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“The body isn’t here.” Arianna said, looking at Alpha Dean who frowned in confusion. The man had followed her to ensure that she was okay, but the last thing that he expected to hear was that the body of his enemy or more specifically, her mother, wasn’t there. “Arianna…” “We are being played, but by who, why, I don’t know.” She said, her voice cold. The Alpha knew that his mate was speaking out of anger and torment. The pain that she was feeling was one that she did not understand, and judging by Lyov’s expression, he felt the same way. “Mariana?” Alpha Kai asked, shaking his head in question. “She never arrived with the Alpha and yet her scent…” “As I said, we are being played.” Arianna said, taking a step back to hide her tears. The Alpha, her mate, grabbed her hand, stopping her before pulling her to his chest. “I know that it hurts…” “You don’t.” She said, her voice coming out colder than she intended for it to. His eyes dropped to the ground but she took a deep breath. “Don
“You called for me,” the Alpha asked, entering the hotel. Arianna looked at him and he smiled before opening his arms for her. She looked at her mate for a second before taking a step toward the Alpha. He hugged her tightly before pulling away to shake the Alpha’s hand. “You need not worry about me trying to steal your mate, Alpha Dean.” He said, looking down at the woman as she walked back to her mate. “She wouldn’t spare me a second glance anyway.” Arianna laughed and ran her finger over her mate’s chest as he wrapped his arm around her. “How are you, Alpha Alessandro?” “I am well, Alpha. However, I am more or less curious as to why you would call me for a meeting in Vegas when we could have met in either my house or yours.” He said, raising an eyebrow at the Alpha. “Lucius is back.” Arianna said, and the man’s face dropped. “You’ve heard the rumors.” He said, and she nodded. “Do you believe them?” “I have no reason not to.” She said, taking a step closer as she showed him her
Arianna:“Good evening, boss, the usual?” I asked, smiling at the Alpha who just walked toward the bar.Alpha Dean Ivanov, Pakhan, and Alpha of Alphas, also my family’s biggest challenge and rival.His blue eyes met my green ones and he nodded in response and I smiled before turning to the bottles and pulling out his bottle of scotch and a glass. I poured the glass for him and handed it to him before turning to his beta, or in other words, his second hand as I poured him his glass. I waited for a few seconds, wanting to see whether or not they needed anything else, but the Alpha simply nodded, dismissing me as he turned to his beta. I caught sight of the chain under his shirt, meaning that he had the keys. I turned toward the next customers, a couple, who were sitting beside one another and I frowned as I saw the man pouring white powder, a drug, inside the woman’s drink. Her eyes were on her phone as he did it, before she extended her hand to wrap around the glass. The woman went
Dean:“You were right, Alpha.” Viktor said, walking toward me with his laptop, showing me the camera footage, revealing Arianna standing with the man and woman who were causing a scene.“We will just have to see what the woman is on about.” I said, shrugging my shoulders as I saw her paying the man. Both he and the woman walked away toward a bike, and the woman got behind him before Arianna snuck back inside through the window. I couldn’t help but feel a clench in my chest, though what it was about, I didn’t understand. All I knew was that I didn’t like what I saw, and not in a normal way where I would be reacting almost instantly. It was something beyond that and the pain that I felt because of it was not one that I could understand.I rolled my eyes, masking whatever I was feeling before nodding at Viktor to take his laptop. “Do you want me to call her over?”“No, she would know to come up with a lie until then, and that is not something that I want.” I said, and Viktor raised an a
Arianna:I got dressed, frowning as I caught sight of my pack’s mark on my left shoulder.The last thing that I needed was for him to recognize where I came from, and though I knew that we rarely ever revealed who we were or our marks, I knew that as my father’s rival, that he could know what the tattoo stood for.I shook my head at myself before running my fingers through my hair, throwing it over my shoulders as I let my curls cover my breast and shoulder. I was just going to find a way to lie about this as well, there was no true other way to do it, and this wasn’t something that I was going to back away from, not when I was this close to what I wanted to find.I took a deep breath and walked out of the changing room, my eyes catching sight of the Alpha who was already inside the pool.His eyes met mine and he smirked, eyeing me up and down for a second before nodding at me to come.I jumped inside the water, diving in as I swam toward him, knowing that I had his full attention. I
Dean:My heart dropped as my wolf called ‘Mate’ at the woman who was sitting, choking, in front of me.Her heartbeat slowed down, and I wrapped my arms around her before opening the antidote and forcing it down her throat.Her breathing evened in a minute, but she slept in my arms as I looked at her with keen and careful eyes. My body aching with the need to figure out how I wasn’t able to sense her.I lifted her in my arms and got out of the pool, carrying her inside, heading to my suite. There was no way that I was going to leave now that I knew that my mate was here, and all this time, for months, she was working for me.She laid her head on my chest, her wolf purring despite her being asleep and I couldn’t help but return the purrs as I ran my finger over her bare shoulder gently.“Boss?” Viktor asked, frowning in confusion as he took sight of me, processing what he was seeing. I had to fight back a growl, reminding myself that there were humans around, as I grew protective over t
Arianna:My heart dropped against my ribcage as I heard the Alpha’s phone ring. He put the call on speaker, wanting me to hear what the man was saying.“Boss?” The man asked through the other line, it was his beta. The man was taunting me and he knew that, and seeing the gun’s muzzle through the camera as it moved to follow the man and woman didn’t make this any better. If anything, I couldn’t help but feel more frightened than I already was. “Shoot…”“Don’t.” I said, stopping him. He smirked and raised an eyebrow as the beta waited for what his Alpha would say. “Please, don’t…”The Alpha stayed quiet for a few seconds, clearly challenging me, waiting to see what I was going to do. But at this point, I was stuck, at his mercy, waiting for his response until I found a way out of this mess that I put myself in. “Hold,” the Alpha said and I bit my bottom lip. The last thing that I wanted was to cost innocent people their lives. Regardless of who I was, my war was with the Alpha, they h
Dean:I wrapped my arms around the woman, my mate, who I knew was now flustered with the need of me touching her, pulling her toward the bed.Her heart raced against her ribcage, and I knew that it was going to take me a lot more self control than I would want not to mark her. But feeding my wolf’s hunger should do the trick for now. To say the least, he wouldn’t be too curious about how it felt like to be with his mate. That didn’t mean that I was going to mark her just yet.Her eyes met mine as I leaned in before connecting my lips with hers. Her heart raced against my ribcage and mine did too. The idea of being inside her was more tempting than ever, and seeing as she didn’t pull away, I could tell that she wanted this as much as I did.I ran my fingers over her waist as she wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling me closer. And pulling away, Arianna bit my bottom lip, gently pulling on it before I pushed my tongue inside her mouth, exploring and dominating her. She whimpered at t