Claimed by My Bestie's Alpha Daddy novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51

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Chapter 51

Amelia

The next morning, I threw myself into forum preparations like my life depended on it–because in some ways, it did. If David wanted to paint us as unstable, we were going to give him stability in full color. We weren’t just making a statement–we were building something that couldn’t be ignored. Pack leaders, community reps, younger voices who’d never had a seat at the table.

I reached out to minor pack heads, especially the ones who had historically been excluded from summit affairs. I organized back–to–back video calls with frustrated regional leaders, translating their concerns into practical agenda points. I kept a running doc of every idea and question, every boundary we could push.

“They’re actually listening?” Emma asked during one of our shared lunch breaks, which was really just us eating granola bars next to the printer.

“Some of them,” I said. “Some are waiting to see if it’s real.”

“Let’s make it real then.”

Emma took over logistics, hammering out bunking arrangements and security sign–offs like it was her full–time job–which it was now. Nathan kept the internal lines running, making sure nobody accidentally double–booked or left a name off the press list. The forum was going to be livestreamed across the territories. We were threading a needle, but I’d take that over silence any day.

Emma popped into the planning room with two coffees and a map half–folded under her arm. “Do you want the good news or the deeply frustrating news first?”

I took one look at her face and sighed. “I’ll take the coffee and pretend it’s both.”

She handed me the mug, then dropped the map over my laptop. “Nathan got the central wing cleared for the youth reps–so your breakout sessions are happening whether they like it or not.”

I blinked. “Seriously? That’s the good news?”

Emma opened her mouth to deliver the bad when the door swung open.

I looked up expecting an intern or maybe a courier, someone carrying supply updates or a misplaced badge roster. Instead, I froze.

She stepped through the door like a blade.

Jenny.

It didn’t register at first. She had changed–her hair pulled back in a sleek, severe bun, her makeup understated but surgical, her blazer crisp and perfectly tailored. The last time I’d seen her, she was

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shouting in Richard’s office and refusing to meet my eye. Now she looked composed, cold, and terrifyingly prepared.

The air shifted. Emma’s words caught in her throat mid–sentence. The whole room turned, like gravity had tilted.

And then she smiled. Just slightly.

“Well,” Jenny said, surveying the room with effortless precision, “this feels cozy.”

It wasn’t until the second figure stepped in behind her that my stomach truly dropped.

Adam. Grinning. Confident. Like he belonged here. Like he’d been summoned.

Of course she’d brought him.

She hadn’t been seen around the summit at all. Most Alpha families were already here–wandering the gardens, attending social mixers, standing just out of frame in photo ops. And Jenny had always been part of that crowd. Every summit year until now, she’d been visible and present, lingering on the edges of power like it was her birthright. I hadn’t even realized she wasn’t here this time- hadn’t noticed her absence at all. But now, suddenly, obviously, I did.

So her sudden appearance wasn’t just unexpected—it was unnatural. Disruptive. Like someone flipping a chessboard halfway through the game. Emma froze mid–sentence. I felt the whole room shift. Heads turned. Posture straightened. The air thickened with the unspoken question: Why now?

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