he had that morning.

“You knew about Phina’s marriage to Harold,” I said.

“I approved it.”

I waited.

“I personally reviewed her background before I gave Harold my approval.”

The admission came quietly.

“And you found nothing?”

“No.”

He finally sat down.

“She had good references. Her family records were clean. Her pack history was clean. Nothing in her behavior raised a concern.”

“You never suspected her?”

“Not once.”

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There was shame in his voice, and he didn’t try to hide it.

“I failed to see what was in front of me.”

“You didn’t know.”

“I should have known.”

He looked at his hands.

“I have spent most of my life deciding who could be trusted around this family. Phina passed my scrutiny. That failure is mine.”

I watched him for a moment.

“Did Harold know you had personally approved her?”

“Of course. I told him I had no concerns.”

Magnus paused.

“He trusted my judgment.”

Neither of us spoke for a while.

“I’m not asking you to excuse me,” he said. “I only want you to know that I understand how serious this is.”

“I know.”

He stayed for another few minutes, then left without saying anything else.

That night, I barely slept.

Damian was beside me, but my mind kept returning to Phina’s message.

Your usefulness has officially expired.

I turned over again, pulling the blanket higher. The room was dark, and the curtains moved slightly from the air coming through the vent.

I closed my eyes.

A few minutes later, my female wolf woke me.

“Someone is outside.”

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My eyes opened.

I listened.

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The estate was quiet. The security system showed no alarms. The guards at the gates had not called.

“Where?”

“Outside the gates.”

I sat up.

Damian stirred beside me.

“What is it?”

“I think someone is there.”

He was awake immediately.

We dressed quickly and went downstairs. Damian contacted the night security team while I followed him through the front hall. The estate security lights were on, casting enough light across the front grounds for me to see the outer gate.

The guards had already noticed the figure. Two of them stood near the entrance with their weapons drawn, while another spoke into his radio.

A figure stood beyond the gate.

Then he started walking.

The guards moved to block the path, but Damian lifted one hand, stopping them before they could rush forward. His male wolf was awake now, and I could feel the tension coming off him.

Callum’s face gave nothing away as he crossed the distance between the gate and the estate steps. He had come without the usual convoy, without the security detail I had seen around him before. That alone made the sight strange.

I looked at Damian.

“Why is he here?”

“I don’t know,” he said.

Callum reached the bottom of the steps and finally stopped. For several seconds, none of us spoke. The night guards kept their weapons raised, waiting for Damian’s order.

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Then Callum looked directly at me.

“I need to speak to you.”

I stayed where I was.

“About what?”

His

eyes moved toward the guards before returning to me.

“Phina.”

My female wolf went still.

Callum started walking again.

He walked straight toward the front door.

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