Chapter 102
Chapter 102
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Fucking Jasper is attacking my pack. Again. When is this asshole going to realize that he can’t defeat me. This
time, he must have gotten sfriends to help him, but they aren’t the scrappy fighters that my warriors and |
are. Other than me, my pack is made up solely of rogues, the misfits that the other packs kicked out. Okay,
yeah, sof them are dangerous and | have to keep them in line, but they're deadly, and Jasper needs to learn
that no amount of money is worth your
life.
When | claimed my father’s pack at eighteen, | learned just how hard he'd worked to ensure my financial stability
when | took over the pack. | know a lot of the wars that he fought were to obtain better pack lands, easier and
cheaper access to water, electricity, and other necessities. He did it all for me. And now, | am by far, the richest
Alpha I've ever met. I'm richer than Henry and richer than Warren. You'd never know it to look atand my
pack members. We don’t dress like we're rich, we don’t strut around like we're high and mighty like the rich do,
but my pack wants for nothing.
More than anyone, the rogues understand protecting what's theirs. It's another reason that | took them all in.
They're fantastic fighters to have lasted in the wild on their own, which is the primary reason that | allow them
into my pack. Not only that, but they also understand the value of protecting what they have. And what they
have is this pack, a home, andas their Alpha.
I don’t know how fucking Jasper gets away again, but | know that I practically ripped his leg off this time. I'd
chase after him and kill him, but | have a birthday party to attend tonight.
Connor and Kennedy Hill turned eighteen today. Connor will take over the pack from his father, Alpha Warren,
who | despise with every bone in my body. I've refused to create an alliance with him because the man killed my
father. | watched him do it. That memory is burned into my brain and is one of the worst moments of my life.
My father was a great man. Alpha Harold toldthat he was greedy, that he was responsible for most of the
pack wars that occurred back then. But | know that he did it all for me. My father loved me. | definitely know
that. My father lovedmore than his own life, giving his life for mine. My mother wasn’t that way. She
protected me, but once she realized that | was safe and she lost her status in the pack, she let herself wither
away and die. In the end, she loved her status more than she loved me.
‘Alpha, what should we do with the dead?’ Kier, my Beta asks.
I look around, pleased that my warriors killed so many of Jasper’s pack or the pack members of those he
recruited to attack
me.
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“Pile them up and dump them outside Jasper’s pack lands,” | growl.
Kier smiles. “With pleasure, Alpha.”
“I have to go get ready for this fucking party. Are you good?” | ask.
He snorts. “That should be fun.”
“An Alpha’s duties never end,” | say.
“Do yourself a favor, Alpha. Find yourself a sweet little pussy to bury yourself in.”
and head up to my room. While | don’t shy away from a woman who wants me, I've never fucked I grunt in
response anyone in Alpha Warren's pack. It’s not because | care what he thinks about me. | could give a shit
what Warren thinks of me. It’s her. That little witch of a woman who has always seen way too much.
| climb into the shower, letting the blood and guts wash off ofas | think about her. Kennedy. I've watched her
grow into a woman who far outshines her mother. Luna Yara is beautiful, no one can deny it. But Kennedy? That
girl is something to behold. | guess today she’s technically a woman.
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| smile as | think about her. She hates it that I still call her ‘pup. ve long since stopped thinking of her as a pup.
That ended. the first t| woke up, having a wet dream about that beautiful woman. Maybe because of that, |
beceven more antagonistic about calling her pup when | saw her.
And her scent, her sweet citrus and mint scent has only gotten stronger and more mouthwatering as she’s
gotten older. What hasn't changed is her watchfulness and her insightfulness. The woman sees everything, far
more than she should. And for sreason, her focus seems to be almost entirely on me.
| should despise it, | should be mad or irritated that she’s constantly watching me, noticingin ways that
others don’t. But from her, | almost crave it. | love that such a beautiful girl, a beautiful woman, watches me.
I've seen the others falling all over themselves to get to her. Kennedy, being Connor's twin sister and the oldest
of the Alpha females in Warren's pack, is much sought after by other Alphas. | know that even Henry, who has
yet to find his mate, wants her. But I've seen her ignore their advances just to watch me. I'm not sure that she
knows how often | see her watching me, but every tI'm in the room with her, | keep an eye on her, watching
her watching me.
And every t| see her, that golden glow around her, that beautiful light of sweet and delicate inner beauty
glows brighter and brighter.
Part ofhopes that she finds her mate tonight. The other part ofwants to kill anyone who comes close to
taking her from me. That part comes from Raif, my wolf. He's been enamored with Kennedy since she was a pup.
He's snubbed every other female we've ever seen, and goddess forbid that I talk about taking a chosen mate.
He snarls and throws such a tantrum in my head that | can’t sleep, and it makes my head throb until | relent.
Not that any woman is dumb enough to acceptas her mate. Im not stupid. I'm an Alpha and women want the
prestige of being a Luna. But being mated towouldn't be easy. I'm too dark and eventually, | drag anyone
who gets too close tointo the darkness that surrounds me.
pup never heeded my
It's another reason that | hope that Kennedy finds her mate tonight. She deserves better than the darkness that
someone likecould give her. | told her years ago that she should be afraid of me, but for sreason, that
little words. A part of me, deep down in my heart, is glad that she didn’t.
I'm distracted as | get out of the shower, so | don’t smell his scent until he barks at me.
“What the fuck, Q? You were in a battle today? Why the fuck didn’t you call me?” Henry says, glaring atfrom
across my
room.
| frown. “I'm going to have to tell my patrols to start lettingknow when you enter the pack lands.”
“They know I'm your brother and don’t change the subject. Your pack smells like blood, death, and war. Why
didn’t you call?”
“Because | didn’t need you. We were fine. Fucking Jasper was after my money again. And let's be honest, you
take a lot more tto get ready for these parties than | do,” | say to my best friend and brother. Okay, he’s my
only friend.
He rolls his eyes atand throws himself on the loveseat in my room. “I don’t take a long time.”
I look at him, realizing that he’s taken a bit longer tonight than he usually does. He's dressed in an expensive
cream-colored linen pant suit that is casual but on him also looks very chic. If | tried that, I'd look like a mob boss
trying to pretend | was on holiday at the beach. He crosses a leg over his knee, and | see that he has new loafers
to go with the nice linen suit.
“Did you buy all new clothes for tonight? What the fuck, Henry? Are you hoping that Kennedy is your mate?” |
ask joking. | turn to go into my closet to get dressed but when he doesn’t answer me, | turn back. “Are you
fucking kidding me?”
Something dark inside ofthreatens to push forward. | love Henry, more than anyone in the world I love this
man who is like a brother to me, but at the moment, thinking of him with Kennedy, I'm ready to rip him to
shreds.
“Would that be so bad, Q? She’s gorgeous, she’s smart, she’s about the sweetest woman I've ever met... she'd
make a good Luna,” he says, shrugging and looking away from me. | can tell that he’s seriously hoping that she’s
his mate.
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Honestly, he'd be the perfect mate to her. He's exactly the kind of man that she should end up with. But the
thought of her ending up with anyone has Raif thrashing around in my head.
‘Knock it off, | tell my wolf.
I'll kill him if he touches her.
‘No, you won't. He's my best friend. She’s nothing but a pretty pup, I say, but | know | don’t mean it. She’s one of
the few people that can put a warm glow into my dark and angry heart.
‘Mmhmm, keep telling yourself that,‘ Raif says.
| notice that Henry is watching me, so | do what | always do when | don’t want others paying attention to me. |
get snarky. It usually works, except with one little brunette with intelligent grey-green eyes.
“Who knows, maybe Connor is your mate, and you can bechis Luna,” | say, chuckling as | go into the closet.
“You're such an asshole, Q. | don’t know | even bothered to cover here to get you.”
“Yeah, why did you?” I ask.
He looks at me. “I wasn’t sure you'd cotherwise.”
Normally, he'd be right. But | can’t miss that little pup’s birthday. | even got her a present. | got one for Connor
too, but his gift is money. He's the incoming Alpha, so if he’s smart, he'll put it toward the pack.
But for Kennedy, | wanted something special. Raif insisted that | get her jewelry, preferably something with a
wolf's head that looks like him. So, | had a wolf's head made in pewter and onyx, since Raif's fur is midnight
black, and then | had diamonds put into his eyes, since April is her birth month. I'm nervous to give it to her, but
I'm pretty sure, knowing her lik | do, that even if she doesn't like it, she’ll say she does and that she’ll wear it
anytshe expects to see me.
| finish getting ready, wearing black pants and a form fitting black button-down shirt with black dress shoes. I roll
the sleev up, hating to be this formal.
“You sure you want to do that?” Henry asks as | roll up my sleeves.
“Yeah. Why wouldn't 1?” | ask him.
“Luna Yara and Alpha Kennedy are going to see those marks on you. They'll know you were fighting today.”
| stop and look at my arms. He's right, they will notice and neither woman will let it go. Dammit!
I roll my sleeves back down, feeling even more grumpy now than | did before.
“Are you ready?”
“I was waiting on you, brother,” he says, smiling and slappingon the back as he stands.
I glare at him, then we head down to his car and begin to make our way to the party
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