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All Chapters of Claimed By Alpha Xander Marco: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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Alpha Lucian's POVI was in my study alone. There was silence in the room, and it stretched on like a vacuum. The silence that could hear things that a man didn't want to hear.I glanced at the stack of papers littering my desk but couldn't remember a single word. For the hundredth time that day, my thoughts drifted back to her. Bella.I slowly leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes. The moment I did, her face appeared. Just like it had every night for the past few month.Damn it. Why couldn't I stop thinking about her? Why now? Why after she was gone? My jaw tightened.I could still remember the day she left. The wrath in her eyes. The hurt. The disappointment. Back then I had convinced myself I didn't care.I had Maya. I had Naya. I had everything I wanted. Or at least that was what I thought.A bitter laugh escaped my lips. What a fool. A complete fool. The Moon Goddess must have been laughing at me all this time.I pushed back from my desk, walking towards the large window tha

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Bella's POVThe suffering began very early in the morning. I began to think that maybe it was nothing or maybe it was just an ache. Another discomfort.The pregnancy had given me plenty of those during the last few months. But this was something different.I was sitting on the edge of the guest bed in Mr. Desmond's apartment when a sharp pain suddenly tore through my lower stomach. A gasp escaped my lips. My hand immediately flew to my belly."Ah..."The pain was gone after a few seconds. I tried to soothe myself. Perhaps I was thinking too much.But less than ten minutes later, another one came, stronger this time.This time I doubled over. My breathing became uncertain and fear crept into my chest.No. No, not yet. I wasn't ready. The doctor had said 2 more weeks. That was what I was supposed to have.Another pain hit. I nearly cried out.The door of the bedroom opened right away. Mr. Desmond rushed inside.Concern filled his face the moment he saw me bent forward holding my stomach

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Xander's POVI couldn't sit still. For the past few days, it felt like my own skin didn't fit me anymore.Everything irritated me. The silence. The company. The mansion. Even myself.I paced across the living room of my Atlanta mansion with my hands clenched behind my back.The large floor-to-ceiling windows showed the city lights outside, but I wasn't looking at them.My wolf wouldn't shut up. Go to her. The growl echoed inside my head. Find her."No," I muttered through gritted teeth.My wolf snarled. The sound resonated throughout my entire body.Ever since Bella left the company, something had been wrong. I told myself that it doesn't matter. I told myself firing her was the right decision. I had told myself that she was trying to bait me. But the more I said these lies, the less I believed them.Because every night I saw her face. Those sad eyes.I saw tears in her eyes, that she tried so hard to hide in my office. The way she had looked at me when she spoke about the baby. And no

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Xander's POV"What hospital?" I demanded - my voice was scratchy from fear gripping my chest as a vice.Desmond immediately gave me the address. I'd already started to start moving at the moment the call was cut.I snatched my car keys from the table and stormed out of the mansion. Minutes later, my Lamborghini tore through Atlanta traffic.The engine was roaring under me. Red lights were now of no significance. I clutched the steering wheel and my knuckles whitened.Please be okay. The prayer repeated over and over inside my head. Please. Please.For the first time in years, I was terrified. Not for myself. For her. For our children.By the time I arrived at the hospital, I practically jumped out of the car before it fully stopped.The hospital doors burst open as I entered. Instantly people cleared a path for him. Nurses froze. Doctors stared. My aura permeated the entire building. I didn't care.The receptionist scrambled up and over the desk."Sir—is everything alright?" she asked

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Xander's POVThere was a sweeping change in the nurse's expression and my heart instantly sank."Where is Bella?" I asked again, taking a step toward her.The nurse swallowed. "She's in recovery, Alpha," she answered carefully.It should have made me feel happy, but it didn't. Something in her face told me there was more.My jaw tightened. "What happened?"The nurse turned her attention to the doctor behind me.The physician hasted forward. "There were complications."I immediately felt the nervousness that came over me when I heard those words."What complications?" I demanded.The doctor blew out air. She had already been through a lot of stress in her body before the surgery was performed.I felt a tightness in my chest as the doctor went on. "She lost a significant amount of blood."The words came to me as a violent slap. I looked back at the bassinets with my children then toward the hallway. And toward wherever Bella was.All this was not quite enough anymore. The babies were in

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Bella's POVThe first thing I felt was warmth, but my body felt heavy. Every part of me ached. Even breathing was difficult.Slowly, I forced my eyes open. The hospital sky loomed overhead – white and strange. Confusion filled my mind and that's when I remembered I was in the labour to give birth to my babies. The pain ache through my entire body again.Then my gaze shifted and I froze seeing xander. He was sitting beside my bed. He breathed, his voice rough and shaky, “Bella.”I didn't even know what to say, because what the hell is he doing here?. Suddenly his fingers were wrapped around my hand so tightly it was almost as if he was afraid I would disappear. My heart jumped and ached.For a second, I simply stared at him. I couldn't understand what I was seeing. Why was he here? The last time I saw him, he had fired me. Rejected me. Accused me of trapping him.Yet now......He looked exhausted. His shirt had folds and wrinkles. His eyes were bloodshot. Their shadows were dark unde

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Xander's POVI went home from the hospital for the first time in months without anger, frustration or guilt. I passed through the parking lot, sliding in to my car, and a strange sensation overtook me. Unfamiliar, almost foreign after all that, but there was no mistaking it.I was happy.I was turning around and smiling, without even realizing.The city lights narrowly escaped my window as I traversed through Atlanta, but my focus was off driving around and on loaded streets. My thoughts were entirely consumed by Bella and the two tiny lives sleeping in the hospital nursery.My children. The words seem unbelievable, even now.For years, I had convinced myself that I would never have a family. I had accepted it as my fate. Yet somehow, despite everything that should have prevented it, I had been given something I never dared dream of having.A future. A family. Something to look forward to.My smile slowly faded as another thought crept into my mind.The curse.My hands gripped the ste

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Xander's POVI used my laptop as soon as I had breakfast and made contact with one of the most exclusive luxury stores in Atlanta. A video call's representative turned up within minutes."Good morning, Alpha Marco," the woman greeted politely, though a hint of nervousness lingered in her smile. "How may we assist you today?"I didn't waste a second before saying"I need everything essential for a newborn baby and a mother."Her eyebrows arched as in surprise. "Everything, sir?" she repeated carefully.I cleared up the confusion by leaning over in my chair and saying, "Everything for newborn twins.The smile of the person became gentle."We'll prepare a complete luxury collection for both sir.""Only the best," I stated firmly.“That’s the only thing in my opinion,” she said.After ending the call, I spent another hour arranging additional gifts. Jewelry. Fresh flowers. Luxury skincare products. Designer handbags. Anything I thought Bella might enjoy.The truth was, I knew very little a

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Xander's POVThese words felt like a fist in my chest, taking all the breath out of me. I just thought I heard him wrong for one minute. I pressed the phone so hard my knuckles went tight and white!"What did you just say?" I sprang to my feet, thumping the back of the chair as it clattered behind me.Across the room, Bella immediately looked up from the hospital bed. Concern flashed across her tired face, her brows knitting together as she studied me, but I barely noticed. All I could concentrate on was the call.Mason's breathing was raspy and irregular, on the other hand. Behind him, I could hear shouting, the distant howls of wolves, and the unmistakable sounds of chaos unfolding."Nightmare Pack is under attack, Alpha," Mason repeated grimly, his voice strained. "The western border was breached less than an hour ago."I clenched my jaw and it hurt."By who?" I asked sharply."We don't know yet."The answer made my wolf erupt with a vicious growl inside me.Always the unknown enem

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Xander's POVLucian didn't move from his gaze, and he wouldn't look away, and I didn't. The tension grew between us, palpable like a fog blanket, as the battlefield around us seemed to be hushed.Finally, he broke the silence.He demanded, his voice hoarse with barely suppressed emotion, his jaw tensing, "WHERE IS BELLLA?My whole body became as stiff as a board.It hit like a knife, but it was more piercing.Out of everything I had expected him to say, that wasn't one of them.A cold fury was forming in my heart, my eyes were narrowing into dangerous slits.What are you talking about? I asked, my voice dropping into a deadly growl, each word slow and deliberate.Lucian took a step forward, unhesitatingly, fists clenched so white their knuckles showed. He had grown his breathing irregular and now when he spoke again, desperation broke through each syllable.He repeated himself, 'Where is Bella?', and his voice cracked again as if the question itself was splitting him.And suddenly...

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