Mated to My Fiancé’s Alpha King Brother

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Damien’s POV 1

The knock on my office door came at exactly the wrong time.

I was elbow–deep in budget reports that should have been reviewed a week ago. My eyes burned from staring at spreadsheets. My third

cup of coffee had gone cold an hour ago.

“What?” The word came out sharper than I intended.

Lucas stuck his head in, undeterred by my tone. “Got news. About our friends.”

I sat up straighter. “Voss and Valerie?”

“Yeah.” He stepped inside, closing the door behind him. His expression was grim. “And it’s… complicated.”

“Complicated how?”

Lucas dropped into the chair across from my desk with a heavy sigh. “Our scouts tracked activity in three different locations over the

past seventy–two hours. All of them matched the pattern we’ve been following.”

“Three locations?” I frowned. “That doesn’t make sense. They can’t be in three places at once.”

“Exactly.” Lucas pulled out his phone, swiping through what looked like surveillance reports. “Which means either they’re moving faster

than we thought possible, or…”

“Or someone’s feeding us false information.”

“Bingo.” He tossed his phone onto my desk. “Half of these sightings contradict each other. Time stamps don’t line up. Descriptions vary.

It’s like chasing ghosts.”

I picked up his phone, scrolling through the reports. He was right. The details were all wrong. Too vague in some places, too specific in

others.

know we’re hunting

leaned back in his chair. “Question is, what do

phone down, my jaw clenching. Three years. Three fucking years of hunting these bastards, and now they were toying with

“What other choice

hesitated. “I might have an idea.

tone made me look

no.” He held up both hands. “You remember what

circuits?”

“Lucas-”

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right? They’re getting fresh blood, new fighters. Strong ones. He

if we did the same

to recruit from human fight clubs.”

wolves ge when they don’t want

about it. These fighters are trained.

perfect

unstable.

least this way, we’d have the

my eyes. “Even if I agreed with this insane plan–which

even find these fighters?”

He pulled out his phone again. “There’s a circuit in the city. Runs out

Serious talent.”

“Human talent.”

Lucas’s grin was sharp. “That’s the beauty of it.

you can fight.”

in my chair, studying my Beta’s face. He

asked. “Why push this

expression shifted. Something uncomfortable flickered across his

you telling me?” I

a hand through his hair. “Look, the pack’s training program

stopped. Didn’t

didn’t need

*Since Sera left.*

in the air