Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Valerie’s POV 1

Three weeks had passed since I’d clawed my way into the rogue pack’s inner circle, and I had to admit- despite the primitive living conditions and the constant stench of unwashed bodies-I was finally beginning

to feel like myself again.

I stood on the makeshift balcony of my new “quarters”-a ramshackle structure built into the trunk of a

massive oak tree, but decorated with the finest salvaged goods the pack could pilfer-surveying my domain

with the satisfaction of a queen surveying her kingdom. Below me, dozens of rogues went about their daily

business, and every single one of them showed me the deference I deserved.

“My lady,” one of them called up, a scarred brute named Marcus who’d been terrorizing small towns for

decades. “The hunting party has returned. They brought tribute.”

Tribute. I smiled, examining my freshly manicured nails-painted with expensive polish “liberated” from a

high-end salon during the pack’s last raid.

“Bring it up,” I called down imperiously, not bothering to look at him directly. Let him strain to hear my

commands.

Within minutes, rogues appeared at my door carrying an armload of designer clothes, jewelry, and what

appeared to be several bottles of French champagne. The hunting party had hit some rich bitch’s mansion in

the suburbs, no doubt.

selected a particularly beautiful diamond bracelet from the pile, holding it

rogue king who’d so thoroughly humiliated me that first night-now treated

was still rough, still demanded his due as an

something approaching affection, though I doubted a

genuine emotion.

about how to truly hurt the civilized

solider asked, still standing there

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the king that I’ll join him for dinner tonight,” I

away to do my bidding. I couldn’t help but smile as I watched him go. If someone had told me six months ago that I’d be

I’d have laughed in

I’d claimed from yesterday’s raid, interrupting my thoughts. The caller ID showed Anna’s number, and my mood immediately

courage

back into the plush velvet chair that

old friend Anna. I was wondering when you’d

shrill with panic, punctuated by what sounded like

to hell! He fired me! He threw me out! And

vibrating with anticipation. “Start from the beginning. And speak

the plan, everything!

night, and now he’s

do

just found that

his mansion like some perfect little

my hand clenched involuntarily around it. “What did you just

Anna continued, apparently oblivious to the deadly quiet that had settled over my voice. “I saw them myself when I went back to try to get my job back. That little omega slut was practically glowing with smugness, and Damien-God, Valerie, the way he looked at her. Like she

thing in the world.”

UP!” I screamed into the phone, causing a flock of

rogues below looked up in alarm, but one glare from

had somehow managed to