Chapter 374

XENOIS

Before I could send it, another message came through. Then another. Then a third.

Alpha Chen was pulling out. So was Alpha Rodriguez. And Alpha Thorne.

Four alphas—half of the new additions we'd gained through my parents' manipulation—were withdrawing from the coalition less than a week after joining.

"Fuck," I breathed.

"That's not good," Lumina observed unnecessarily.

I started making calls immediately. Tried to reach Morrison, got his voicemail. Tried Chen, got a secretary who told me he was unavailable. Rodriguez at least answered, but only to tell me that her elder council had overruled her decision and she couldn't maintain coalition membership without their support.

"This...