RAYNE "Are you alright, sir?" Finn, his beta, stood with concern in his tone.I wanted to sink into my seat and into the ground as my cover as a human had been blown. My fear was the Alpha fishing me out.But now it turned out to be that I was mated to him. Just what sort of setup was that? An Ashford mated to a Kade was like a lunar eclipse happening in sunlight. I wasn't sure what my Alpha's reaction to that would be. That made me glad I hadn't wired the whole place."Mate..." he repeated as he looked away from my direction, keeping my heart rate on steady acceleration. "Matrix... I meant something was wrong with the trading matrix I checked." I heaved a low sigh of relief as he walked past and made his way to his seat. Why didn't he call me out right away? That was the only question on my mind as I wondered just how I would sit through that entire meeting. His intimidating but inciting scent made it hard to breathe let alone focus on the report I was meant to give. It was happ
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