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Ryker:

“But what about her husband? How are we going to get rid of him?” Thankfully, Silas was on my

side. We were already making plans for the worst case scenario. The best case was that she was

only pretending but if she was indeed in love with Brody, I was ready to ruin her relationship so get

her back.

“I say we challenge him to a battle and kill him on the ground,” Nash was really hyping up, and I

didn’t blame him. Watching Nora with anyone else was not easy for us, especially when she was

mated to us.

I turned my gaze to Cain, who looked equally upset and disturbed. I remembered Nora had

mentioned feeling a mate bond with Nash as well.

My eyes then shifted to Silas, and I felt a little lost. Why would she feel a mate bond with three of her

stepbrothers? What made the Moon Goddess spare Silas? Was he not lucky like the rest of us to

have her as his fated mate?

‘It’s not like she gave her heart to us either,‘ my wolf reminded me, and I grunted in response.

“We should have killed him way before,” Silas groaned under his breath, “look how he put her in the

arena with a beast. We should put him with a beast too. I am sure he wouldn’t even be able to fight

them.”

“That would be too obvious. If she truly loves him as much as she claims, she would never forgive

us for her husband’s murder and might even hate us,” Cain said, trying to make us understand how

risky it could be if we didn’t handle this matter carefully.

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“Then what can we do?” Silas sighed.

“I say we observe everything first. Brody is already one step out of her life. He has married another

woman, an Alpha’s daughter,” I stroked my chin as I reviewed the information I had gathered on

Janet. The moment I saw her, I ordered my warriors to get as much information on her as possible. I

saw a potential weapon that I could use against Brody.

“Ryker is right. All we need to do is make Brody mess up,” Cain agreed.

“But how are we going to do that? Did you check the message from the council?” Nash pulled out

his phone, looking troubled as he showed us the screen.

I hadn’t checked anything. My mind had been clouded ever since I came here and saw Nora with

Brody. I had stopped feeling better and was back in a dark place.

“What does it say?” Cain asked Nash.

“Yuki has requested us to return. He and the others think that us being in Brody’s pack might trigger

Brody’s trauma. Since-” Nash hesitated, but I knew what this was all about.

“That I killed Christina,” I nodded, understanding that Brody must have reached out to the council.

“They also think we shouldn’t stay in this pack and that the pack members are not very fond of us,”

Nash continued, and we all exchanged uneasy glances. That was odd. There was no way the

council was suddenly taking this matter so seriously. They had previously told Brody not to mention

Christina and act as if the trauma would worsen if we remained in his pack.

“Why do they care suddenly?” Silas asked, getting off the couch. He stopped abruptly and looked at

us. “Oh shit. His pack’s reputation is

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improving.”

So that was why the council was suddenly so concerned about Brody’s mental health.

“If the pack starts thriving and their warriors are strong enough to fight the mutants, Brody could

order them into the mountains to gather precious herbs as well,” Cain explained how Brody’s rich

land could be so beneficial for him. It hadn’t been the case before, but suddenly, he was able to train

his warriors to go into the mountains and catch the mutants. They must be incredibly powerful to do

so.

“And somehow, he’s able to train everyone. Look how he controlled Nora‘ s wolf. Brody is up to

something. Do you think he got his hands on some magic lamp or something?” Cain inquired, and

Nash grunted angrily.

“How the heck can he be so good at everything now?” Silas was also disturbed. Brody was able to

challenge our abilities so easily. The training, the fighting, the convincing of wolves, and even

controlling them–he was outsmarting us.

“He has a beautiful mate. Of course, he’s in a better mental place now,” Cain shook his head and

grunted again.

“But what about the council? They want us to return,” Silas hissed under his breath.

“We will need to find a way,” I squeezed my eyes shut, determined to do whatever it took to break

Brody and Nora’s relationship.