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.

diamond bracelet from the pile, holding it up to catch

rogue king who’d so thoroughly humiliated me

Oh, he was still rough, still demanded his due

though I doubted a creature like him

genuine emotion.

ideas about strategy, about targets, about how to

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

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that I’ll join him for dinner tonight,” I said, dismissing him with a

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

have

raid, interrupting my thoughts. The caller ID showed

the courage to contact

phone, settling back into the plush velvet

dear old friend Anna. I

Anna’s voice was shrill with panic, punctuated by what

to hell! He fired me! He

with anticipation. “Start from the beginning. And speak clearly-you sound like

“The job, the plan, everything! Damien figured it out somehow. He

night, and now he’s kicked me out

“What do

how, but he knows I just found that pendant! And now Seraphina and her bastard kid

his mansion like some perfect

in my grip as my hand

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,

thing in the world.”

into the phone, causing a flock of birds to

alarm, but one glare from me sent them scurrying

bitch. That pathetic, worthless omega had somehow