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SIMON

Amber kept running past me, trying to get around me to find Violet. Such a sweet name for a sweet girl. Fuck, her wide, innocent eyes looking up at me buckled my knees. I didn’t think she could affect me more, but then she touched me. Her skin on mine almost caused me to lose control. I would have fucked her right here in the middle of a parking lot if we hadn’t been interrupted. After our interaction, my only choice was to alleviate the craving she spawned.

She was a lovely little thing that I would enjoy defiling. Maybe I’d keep her around for a while once I took over Beaumont Pack.

“Alpha,” Adan repeated. He was stiff, his expression in a scowl. He gripped Amber’s arm, stopping her from slamming her fist against my chest. I scanned them. The bitch threatened to tell her Alpha that she’d been feeding me information for months about his pack. If she ran her mouth, it would send everything to fucking shit.

“Listen,” I growled. She responded to my order, her shoulders hiking high to her ears. I jerked my head to the side, and Adan released her with a nod.

“Wait for me at the pack. Get the pack enforcers.”

“Yes, Alpha,” he said, his lips thinned.

She reached for me and right before she touched me, a throaty snarl ripped from my gut. My wolf had always been uninterested in her, but he’d never tried to attack her.

Amber gasped, yanking her hand away. Her eyes filled with tears, but I didn’t give a fuck.

“Fucking me gives you no say over me.” She flinched. “Do you understand?” I snarled.

“Yes, Alpha.” Her head lowered.

“Good,” I grunted. She squeezed her hands together. “You don’t have anything to be worried about.” I lowered my voice cajolingly. I needed to keep her on a leash. “And plan what you’ll want from Beaumont Pack.”

“Can we keep the entire pack house?” she asked, a sly, greedy smile crossing her lips. The very greed that allowed me to use her.

“Anything you want, Luna,” I murmured. Her eyes lit up and she grinned. “Now go.”

She touched my chest, her fingertips sliding south. I caught her wrist.

“Not now. I have shit to do.”

She pouted but I let her go and strode to my motorcycle waiting at the side of the bar. I swung my leg over, kicked off the stand and roared it to life. No female controlled me, I controlled them.

I revved the Harley to life, the roar bouncing off the trees as I made my way over the hills and dips leading to my pack lands.

Turning onto a dirt road, I headed to the wooden structure where I held meetings. The dilapidated ceiling leaned to the side and the paint flaked off the wood. I pulled in front of the building and shut off the engine.

Light spilled out of the opened entrance. Dirt kicked up around me with each step and as soon as I entered, silence fell over my wolves watching me. I strode to the front of the room.

Adan stepped next to me and bowed his head submissively.

“A few of the males are still patrolling the grounds. I’ll inform them of any changes we discuss here.”

I grunted and turned to face the strongest members of my pack. A group of thirty violent, dominant males and a handful of females.

“Sean, you’ve brought up concerns to Adan about moving against Beaumont Pack?” I turned my gaze on him, and he flinched, huddling into himself like that would manage to hide him from me. With every step I approached, he stiffened, his eyes widening. He didn’t move because he knew I’d snap his pathetic neck if he attempted to run from me. I clasped the back of his neck and squeezed. The scent of piss burned my nose.

I forced his head to turn and look at the grieving father sitting on the bench across from us.

“His son died at the hands of one of them.” I didn’t fucking care about personal vendettas, only mine, but Rick’s fury served to further my agenda. I leaned down closer to the wolf’s ear. “Are you saying you want him to simply let it go?”

“N-no, Alpha.”

“Then keep your doubts to yourself,” I snarled and shoved him. He landed on his back. I sneered at the stain on his jeans. Disgusting.

“Rick, I’m leaving you in charge. I need Adan at my side.” I left him here to keep everything running, but I needed him to be my eyes with the female fucking with my brain.

“Any other complaints?” I swept my gaze over the pack. They avoided looking up. Good. Beaumont would fall under my maw and I would revel in the snap of his neck.