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“We should move on to the meeting,” she said evenly.
The meeting itself was tense, the room crackling with friction. Mason and Elena sat across from me and my men, both projecting confidence and authority. This was a far cry from the rogue I had found living wild, the girl I had once-
I shut down that thought immediately.
“Let’s discuss the Alpha Ball location,” Mason said, voice clipped. “Moonstone pack will benefit more from hosting.”
I smirked. “And yet, Silverclaw Pack as the better venue.”
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Elena rested her chin on her hand, studying me. “You mean the amphitheater near your western border?”
I tried not to show my surprise. She really had taken all of my mother’s tutoring and
lessons to heart. She knew my packlands almost better than I did myself.
“Not far from where I found you,” I reminded her, hoping to regain the upper hand.
“Amongst that ratty pack of rogues.”
Her nostrils flared at my insult, but she held her tongue, turning to Mason. “There’s a playhouse nearby that we could use in case of foul weather.”
Mason looked at her blankly, clearly unimpressed.
“Do you have something better?” I asked.
Mason sat forward. “As a matter of fact-”
“We consent to your venue,” Elena interrupted.
The room fell silent, all eyes turning to her in surprise.
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“I assume that’s acceptable?” Her eyebrows went up. “Or did you want a tour of the various Moonstone properties that we have on-”
“No,” I interrupted her before we lost any more ground. “That won’t be necessary. We’ll hold the event at the Silverclaw Western Amphitheatre and Playhouse.”
Mason looked displeased, but Elena nodded curtly and grabbed the papers on the table in front her, shuffling them efficiently into order.
“I think that wraps up our initial negotiations,” she said breezily. She turned to the Alpha
beside her. “Mason?”
Mason sighed neutrally and rose to his feet. “Yes,” he said. “That’s enough for today.”
Everyone rose, my men no longer grumbling now that Moonstone had at last capitulated
on a major point.
“We’ll see you out,” Mason said, and without another word, he and Elena made for the
entrance, my men and I in their wake.
Just before we got to the door, there was a voice coming from the other side of the palatial
entrance hall.
“Sir!”
We all turned en masse as man in a white chef’s uniform came striding angrily toward us, his face caked in white flour. I barely held in a snort of laughter.
“Sir,” he marched up to Mason with his eyes boring into the Alpha. “I cannot work like this! It’s Aiden, he-”
At that moment he seemed to notice the rest of us and lowered his voice, murmuring intently to Mason, and gesticulating wildly. Mason put a conciliatory hand on the chef’s flour–covered shoulder.
Elena, at almost the same moment, heaved an aggrieved sigh and called over the Gamma that waited at attention by the door.
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The chef flounced off angrily after a few moments and Mason turned back to us. There was
a streak of flour across his own jaw.
“Real crack team you’ve got here at Moonstone,” Joe snorted, just loudly enough for
everyone to hear.
To their credit, both Mason and Elena ignored him.
I was about to do my best to make a polite goodbye when I watched Elena reach up and tenderly wipe the flour off of Mason’s face. The Alpha smiled at her warmly and turned on
his heel to leave.
“MINE!” Erebus snarled within me, and I could only hold my rage in for a moment before I took two enormous strides up to my mate and grabbed her arm, pulling her bodily through the enormous doorway and out onto the grand front steps of the Moonstone pack mansion.
I heard a vicious growl rip through the air, bouncing off the marble walls of the estate and echoing into the outside air. My instinct was to look around who for the wolf who was
causing such a scene.
But the growl had come from me.
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