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When Valerie went shopping with Mary and her mom, Alpha Denzel glared at the men. "Follow me outside."

Panicky, they obeyed his instruction, doing as told. As they did so, Alpha Denzel texted Godic to meet up with him. He arrived about five minutes later.

"Why so fast?" Alpha Denzel asked seriously, wondering about Godic’s location before receiving the message, but Godic hastily responded, feeling slightly uneasy.

"It’s a long story, boss. What happened? Why are they here?"

Denzel glared at the men. They were in the open so he could not immediately touch them and responded to Godic. "That is what I want you to go find out. You know what to do."

The four men panicked as they knew what he meant by those innocent words. Jack began to beg for his life.

"Don Denzel, please, you don’t have to torture us to get information. I am just a hitman sent by Don Mario to get the woman. Only her picture was sent to me."

He showed Valerie’s picture with the message, and Don Denzel frowned. "Delete it." He wondered how many more people had his woman’s picture. It was taken right when the arrived at the supermarket.

The packs he wanted to be away from in the bid to give Valerie freedom to enjoy living as a human seemed to be even safer for her than the human world.

If not for trying to hit two birds with one stone in order to take care of some business matters, he would have rather taken her to Hawaii, where he was not known.

Jack deleted the image instantly and said, "so that is what happened. I was not told for what. You know the job we do, and it’s not as if we could succeed."

Alpha Denzel glared at the burly man. Their only luck was the fact that there were passersby. "You pointed a gun at her."

It was funny how a man so huge was shivering like a kitten at the sight of Don Denzel. "I swear to God, I only wanted to scare her because we were told to bring her alive. She was hurting Jay. That woman. Is she even a wo..."

His two teeth fell out before he could finish the statement. Godic had punched him hard. "You don’t talk about her like that." After catching a glimpse of the picture and realizing it was their future Luna, Godic did what his boss had in mind.

With Godic around, Alpha Denzel did not have to move a finger, but it was such a shame that Godic did not carry along a cigar for him. The burly man, though punched by Godic, was rather begging Denzel.

"I’m sorry, Don Denzel, but please..."

"Don Denzel, please let them go and take me instead," Don Mario’s voice was heard. He waited at the car park and realized that his men had failed. Even if Don Denzel killed all these men, he would still come after him, so it was better for the lives of these innocent men to be saved.

Alpha Denzel glared at him but wanted to know the person behind all this. "You indeed made it easy because you are the one I want," he spoke nonchalantly. Don Mario would be the right person to give him the names of those he wanted.

Don Mario came clean, as telling a lie would only worsen matters. "My woman was kidnapped, and they threatened to kill her if you don’t attend the party. I only sent them the picture showing that I have eyes on you when you were talking to the woman. They told me to get her instead."

He was about to say more when Don Denzel’s phone rang. He answered it as soon as he saw Valerie’s name.

"If you have finished, you can wait in the car." He tried to be calm but was anxious to find the people behind this and to also not ruin all that he had planned. Valerie needed to get her wolf back, and it disturbed him greatly with all the delays.

"Are you alright?" Valerie asked seriously, but Alpha Denzel was lost for words. Digging into this matter might take all of his time and ruin the time he wanted to spend with her.

"I’m coming over." When he ended the call, he said to Godic. "Keep him. I have something to take care of." Shoving his hand into his pocket, he gave him Alpha Conrad’s phone. "Get this decoded as well."

Valerie was already in the car before Denzel arrived, instantly saying, "I have to teach you how to use guns." It was not a bad idea for her to go everywhere with a pistol in her purse. A cute one, of course. And he would have to get her a license for it as well.

"When?" Valerie was eager and asked. She loved knowledge, and the fact that she was opportune to do so with Alpha Denzel made it all worthwhile.

Other Alphas would have made her a baby-making machine for their packs and not tried to equip her in any way.

"As soon as we get home," Alpha Denzel calmly responded. Then he remembered the pizza. They should have called him by now. On second thoughts, he drove to the pizza shop and picked a large size.

"You get to taste pizza too." Valerie’s eyes widened when she saw the pizza at the back seat of the car. The aroma wafted through the cold air in the car, and she marveled.

"It smells good."

Alpha Denzel chuckled but did not respond. He also did not call her out for the fact that she had promised to cook for him and bought so many groceries. Her adventurous behavior made them perfect for each other.

Alpha Denzel learned how to make pizza online but did not think it was as good as the ones from this pizza shop, which is why he bought some instead.

Arriving at the manor, Alpha Denzel was shocked to see light in some part of the house, so he did not touch Valerie’s bags, except the groceries. Somehow, he felt it was the cleaner when the light soon went off, and the door opened.

He quickly pushed Valerie behind him, in case it was an enemy, but when the person stepped out, confusion clouded his mind. "Aurora, what are you doing here?"