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Chapter 314 Woman In The Picture

Alpha Damian POV

I stared at the woman on the screen while Flourish stood beside me, completely still.

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The resemblance was enough to make anyone uneasy, but I refused to let the room turn panic into action.

“We’re not going there yet,” I said.

Flourish looked at me. “Damian.”

“We don’t know who she is, who is guarding that house, or whether this photograph was meant to make us come running.”

Her jaw tightened.

“I know you want answers. I want them too. But I’m not walking you into a trap because someone left us one photograph.”

She looked back at the screen.

“I don’t want to leave her there.”

“And we won’t.”

Rhys pulled the image onto the larger F–Tech display. He ran it through the company’s security software, comparing facial structure, age progression, lighting, and every piece of data attached to the surviving file.

The room stayed quiet while the system worked.

My wolf paced beneath my skin.

“Something is wrong,” he said.

“I know.”

Rhys finally turned the screen toward us.

“The original file was damaged, but I recovered the metadata. The camera captured this eleven days ago.”

Flourish stepped closer.

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“Eleven days?”

“Yes. The timestamp is consistent across three backup fragments.”

He enlarged the woman’s face.

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“She isn’t identical to you,” he continued. “Her jaw is different. Her eyes are slightly wider. Her nose is narrower. But the similarities are significant.”

He brought up Flourish’s archived bloodline records.

Rhys checked the image against older photographs from Garret’s files as well.

The woman’s face had changed with age, but the shape of her ears, the spacing of her eyes, and the pale mark near her left temple appeared in several childhood records connected to the second vessel.

It was not enough to identify her by itself, but it gave us another reason to take the photograph seriously.

Flourish stared at the enlarged image. Her fingers tightened around the edge of the table.

“She has my face.”

“Parts of it,” Rhys said carefully. “But she’s her own person.”

Callum had been silent until then.

He moved toward the screen.

“Then she could still be alive.”

Flourish turned to him..

“You said you were told she was taken somewhere safe.”

“I was.”

“But you never knew where.”

“No.”

“Then why are you suddenly certain?”

Callum looked at the photograph.

“Because the second vessel wasn’t just another child. Her blood carried a different expression of

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the First Alpha line. If she survived, her presence would be difficult to hide from wolves who knew what to look for.”

My wolf growled.

“Someone knew.”

I kept my attention on the screen.

“If this woman is the second vessel, the people who attacked the pack may already know.”

Rhys nodded. “The timing supports that.”

The photograph had been taken eleven days ago. The pack had disappeared recently. Someone had entered the territory, taken people alive, and searched for the missing heir.

That meant the woman could be the reason the entire pack was targeted.

I turned to Rhys.

“Can you find the exact house?”

“I can narrow it down.”

“Do it without sending a signal.”

He understood immediately.

“No external requests.”

“We don’t know who is watching F–Tech,” I said. “I don’t want anyone knowing we’re moving until we’re already there.”

Within twenty minutes, Rhys had isolated the location.

The house sat beyond the old Hollow Ridge settlement, hidden behind a line of abandoned pack structures. There was one access road, but several wooded paths around the property.

I studied the map.

“We take six wolves.” 

Flourish looked at me.

“I am going.”

“I know.”

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“Don’t say it like you’re deciding whether I can come.”

“I wasn’t.”

“You were.”

I almost smiled.

“Fine. You’re coming.”

Rhys, Callum, and three Dartwood warriors would join us. No large force. No pack vehicles with markings. No public Alpha escort.

If someone inside that house was protecting the second vessel, I didn’t want them thinking we were there to take control.

Before we left, I found Flourish alone in the corridor. She was checking the small medical kit attached to her belt.

I took it from her and adjusted the strap.

“You don’t need to check it again.”

“I know.”

“You’re nervous.”

“So are you.”

“I didn’t deny it.”

She looked up at me.

“If this goes wrong, stay behind me.”

Her expression changed immediately.

“Damian.”

“I mean it.”

“I can’t promise that.”

“I know.”

“If she’s really my sister, I’m not standing somewhere safe while other people risk themselves to

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get her.”

I rubbed my hand over my face.

“I’m asking you not to sacrifice yourself.”

“And I’m telling you I won’t promise something I may not be able to keep.”

I stared at her for a moment before a smile escaped me.

“What?”

“You’re impossible.”

“You knew that when you married me.”

“I did.”

I touched her cheek.

“Then stay close.”

“I will.”

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We left through the eastern service road shortly after. I checked every warrior’s weapons myself before we moved, then ordered everyone to keep their mind links open only for emergencies.

The team moved quietly through the trees, keeping their scents controlled and their pack links on low transmission. Damian’s security wolves spread out ahead and behind us while Rhys monitored the route from a handheld device.

No lights were visible from the house. Fresh tire marks crossed the dirt near the rear fence.

That worried me more than a visible patrol would have.

As we crossed the final stretch of ground, my wolf suddenly lifted his head.

“Bloodline.” 

I stopped.

“What?”

He didn’t answer.

Every wolf around me froze at the same time.

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Then the pressure hit.

Rhys dropped first.

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One of the Dartwood warriors followed, his knee striking the ground.

Callum caught himself against a tree before slowly lowering.

Flourish remained standing for one second longer than the rest of us.

Then even she staggered.

I tried to move toward her.

My legs gave way.

I landed on one knee.

No Alpha command had been given. No one had challenged us. The force was coming from the building ahead.

An aura rolled across the clearing, crushing every wolf beneath its weight.

My wolf lowered his head against my will.

“Damian,” Flourish whispered.

I looked up.

The house doors had opened. Someone was standing inside.

And whoever it was had just released enough First Alpha bloodline power to force every wolf in our team to kneel.

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