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ALEXANDER

I knew I wasn't alone the moment I crossed the threshold. I waited for my brother to break the silence first, which he didn’t. He must be a lot more pissed than I thought.

I took slow, calculated steps to the table where my drink sat and I poured myself a glass. On second thought, I poured another for him and then handed it to him before taking a seat in the office I’ve made mine.

The place was as habitable as you would expect a place led by mutts to be. But I would much rather be at home. As soon as our business here was completed.

“Did you think that was smart?” He kept the glass not so gently on the table.

I cocked a brow, brought mine to my lips, and took a small sip.

“What was?” That pushed him over the edge because he let out a growl. His hands tightened around the arms of the chair he was sitting on. His knuckles whitening. I could hear the gritting of his teeth from here. “She deserved to die.”

He had to be upset about his little lover that I killed. She disobeyed a direct order from me. I’m not very forgiving when it comes to disrespect, and he knows that. The sooner he stopped moping, the better it would be for him.

Claude growled, shooting me an annoyed look. "I don’t give a fuck about her. She was just a warm hole; I can find myself another.” I only scoffed. “What I’m talking about is you claiming that lowly omega in front of everyone. We’ve heard there is a threat to your life, and we came here to investigate. You shouldn’t be getting distracted.”

“No one can distract me. Much less a girl.” The idea of that was preposterous.

“Yet, you claimed her without speaking to me about it first. I am your right-hand—“

“Oh, I’m sorry.” I cut him off, fixing my stare on him. “Next time I’ll let you know before I breathe.”

“You know what I mean.” He sounded frustrated. Which I ignored.

“We came here because someone gave a tip about a pack recreating the same poison that killed my mother. We’ve killed everyone one of them and searched the entire pack, there is nothing of the sort here.” I ran a hand through my hair, thinking of the things that had happened that led up to this. “It’s best if we gather our troops and make it back home. I don’t like leaving my pack unguarded for long.”

Claude looked like he wanted to say something. After deliberating for a few minutes. He hummed and stood to his feet.

“We’ll leave at first light.” I nodded in agreement.

He walked out, leaving me to my thoughts. Which inevitably went back to the ‘girl’ he was bothered about. He had nothing to worry about. She was just an omega, couldn’t stand as a luna. But she was still my mate. And I would be damned if I let my mate go just like that. She is coming to my pack, she will stay with me.

I couldn’t explain the rage that rolled through me when I saw her on that floor being hit by Isra. One of my brother’s whores. I didn’t think twice before severing her head from her body. That problem was solved in a moment, which only created a bigger issue.

There would be more people that would want to hurt my mate. I ran through the list of people I trusted to keep her safe before finally settling for someone I knew would protect her.

I finished my drink and walked out of the office. I first checked on the warriors who were being led by Claude, preparing for our journey tomorrow.

Before I knew it, I was right outside her door.

Many thoughts came to my mind, especially what Claude reminded me of. There is someone out there who knew what poison killed my mother. She was a pure blood lycan and killing her was close to impossible, while wolves were easily mortals and could be killed easily. It was a lot harder to murder a lycan.

If there was really someone out there that could recreate that poison. It meant the entire Lycan species were in danger. I wasn’t going to let them destroy my people.

Alina. A small voice in my head whispered, “ I shouldn’t trust her.”

She acted weak and fragile. But she was also the same person that risked getting killed to protect someone she knew. I would admire the loyalty if I didn’t think there was something wrong about her loving a werewolf that much.

I pushed the door to her room open. She was fast asleep, though she stirred not long after I entered. Her eyes searched the room until they landed on my figure sitting at the other end of the room.

She sat up with a small gasp. Her delicate throat bobbed as she swallowed. Her eyes travelled over my form, half in fear and something else I couldn’t place my finger on.

I didn’t know what planted the suspicion in my head. But everything was starting to look calculated.

I came here looking for who was planning on killing me. I found my mate instead. I’ve been searching for my mate since I turned eighteen. That more than ten years ago. And I just happened to find her on the other side of the world, in a camp led by some stupid alpha?

It was too convenient.

She didn’t speak, but her eyes didn’t leave me either. Not once did she blink or one, like she was calculating her next move, or maybe mine.

I decided to throw her off by doing the last thing she would expect.

I got up, not thinking too much of it as I stalked up to the bed. I wrapped my hand around her throat and pulled her to her knees. She released a small gasp that shouldn’t have aroused me, but it went straight to my dick.

I wasn’t sure what exactly I had planned at first when I came in here, but the moment I had my hand on her, I lost all sense.

My lips crashed on hers in a punishing kiss. She gasped, which I swallowed with my mouth, plunging my tongue into hers to taste her. Her hand came up to my chest, her fist grabbing part of my shirt as I kissed her without mercy.

She fit around me like she was made for me. I couldn’t ignore the voice in my head reminding me this was extremely wrong. She was wrong, no matter how right she felt.