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Valerie drove to the pack house at an unauthorized speed, but no one took offense, seeing her sunken mood. Alessia met her at the entrance when she arrived.

As soon as she stepped out of the car, Alessia hugged her tightly, and Valerie sobbed. Love didn’t have to be painful, but why her? It was clear she couldn’t get her mind off the woman.

She feared she might end up seducing Alpha Denzel. What if he returned with her and sent Valerie back to her pack? Valerie couldn’t handle it. Right now, she wouldn’t survive in any pack without her wolf, so this was the safest place for her.

"It’s over, Alessia. He found his mate."

Alessia recalled the woman the warriors mind-linked her to authorize their access and sneered. "You mean that woman? I would never allow her into this pack. Denzel would have to kill me first."

Pulling away, Valerie stared at her with a displeased look. Facing rejection twice, how could she allow a fellow woman to undergo the same thing she hated so much?

"You don’t have to do that. She is his mate."

Alessia looked around helplessly and couldn’t speak in front of the warriors. "Let’s go in. There are too many people here."

Reaching Alessia’s bedroom, she poured Valerie a glass of water. She had come back from a long journey and was also hurt. Water was the best thing for her at this moment. It would soothe her sour mood.

"Here," Alessia offered the water to Valerie, who took it before Alessia asked, "Have you eaten?"

Valerie gulped down the water, returning the glass before responding, "I lost my appetite."

Alessia scoffed. It pained her that Valerie didn’t know Alpha Denzel very well, making it difficult for her to trust him. That man feared nothing and would do as he pleased.

Alessia had known that from the moment she discovered they were siblings. "Because of that woman? Then you are a fool," she said heartlessly. Valerie frowned as she added, "Are you going to leave your man for any woman claiming him as hers?"

Alessia sat on the bed beside Valerie and relaxed her back with her face facing the ceiling. She loved to stare at the chandelier above her. Valerie lay beside her, holding the same gaze. The chandelier was indeed beautiful.

"I heard the word ’mate’ from his lips." Her attention drifted from the chandelier, going back to what happened earlier.

Alessia’s face contorted into a frown. When her mind was blasted with the mind-link as she supervised the works going on at the omegas’ community, she only assumed that the woman lied, but this seemed as if the woman was indeed Alpha Denzel’s third chance mate.

"Then he has to eat his words. No woman is going to be accepted into this pack," she said seriously. It would have been different if Valerie had her wolf, but since it turned the other way, Alessia wouldn’t allow another woman to come and cause her pain.

"What if they are destined? I got rejected, and I don’t want another woman going through what I went through. Our bond is already broken," Valerie spoke her mind, hoping that Alessia would understand, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

Alessia loved Valerie for her brother the moment their eyes met. The first time, she had just taken a liking to Valerie because of how disciplined and hardworking she was, but after meeting her in this pack, things were completely different.

"But you have his heart. He owes you your wolf, so you don’t have to feel guilty about it."

Valerie turned to Alessia with a guilty look, and the latter corrected her statement.

"Don’t get me wrong. That was an accident, but Denzel would never go back on his promise.

If he said he loves you, then you just have to trust it.

No other woman, including me or Luna Fernanda, can come close to what he feels for you. "

Valerie was moved by Alessia’s words, feeling slightly ashamed of considering leaving Alpha Denzel for his mate.

She was about to say something when their attention was stolen by the sound of the door opening with Alpha Denzel standing there. His expression was dark, but at the sight of the two women, it brightened tremendously.

"Thanks, Aless, I will take it from here." He hastened to the bed, but before his hand touched Valerie, she yelled and moved aside.

"Don’t come close to me."

A frustrated sigh escaped Alpha Denzel, but he couldn’t bear to obey her wish this time. He was too afraid for any gap to be between them. The closer they were to each other, the better it was for both of them at every point in time.

"You can’t be stubborn, and you know why. We made promises, and if you can’t keep your part, I can force you to do so." His voice was so stern, Alessia feared. Her brother was so hard. It was difficult for him to cajole a woman.

Valerie was more concerned about this mate of his, and since he wouldn’t avoid touching her, she brought up the topic. "What did you do to her?"

Alpha Denzel responded nonchalantly. "I wanted to kill her, but she was a spirit and disappeared."

Valerie sat up on the bed upon hearing his words. This was strange to her, and the fact that she beat herself so much with the fear of losing him.

"What do you mean?"

"The bond is fake. She is a seducing spirit." Alpha Denzel stared intently at her, glad to see remorse in her eyes, but she suddenly stared at him and asked,

"What if it was real? That could happen, you know?"

Alpha Denzel had a dismayed look, but with Alessia in there, he couldn’t do what he wanted and said, "Aless, we are hungry."

"Sure," Alessia left them to have some privacy, and Alpha Denzel’s gaze darkened instantly. Valerie began to feel strange when he stared at her like that.

"What are you going to do?"