The Fake Luna: Marked By The Alpha King

Chapter 256: Chapter 256 Sophia has been blocked

Derek had snatched it mid-sentence, his wolf reflexes faster than her human ones.

"Derek!" Sophie lunged for it but he held it out of reach, eyes locked on the road ahead, voice dropping to something dangerous.

"Your brother committed fraud, Sophie. Fraud. Do you understand what that means?"

"I understand that woman is trying to destroy our family—"

"Your brother destroyed his own life!" Derek’s control finally snapped. The car swerved slightly before he corrected, pulling over to the shoulder with a screech of tires.

He turned to face her fully, and Sophie saw something in his eyes she’d never seen before.

Fear.

"Listen to me," Derek said, voice low and urgent. "If you push this, if you drag lawyers into it, Aria doesn’t just defend herself. She goes nuclear. She reports the fake marriage. The fake documents. Everything."

"Ethan would never—"

"Ethan’s facing prison time if she does." Derek’s words came out hard, each one landing like a stone.

"The pack loses their Alpha. Your father, already in the hospital from stress, gets hit with another scandal. Your grandmother watches her legacy crumble. And you?"

He leaned closer. "You lose everything tied to the Holt name. Our business connections, our contracts, our reputation—all of it tied to your family’s status."

Sophie’s mouth opened, then closed.

"So no," Derek continued, voice turning to steel. "You’re not tracking her. You’re not suing her. You’re not doing anything except letting this die."

"I can’t just—"

"You can. You will." He handed back her phone, movements deliberate. "Because if this blows up, it’s not just Ethan who suffers. It’s both of us."

Sophie stared at the phone in her hands, fury and helplessness warring in her chest.

Her wolf wanted to fight, to claw, to force Aria back into the corner where she belonged.

But Derek’s words echoed in her head. Prison. Scandal. Losing everything.

"There has to be something—"

"There is." Derek’s expression shifted, calculating now. "Friday. The International Investment Summit downtown."

Sophie blinked. "What?"

"My company got backdoor access to the VIP networking event. Reserved seating, direct access to the major investors and pack leaders attending."

He pulled back onto the road, voice turning thoughtful. "I was planning to go alone, but if your family needs connections, needs to rebuild their image after your father’s arrest..."