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“You don’t want to walk the rest of the way?” he asked, scooping her up into his arms and stepping through the portal into their bedroom.
She closed the portal and kissed his cheek with a soft growl. “Are you kidding? We have alotto celebrate and there’s no reason to waste time walking.”
“I love how you think,” he said, setting her on the bed. She stretched out on her back and smiled like the vixen she was.
“I loveyou.”
He set the bag with the rose bush on the floor and straightened. “I love you, sweetheart.” He glanced at the rose bush. “Do we need to take care of it?”
“It can wait a little bit while we celebrate,” she said. “I know the perfect spot in the yard for it.” She beckoned him to her and he leaned over, planting his hands on the mattress and nuzzling her throat, inhaling her sweet scent.
He kissed her, letting go of everything but the feeling of his mate under him, her soft skin and the sweet words from her lips as they raced toward the heavens and tumbled, well-sated, back to earth. He had his very own angel in his arms, a petite temptress with a sinful smile and a heart as big as the full moon.
He’d never been happier than he was at this moment, with his truemate in his arms and their babies on the way.
CHAPTERFIFTEEN
Stef waited at the edge of the woods across the street from Ren’s house. It had taken only a few days of watching to figure out the route and frequency of the males who were on patrol in Wilde Creek. Avoiding them was easy, it had just taken some time. Not that she felt all too patient, but it would be worth the wait in the long run.
Once they’d figured out the patrols, she’d been able to send in two of her new pack members to place a few wireless cameras around the exterior of the house. Ren and the female she’d come to think of as an imposter-mate hadn’t been around all week. Stef didn’t know where they were, but time was running out for her and she needed to speed things up.
They’d been surreptitiously sending out news that their pack was recruiting members. Their ranks had swollen swiftly with males who, for one reason or another, were on their own. The problem was that her hold on alphaship of the pack was just as quickly slipping away. Angry males, hungry for retaliation against those who had wrongedthem, weren’t interested in holding out for Ren to realize thatshewas the right female for him and to take his rightful place at her side, so she could go about getting herownrevenge against Isaiah.
She kept her hold on her position through sheer force of will, and thanks to her original members, especially Tanner, who refused to let anyone get close to her, the new members were willing to do her dirty work. She’d promised them she’d help them get revenge if they first helped her to secure Ren as her mate and then pull a coup on Isaiah. There would be males and females who would die when the coup happened, but most would fall in line, and she’d be alpha female of an enormous pack that could, and would, do whatever she wished.
She was still pissed at the Wilde Creek alpha. Maybe after taking over Dorlan, they’d move on to Wilde Creek. Acksel the Asshole would fall as easily as Isaiah, she bet.
Tanner sighed. “Why are we doing this again?”
It was tempting to just punch him, but she resisted the urge. Barely. “Youknowwhy.”
“I get that you want to be alpha female so you need a male, because the rest of usmalesare jackasses who want a male to be the leader. But Ren is clearly not on the market anymore. All you’re doing is chasing after a male who doesn’t want you.”
“He’s the right one for the job.”
“There are others.” Tanner jerked his thumb over his shoulder. She didn’t have to look where he pointed to know the newest members of the pack were there, far enough away to not hear their words, but close enough to be called when needed.
She turned on her cousin with a snarl. “I won’t tie myself forever to someone I’m not attracted to. Ren was mine first, and he’ll be mine again. You’re either with me or against me, Tanner, so choose right the fuck now.”
“I said I’m in,” he said, giving her a look of exasperation. “I’m just pointing out that you’re losing sight of the goal here…to take over the Dorlan pack.”
She gnashed her teeth and turned back to the house. “I’ve lost sight of nothing. I’ll put down the bitch, claim Ren as my alpha mate, and kill Isaiah. Then we might just come back to Wilde Creek and put down the alpha of this town. Eventually, I’ll be alpha of the largest pack in the country, and then I won’tneedan alpha male. Ren will fall in line or he’ll fall, plain and simple. Iwillrule on my own. One way or the other.”
“I think you’ve lost your mind, Stef.”
“And?”
“And I’m still in, I’m just pointing out the obvious.”
“You’re an asshole.”
“Maybe, but I’m the only one in this pack that’s one hundred percent with you. The others are anxious. If this fails, you’ll have to pick another male to rule with you or face that you’re going to be expelled from your own pack.”
“They can try,” she said, her vision hazing and her claws tingling as her wolf urged her to show her dominance. She’d go to her grave before she let anyone take her pack from her. Ren was the key to retaining control, and he’d tow the line or he’d be the first to fall.
“It’s time,” she said, turning to the males behind her. “Be quiet but be destructive, and leave the front door open when you're finished."
“Our pleasure,Alllllphaaaa,” Teddy, a large male with a scar from a pack battle over his left eye, said as he walked by. He looked down at her as he passed, stretching out her title in a sarcastic way, a passive-aggressive jab at her.
