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Darius
“Your Emminence, I believe a fated is more valuable than a chosen. We feel it would be more…” Sheperd said, and I looked at him.
“You are lucky I am in the spirit of forgiveness, Alpha Blanch. I haven’t forgotten that you attacked my estate with your men.” I said, and he was silent.
“Tribute does not work that way. There can be no swap. As you can see, the women have moved on. Kara is happy and will marry Marcel Sidorov during the blue moon. Likewise, Eloise is four months pregnant and will marry Raphael Orlov on the same day. They are now ladies of the north and above you; they are not yours, so a swap cannot take place,” I said calmly as we walked towards my booth.
“What if we talk to..” I heard Cruz say, and I was irritated.
I stopped in my track and looked at him.
“You are lucky Raphael isn’t here. He would have bashed your face in. How dare you ask your men to fuck your wife for entertainment while you watch?” I asked, and Sheperd gasped.
“You are lucky I am not your Alpha. I would have stripped you of your title and seized your lands and money. Then I would have had you locked up to serve time, but Casey seems a bit too liberal for the good of the east,” I said, and Sheperdwell looked at Cruz with disgust.
“It isn’t what you think. I was ..” Cruz said, trying to justify himself, but the words won’t come because what he did was wrong.
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“You hurt that woman and traumatised her. It took a lot for Theo to help her come out of it,” I told him, and he was silent. Sheperd had a judgemental look in his eyes.
“And you think you are smart,” I told Sheperd.
“Asking your wife to shift so you can beat the shit out of your wife, and no one would know. Who does that? With silver, Sheperd? Jada has scars. on her lovely white fur. I can’t believe you all did these things because you had found your fated. It is absurd. I want to believe that your mates had agendas other than having you to themselves,” I said, and they were
silent.
“Anyway, the answer is no. You are lucky I am in good spirits or I would have taken disciplinary action against you to discourage others that plan on walking in your footsteps,” I said. I looked ahead and saw my family’s
booth.
“Well, I guess this is where we part,” I said, shook Casey and left them to go to my booth.
It was best for Casey to say hello to Zora some other time because I did not want Marcel and Theo to deal with Sheperd and Cruz outside the pitch.
I was happy that I had found myself an ally in Casey. All that remained now was for the actual investigation to begin.
I got to the booth, and Zora looked at me with expectant eyes. I smiled at her and kissed her.
“I am alright, darling. I am not as troubled as I was this morning, and Casey and I have made headway,” I said, and she raised her eyebrow at me, which made me smile.
“You are right; he is a cool guy and highly misunderstood,” I said, and she giggled.
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“Cindy has delivered the items to Gezel, and we have four men on her now,” Zora linked me, and I nodded and looked at Marcel.
I knew I would have to tell him that his family was involved in the mess.
I did not know how he would take it, but I hope to sweep Gezel’s involvement under the carpet, so it does not hurt Marcel.
Whatever the case, I knew Gezel was not the mastermind.
I believe she was being used, and they wanted me to catch her so it would implicate my beta.
My gut feeling was telling me to protect them first and investigate later.
“So we will wait to see what they would do with the items Lily got them,”
I linked Zora.
We returned home early, and I went straight to my office. Zora followed me, and I let her sit on my lap while I went through my email on my computer.
I was still trying to trace my half–brother, and I was still trying to find Jenny’s child.
“When are they bringing the list with the names of the alpha that raised the petition?” Zora asked me, sounding eager.
“They will bring it tonight. I trusted Brian William with the task. He is my most loyal officer.” I told her, and she smiled at me.
“And Wilson too,” she said, and I did not know how to respond because Wilson was the one that slapped her when they were coming to the north. I disciplined the Brian for it, but I wondered if Zora had forgiven the guy.
“It’s okay, darling. The jaw–shifting blow Raphael gave him the day we arrived was satisfactory,” she said, giggling, and I was relieved.
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“Him too. I trust him too.” I confessed, and she kissed my forehead, saying it was cute.
Marcel entered my office, followed by Theo; I knew they were eager to know what Casey and I had discussed.
Kara and Eloise entered, and I knew they were looking for Zora. Still, Zora remained on my lap, and I wanted her there because I was hard as hell and trying to calm down.
Her citrus scent was overwhelming, and we were hiding the fact that we were fated from our friends for now.
“What is with Gezel?” Marcel asked me.
“First, I will tell you what Casey said,” I said, trying to save the serious thing for the last.
Theo took orange juice from the small fridge in the office and gave it to Eloise, then asked her to sit on the couch.
Kara collected the juice from him and sat quickly, leaving Eloise dumbfounded.
“I get to be pampered, too,” she said, and everyone laughed.
Marcel took another Juice from the fridge and gave it to Eloise, and Eloise received it smiling while she sat next to Kara.
“Casey said Cruz, and Sheperdwell put him up to it. They requested a tribute swap,” I said, and Kara coughed, spilling the juice through her
nose.
“What?” Eloise said, exclaiming.
“Yes, I want to believe they have either lost it or are on some medication that isn’t good for their minds.
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Cruz wanted to swap his mate for you, Eloise. Casey later explained that Cruz found out that her triplets aren’t biologically his, and he has difficulty getting women pregnant. He regrets his actions towards you,” I said, and Eloise was nonplussed.
I could see her mixed feelings, and I knew it came to her as a shocker. After all that Casey told me, I figured Cruz might have blamed her for not getting pregnant too, which was why he visited that level of abuse on her. I wonder if he would abuse himself now that he knew the fault was with him all along.
