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Even Valerie feared that Adira was so dear to his heart since he never rebuked her for anything. It looked as if he was satisfied with every excuse or explanation she gave.

"Move her things and let’s go," Alpha Denzel ordered. Turning to Valerie, he asked, "Can you walk?"

She quickly nodded her head as she didn’t want to be a nuisance. She instantly threw a painkiller into her mouth and gulped down a glass of water. Even with that, she knew the pain would be worse when the painkiller wears off.

Adira, eager to complete her master plans, could not endure the delay. "She will just delay us. I will call one of the drivers to bring a car," she suggested, but Alpha Denzel couldn’t trust that arrangement.

"No need." Alpha Denzel was about to carry Valerie, but she quickly took a step back. Incredulously, he felt a dull pain in his heart at her reaction.

"I can really walk," she insisted. Alpha Denzel frowned and moved away from her, speaking coldly, "Then lead the way."

Valerie’s injured foot touched the floor and pain surged through her body; she was already sweating. The painkiller had not yet taken effect. Gritting her teeth, she was determined to endure it.

However, from the way Alpha Denzel glared at her, Adira recalled when Alpha Denzel had carried Valerie here when she injured her foot. Not wanting that to happen again, she quickly volunteered,

"Alpha, I will carry her on my back."

Alpha Denzel did not refuse, picking up the bags Adira had packed. As they reached the pack house after the most quiet and boring journey, Adira was headed to the servants’ quarters with Valerie on her back.

Alpha Denzel was displeased, but with the omegas going about their duties and with warriors around, he calmly asked,

"Where are you going?"

Adira continued walking as she did not want to be stopped. She responded without turning around.

"To the omegas’ room. All the rooms upstairs are for guests." She never intended to allow Valerie to live like the proud Luna she was in the Evergreen pack when it was Adria’s territory.

Alpha Denzel’s gaze darkened and with fast strides, he was already in front of her, blocking her way. His voice, which usually only carried indifference when speaking to Adira, was suddenly cold as if he was talking to Valerie. "Is that so?"

Adira could feel the chills of his coldness, standing frozen with Valerie’s weight on her back. Valerie tried to relieve her by getting off her back, but Adira would not allow it.

How could she allow the Alpha to carry Valerie in his arms again? That had to be her. Adira would rather endure the weight on her back.

One of the Omegas had already taken the bags from Alpha Denzel, awaiting his command on where it should be taken.

The pack house was already tensed up with not only the Alpha but also Valerie’s presence. No one could guess the reason why the Alpha brought her into the pack house after rejecting her.

They could only pin it on the fact that Valerie might indeed be innocent, coupled with the attack on the yellowstone pack.

"Yes, Alpha. If you allow her to occupy any of the rooms, there will be a shortage when the Alphas visit from other packs," Adira explained her stand.

The pack house was also meant to host Alphas, so her explanation was reasonable. There was a long pause as everyone awaited the Alpha’s response. When it finally came, they were shocked.

"Alright then."

Adira smiled, about to move when she heard the instruction, "Take her to the Luna chamber."

Valerie tensed up from behind the enraged Adira. The woman was filled with so much anger and hate toward Valerie that Valerie could sense a change in Adira’s body temperature, making her uneasy.

"No. I prefer the omegas’ quarters," she voiced out only to be silenced by Alpha Denzel’s glare as he retorted coldly,

"Your preference does not matter."

That simple sentence was enough to silence Valerie as she felt embarrassed due to the people around. In her pack, she was the boss and no one ever spoke to her like that but remembering her last moments at the Yellowstone pack, her pride was bruised.

She had no choice but to endure everything. Adira had not taken a step in response to Alpha Denzel’s command. "Alpha..."

"What is the problem?" Alpha Denzel asked her. The Omega, after recovering from her shock, hastened upstairs to the Luna chamber with Valerie’s bags.

Alpha Denzel was not the type to go back on his command.

Adira bit her lower lip as tears gathered in the corner of her eyes. Though she didn’t let it fall, her voice shook slightly as she spoke.

"Supposing you find your third chance mate, it won’t be nice to your guests if a slave lives in the Luna’s room."

There was nothing like a third chance mate unless by the special mercies of the moon goddess.

It was not easy for a lot of people to find their destined mates, but both Alpha Denzel and Valerie had not only gotten that but even had second chance mates.

After their rejection, no one knew that Valerie’s wolf had died, but who knew what Alpha Denzel was going through?

"Will you do it or should I do it myself?" His cold voice carried a glaze of anger, Adira hesitated for a moment before she turned around and began to talk in the opposite direction with Luna Valerie.

"Alpha Denzel, it’s good to see you," Alpha Idris suddenly said, stretching his neck to have a better look at Luna Valerie. As he was able to catch a few bruises on her face from her side profile and the fact that she was being carried, his heart ached.

It was just as Alpha Denzel said. Valerie had to be tortured and he was doing just that. Alpha Idris wanted to tear Valerie from Adira’s back and escape with her, but knowing the consequences that could follow, he chose the right path.

Both Alphas locked gazes as if they had been in some kind of war, but nothing of that sort had ever happened between them, coupled with Alpha Denzel’s relationship with Alpha Idris’s mother.

He broke the silence and spoke after recalling what Adira had said regarding Alpha Idris’ request. His gaze darkened and his anger boiled. His voice was commanding.

"Alpha Idris, let’s have a chat."