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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 | had to admit- despite
the primitive living conditions and the constant stench of unwashed bodies-I was finally beginning
to feel like myself again.
| 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 showedthe deference | 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. | 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,” | 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 srich bitch’s mansion in
the suburbs, no doubt.
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“Good.” | selected a particularly beautiful diamond bracelet from the pile, holding it up to catch the firelight.
Now, even Voss-the rogue king who'd so thoroughly humiliatedthat first night-now treatedlike
precious cargo. Oh, he was still rough, still demanded his due as an alpha male, but there was respect there
now. Maybe even something approaching affection, though | doubted a creature like him was capable of
genuine emotion.
More importantly, he listened to my suggestions. My ideas about strategy, about targets, about how to truly hurt
the civilized packs without bringing down their full wrath too quickly.
“Will there be anything else, my lady?” solider asked, still standing there like a trained dog waiting for orders.
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“Send word to the king that I'll join him for dinner tonight,” | said, dismissing him with a wave.
He bowed and hurried away to do my bidding. | couldnt help but smile as | watched him go. If someone had told
minute of it, I'd have laughed in their face.
My phone 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 when she'd finally
work up the courage to contact me.
“Well, well,” | purred into the phone, settling back into the plush velvet chair that had once graced someone's
expensive living room. “If it isn’t my dear old friend Anna. | was wondering when you'd call.”
“Valerie, oh God, Valerie-” Anna’s voice was shrill with panic, punctuated by what sounded like sobbing.
“Everything’s gone to hell! He fired me! He threwout! And that bitch-"
“Slow down,” | interrupted, though internally | was practically vibrating with anticipation. “Start from the
beginning. And speak clearly-you sound like you're having ssort of breakdown.”
“It’s all ruined!” Anna wailed. “The job, the plan, everything! Damien figured it out somehow. He knows I'm not
the woman from that night, and now he’s kickedout of the company and-"
My blood turned to ice. “What do you mean, he figured it out?”
“I don’t know how, but he knows I just found that pendant! And now Seraphina and her bastard kid are living
with him in his mansion like sperfect little family!”
The phone creaked in my grip as my hand clenched involuntarily around it. “What did you just say?”
“They're living together,” Anna continued, apparently oblivious to the deadly quiet that had settled over my
voice. “I saw them myself when | went back to try to get my job back. That little omega slut was practically
glowing with smugness, and Damien-God, Valerie, the way he looked at her. Like she was the most precious
thing in the world.”
“SHUT UP!” | screamed into the phone, causing a flock of birds to explode from the trees around my perch.
Several rogues below looked up in alarm, but one glare fromsent them scurrying away.
That little bitch. That pathetic, worthless omega had somehow managed to steal everything that should have
been mine.
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And I'd had the little bastard in my hands. I'd had him right there in that forest, close enough to snap his
neck, and I'd wasted the opportunity. If I'd known then what | knew now...
“Where are you?” Anna asked tentatively, clearly sensing the murderous rage radiating through the phone
connection.
“Somewhere safe,” | snarled. “Somewhere your precious Alpha King can’t touch me. But you-where the hell
are you? Please tellyou're not still in the city.”
“I'm at a motel outside town. | didn’t know where else to go, and | don’t have much money left-"
“Pack up. Right now. I'm sending someone to get you.”
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