Revenge of the fallen Beta

treadmill. Her phone buzzed in the holder, and her eyebrows shot up

treadmill, grinding it to a halt. She composed herself, not wanting to give

he said cheerily

aritone voice. She didn't want to admit it, even to

n I do f

might be a good way for you to get to know some of the pack members better. And be

much of an excuse to get dressed up and have a good time. "

g nature he communicated with. He could hear the noise of the busy gym in the background and figured he didn't ne

longer. That body doesn't make itself." He cri

ght. Pull yourself tog

t you the

ally berating himself, he heard

un the last kilometre and a bit of the journey just to work up a sweat, althou

so he pulled on the handle and rushed into th

blood-stained clothing and stoo

ppened?" he asked

empting to catch his breath. Lucas allowed him the time to

sily. Manky, dirty, rogue wolves. I managed to get some slashes in and woun

ncern crosse

he asked. Dane cast his

e conceded, glumly. "It

face

x, letting their guard down – I guess that must just be the way they did things in Green P

s all Luca

nd have a swing at a few of them, and they've taken off and

t you mind

ough to mind-link, they were all dead and the rogues ha

' face as he realised that his newly appoin

?" he asked

irst. Some leadership that was, getting seven of your pack killed. I wanted to t

good man," lamented Lu

rce to Lucas his lack of faith in the leadership and plead his case. They'd barely spoken since the

rid of Marcus and Patrick? Whose idea was it to reunite these territories and c

a firm, reassuring hand on his s

operly with his eyes closed. He was in charge of the army you want to replicate, and I fully trust him. You'v

s had darkened and he realised his passionate

wn pack to ascend to Alpha, and that meant guaranteeing leadership positions to those who sided with

act that these warriors were taken out by rogues without even so much as a whimper is exactly wh

just orchestrated the slaughtering of seven men, all so he could be promoted, and

utral. Dane turned and stormed out of the office, slamming the door behind him

He had no doubt Dane was the best person for the Beta role, but he h

uld stay that way. He had no choice but to deny Dane what he wanted, so that he himself could get what he wanted –

, and was looking forward to getting some time alone with her to get to know her more. Or better still, maybe it cou

reddened. It made her feel special that the Alpha had personally called her to invite her to something, just to help her fit in with the new p

eople she didn't know. She doubted Alpha Lucas would attend, he'd already done her a favour just by adding her name to the guest list, but

veway that led uphill to Gamma Sam's house, Dane was maki

so beneath us," he grumbled. "I wouldn't be se

e's waist and squeezed him as th

ou. For doing stuff you

g her hand in his. Lucas may be winning the hierarchical ba