Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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78 Chapter 78

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.

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

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

rough, still demanded his due as an alpha male, but there

something approaching affection, though I doubted a creature like him was

genuine emotion.

how to truly hurt the civilized packs without bringing down their full wrath

lady?” solider asked, still standing there like a trained dog waiting

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to the king that I’ll join him for

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 living in a tree

I’d have laughed

buzzed in the designer purse I’d claimed from yesterday’s raid, interrupting my thoughts. The caller ID showed Anna’s number, and my mood immediately improved. I’d been wondering

courage

I purred into the phone, settling back into the plush velvet chair that had once graced

isn’t my dear old friend Anna.

shrill with panic,

me! He threw me out! And

with anticipation. “Start from the beginning.

wailed. “The job, the plan, everything! Damien figured it

woman from that night, and now he’s kicked

“What do you mean,

knows I just found that pendant! And now Seraphina and her bastard

him in his mansion

hand clenched involuntarily around it. “What did you

living together,” 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

thing in the world.”

a flock of

alarm, but one glare from me

bitch. That pathetic, worthless omega had somehow managed to