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

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

demanded his due as an

Maybe even something approaching affection, though I doubted

genuine emotion.

strategy, about targets, about how to truly hurt the

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

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word to the king that I’ll join him for dinner

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 living in a tree house surrounded by savage criminals and

of it, I’d have laughed

purse I’d claimed from yesterday’s raid, interrupting my thoughts. The caller ID

up the courage

I purred into the phone, settling back into the plush velvet chair

isn’t my dear old friend Anna.

God, Valerie-” Anna’s voice was shrill

to hell! He fired me!

though internally I was practically vibrating with anticipation. “Start from the beginning.

ruined!” Anna wailed. “The job, the plan, everything! Damien

night, and now he’s kicked me out of

turned to ice. “What do you mean, he

found that pendant! And now Seraphina and

mansion like some perfect little

as my hand clenched

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,

thing in the world.”

screamed into the phone, causing a flock of birds to explode from the

up in alarm, but one glare from me sent

omega had somehow managed to steal