Seventy-Nine

"Malik and I have been friends for more years than I can remember and one thing he knows about me is that if I say I am going to do something, then that is what I will do but only when I deem it necessary... He also admitted that the position I have as Alpha of Alpha's given to me by the elder council was just a ruse. A way to keep me from finding out who I was and where I should have been. Even Valentino's rivalry was staged... Well, to start with, until he took it personally and made it into a real rivalry, he was never supposed to try to kill me and he was never meant to take you. That he did it all on his own, it was one of the reasons Malik wanted to talk to me in the first place as Valentino is and has been showing signs of becoming a rogue for a while now and he wanted my help to decide what was the best thing to do..."

"What are you going to do about him? Especially after what I told you?"

He looks down at me. "I will not let him get his hands on you again, but until he comes