My Alpha Mate is a bully

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ed on t

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" the c

aid. I took a deep brea

see me, Uncle C

um was a b

he seemed to take up ha

rt, and every step he t

as graying,

but his dark

ntelligent

with a cool

nded didn't

t the situation spelled "dan

you doing

was perfunc

't real

e," I sa

rse

up and stalked over t

town square

er. But his next words drew my attention back to him.

rge

angerous shifters who were wild an

re usually loners and eas

together,

erything that got in their way

ed through the clou

formation he ha

s terr

hy are you telling me this? I'm n

dn

ce. Uncle Callum already

a

t important. You're about

ve maybe your c

't tell you anything. I'd tell

blood, but

ly, looking down at t

ruth, but the blunt natur

jab at Elle m

t, the angrier I got. But

him, knowing i

didn't want to give h

e. Besides, there were mor

ment. I looked

why

me?" I

wering a good foot o

ck that mo

up in the hills. Do

ed. I'

re before an

e the lake, with a path from the back

l had no ide

though. "I

pack moving in.

alpha i

"I was able to size him up: young, strong, da

out him. He said they didn

would keep ou

S

is no l

. "If we're to kill the fe

g to need

till

ers

ou rea

ped. I flinched

e alpha is,

ok my

is Jameson

hout meaning t

mage flashed before me:

with san

en eyes. We

ing in the

ith moonli

e, our lips moving closer as h

my hea

he memory,

top my pound

of his touch

"Jameson Reddi

idea what had just pas

stepped away and stro

prised y

paused. "N

It's no w

ey probably didn't want you

I would agree, but

e you want me to go t

med in my

hte

ing," he said. "You know the

he knows is negotiating rather t

and I

in a differe

y. Well, I say "together," bu

n outcast there than we w

edge over my he

ood. He and h

s. That was, until we

my mout

history he knew, then closed it. If he did

ably for

talk to him," I

of terms. I'm a

hought it wa

to him. They

made t

e said. "

, I thought you might have a bet

lse in t

d know t

en surprised. We had to ex

h a hurry a

hadn't wa

d out about

e Jameso

llied

, and when we finally did

ink about tha

work out, ei

n fact, based on our last conversation

if he did, it was only to

, I'd rather neve

allum g

ing under the assumption that I'm giving you a choice." His

ad and looke

y

think t

dea,"

"You're already an outcast in the pack.

tubborn. You're not in

I wanted to say n

ace and

as an outcast in the pack. Th

uld

ka

epped o

l shaking vi

ld me, I turned left to

ead. But it didn't. All it did was lea

when we w