Accidentally Mated To Four Alphas-Chapter 239: _ This is For Heidi

Scheduling the hearing for two days was cheating according to the pack laws. For an incident as major as that? But then again, it’d be foolish of him if he expected fairness from his Father, Darien knows that much.

Kairos snarls in his head. "I swear, this man needs to be put in a retirement home with NO windows."

"You want her to lose," Darien accuses.

"I want order," the Alpha retorts. "I want stability. I want a future not tainted by myth-soaked nonsense that threatens the leadership of this pack."

Morgan steps forward, anger turning him red. "You mean a future where you stay in power forever."

The Alpha doesn’t deny it. Instead, he straightens his coat. "You’ve declared war on me. So don’t cry when it starts to sting."

"We’re not crying," Darien barks. "We’re choosing what’s right!"

"And so am I," the Alpha replies coldly.

That’s the end of it. The brothers stand their ground until their father flicks his fingers dismissively in a silent order for them to get out. They turn and walk to the door.

Darien can feel Kairos pacing inside him, furious, protective, ready to rip something apart. "We’re not letting him touch her. Over my dead spiritual wolf body."

Once they step out into the hallway, their shoulders sag with a mix of adrenaline and disbelief.

Morgan exhale-laughs. "Well. That went... great."

"Shut up," Grayson mutters.

They head toward the living room to find that the room is suddenly filled with people; Clarissa. Daphne. Lira, and even Isolde, who is lurking off to the side like she’s just waiting for drama to erupt.

And, at the very center is Amias, looking half proud—perhaps, to see his mother in such high spirits, and half terrified... of what? Darien wonders. His future with Lira? His future without his mate? A pit he’s so digging for himself. The urge to roll his eyes in annoyance overwhelms Darien.

He watches his brother standing next to Lira who is flashing a ring so aggressively that it’s catching every beam of light in the room.

Clarissa is basically glowing. "My son is officially engaged to the Beta’s daughter!"

Lira beams. Daphne squeals. Isolde raises an unimpressed brow.

Morgan snorts. "Wow. They didn’t waste time."

Darien... stares. Amias... Marrying Lira... Oh boy.

Kairos makes a sound like gagging. "Congrats to him, I guess? Couldn’t be me though."

Morgan steps forward and claps Amias on the back. "Congrats, bro. Seriously."

Amias looks at Darien with a subtle question in his eyes. A silent: Are we okay?

Darien swallows and nods. "Congratulations."

He keeps his tone steady even if internally he’s thinking: You’re making a mistake but... alright.

The celebration buzzes in the background, but the brothers slip past the crowd and step outside into cool air. The tension leaves Darien’s shoulders just a little.

Morgan stretches. "Now what?"

Darien’s focus sharpens immediately. "Now we gather evidence. Anything and everything to prove Heidi’s innocence. Because Father’s definitely going to sabotage the case."

"That old man won’t win," Morgan mutters, clenching his fists. "Not this time."

Grayson nods fiercely. Darien heads toward his car. Kairos prowls inside him, alert, energized, and ready.

"Let’s find every name she gave us," the wolf says. "Let’s build the strongest wall around her. And let anyone who tries to break it lose their damn hands."

Darien starts the engine, jaw tight, determination coursing hot through his blood. Two days. Two days to save his mate. Two days until war starts and boy, is he ready? To put these corrupt pack officials in their place? To save the first girl he’ll ever feel anything strongly for? To prove to the entire pack that Heidi isn’t the monster they painted her as—she’s the one they should’ve been protecting all along.

Hell. Yes.

He shifts the car into gear and rolls out of the driveway of the Alpha estate. The pack is alive around him, but not in a comforting way. The usual calm hum of pack life is gone, paving the way for whispers and speculations.

Of course, their being fated to one Moon Blessed at once is sure to become a huge scandal.

Heads turn as Darien drives through the central district. Wolves pause mid-conversation. Elders on porches lean forward. Younger pack members whisper behind their hands. They point. They murmur and judge.

Darien sees the moment the rumor of what happened in the Pack Barrack spreads like wildfire.

’The Alpha’s sons bailed a Moon Blessed out’.

’The Alpha’s sons defended the Moon Blessed girl’.

’The Alpha’s sons chose their mate over their family’s honor’.

Kairos mutters in disgust, "Look at them staring like they don’t gossip every day anyway. Since when did minding their business become a foreign concept?"

Darien doesn’t let it get to him. He can’t afford a distraction. He drives deeper through the pack, and the reactions vary; some wolves nod at him with respect, others pull their kids closer like he’s contagious. Some glare. Some watch with wide eyes, unsure what side they’re supposed to take.

But Darien keeps going and he doesn’t slow down.

Morgan and Grayson peel away halfway through the route, driving toward the barracks to do the needful. Darien doesn’t look back. They don’t need supervision; Morgan is practically fueled by spite right now, and Grayson gets brave when he has someone to annoy. If anyone can retrieve that knife, it’s the two of them.

Hence, he continues alone. He visits Andre first. Then Helena. Then Jia. Then Valentina.

Each house is in a different part of the pack land, different assigned homes, different clusters—but Darien hits all of them with tunnel-vision determination and a worst-case-scenario mindset.

None of Heidi’s friends hesitates to volunteer.

They’re all furious—more furious than he expected. Andre looks like he’s ready to fight the entire council on sight. Helena cries halfway through describing what she saw. Jia keeps slamming drawers as she talks, muttering curses under her breath. Valentina looks at Darien dead in the eye and says, "If they try to use fabricated lies to hurt her, I’ll expose every secret of this pack to the world."

Darien believes her.

Between the four of them, they confirm every detail. More importantly—they have names. Names of the students who recorded the fight from multiple angles based on their posts on the pack’s website. Names of the ones who tried to send the videos to the disciplinary office. Names of the ones who saw Sierra start the whole thing.

Even better? Several of the students didn’t delete their clips. They kept them out of fear that something shady would happen. And something shady did. Sierra tried to manipulate the entire situation.

Darien spends hours collecting everything. He’s in and out of homes, supervising the copying of files, verifying timestamps, promising confidentiality, swearing he’ll keep them safe.

Kairos is pacing the entire time, voice vibrating through Darien’s skull. "Good. Good. Stack the evidence up so high they can’t even climb over it. Make them choke on it." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Darien never slows down. Not even when exhaustion claws at him after the fourth house. Not even when the sky darkens and night bleeds into the edges of everything.

This is for Heidi.