Chapter 18
Valen POV
4 Years Later
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I stare at my father as he gives me one of his many lectures. It irritates me to no end that he thought he could still dictate my life. My secretary comes in, placing a steaming cup of coffee on my desk. My father doesn’t even stop talking as he continues droning on, taking another cup of coffee absentmindedly. He sips it before leaning forward and putting it on my desk, the sight instantly irritates me. Two fucking inches away, he knows how much I hate it. I grab his mug and place it on the coaster before sitting back.
“You need to sort your life out Valen, you are getting too old to be messing around constantly with these whores you play with and getting blind drunk every night. If I had known you would be this irresponsible, I never would have handed the pack over to you.”
“My personal life is none of your business; I am a good Alpha.”
“You are a fucking drunk,” he bellows at me. Instantly, I smack the table with my fist. His anger instantly dies down.
“I am just saying you are twenty–nine–years–old, just find some bitch and mark her so she can spit out an heir for the
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“Not happening; the only person I have kids with is my mate,” I tell him.
“29 years, and you still haven’t found her. Give up on the idea and just choose a woman. At this rate, you will be my age by the time you have your first child Valen, this isn’t about you. It is about your pack,” he says, growling. I lean back in my chair, grabbing the document off my desk to look at it when Marcus walks in.
Relief floods me at seeing him. He bows his head to my father. “Alpha Kalen,” he says to his former Alpha.
“You’re dismissed father,” I tell him, wanting him gone. He was making my headache worse.
“You can’t just dis…”
“I already did,” I tell him, cutting him off.
He rises from his chair before grabbing his mug and downing it. He then places it down and storms out. My eyes are on the mug when Marcus moves it back onto the coaster, knowing how crazy it makes me.
“You find out why sales dropped on all our hotels?” I ask him, turning back to the document in my hand of the report.
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“I did, and I am going to check it out myself,” Marcus says, making me place the document down.
“Check what out?” I ask him, confused.
“We have competition,” Marcus says, dumping some kind of brochure on my desk. I glance at it
“Mountainview Hotel,”
“Since when?” I ask him.
“Look at the star rating,” I glance down and see it has a five- star rating, and I read some of the reviews.
“Where is this place? I’ve never even heard of it.”
“That’s the thing; it has always been there, under new management apparently. And you won’t believe it.”
“Believe what?” I ask him.
“It’s completely run by rogues,” he answers, shocking me further.
“I have never noticed this place, and I grew up in the city,” I tell him, not believing it is possible. Where did a rogue get enough money to own a hotel?
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“It’s on the main drag, the first hotel as you drive in from the western borders, backs onto the nature reserve,” he says, but I still have no idea what he was talking about.
“Fuck you and your silver spoon, of course; you have no idea what I am talking about, near the train station. Seeing as you have never caught public transport in your life, you would have missed it.”
I press my lips in a line. He’s right, though. I usually stick to my own territory and hardly spend any time on the western side of the city but still, a hotel this size you would think I would notice since it was on the main street.
“Opened three and half years ago, apparently they are not only cheaper, but they have better services, and I think people are just interested in seeing a hotel run by rogues.”
“Great it’s a fucking circus for a tourist attraction, not that I have anything against rogues, I just have a hard time being fucking outdone by them.”
“Well, I will suss it out today.”
“Don’t bother. I will go, might book the Alpha meeting there. Alpha John kicked up a stink when he heard we were hosting it and wants it on neutral ground. I have another job for you anyway.”
“What’s that?” he asks.
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“I want you to distract my father,” I tell him, and he scrunches up his face.
“Ah no, last time I had to do that, he gave me a tour of the city I have lived in my entire life,” Marcus says. I smirk. “Can’t I go with you?” he whines.
“No, I know he is waiting for you to leave so he can give me a lecture on creating an heir, so I need an escape, and this seems perfect,” I tell him while holding up the brochure.
“I don’t see why I can’t come with,” he says, getting up.
“Oh, and Ashley is downstairs looking for you,” Marcus tells
- me.
“Ah, I never should have touched that one; she is like a leech,” I groan, and Marcus laughs.
“Yeah, you have to be more careful where you stick your dick,” Marcus says.
“Get rid of her for me,” I tell him, and he growls.
“Why do I need to get rid of her? I didn’t fuck her,” he says.
“Fine, I will just distract my father for me so I can escape,” I tell him. He leaves, then mind–links me when the coast is clear,
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something about asking my father if he was familiar with
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graphs. My father was always unable to help himself when he wanted to show off his knowledge. I know Marcus would give me hell later over it.
Sneaking out, I catch the lift to the ground floor before walking to the exit, only to see Ashley smile when she spots me. She flicks her blonde hair over her shoulder before pulling down her dress that had ridden up. Don’t know why she bothered. I can still see the bottoms of her asscheeks if she turned around.
“Valen, honey,”
“Busy, and don’t call me that,” I tell her, walking past her. She grabs my hand, and I shake her off, walking out for the valet to notice me. He rushes off to get my car while I stay trapped, standing next to Ashley.
“Want to go out later,” she says, pawing at my shirt. I shove her hands off, and she pouts.
“What part of, I am busy, don’t you understand?” I ask her, she says nothing for a few moments, and her face reddens.
“You know you don’t have to be such a prick, Valen.”
“Alpha Valen, we are not familiar; just because I stuck my dick in you, don’t think it means anything more than that, now get off me,” I tell her, putting distance between us.
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She starts crying. I roll my eyes; this couldn’t be happening. Seeing people staring, I tell her to shut up, making her cry more. The valet brings my car over, and I growl, stomping and opening the passenger side.
“Get in, and I will drive you home when I am done,” I tell her through clenched teeth, knowing she caught a cab.
She wouldn’t shut up the entire time I was driving. Following the GPS, I look for this stupid hotel.
“What are you looking for?” Ashley whines.
I ignore her and then spot it. How had I never noticed it before? The place is huge, and it looked like every part of a five–star hotel.
This couldn’t be owned by a rogue. The lawns and hedges are well maintained, the exterior has a very coastal tropical feel. Giant palm trees and hanging plants, well–trained vines rain along the guard rails. A colossal water fountain sat in the center of the car park. Getting out, I look at Ashley quickly.
“Stay here, I will be back in a minute,” I tell her. Ashley nods to me and pulls out her phone. I slam my door a little too hard.
Walking around, I inspect the place. The restaurant is packed, every seat is taken, waiters are bustling around inside serving
guests. The food smells divine, and I growl in annoyance
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before opening the restaurant door. I can hear people in the back of the kitchen singing happy birthday, and those eating at the tables had all stopped to sing along when a woman, a beautiful woman, comes out carrying a cake, before placing it on a table. The staff sings behind her as they follow.
Her scent instantly hits my nostrils as they sing happy birthday to a girl that looks a bit younger than her. My entire body locks up in shock and all I could do was stare at the woman who had her arms wrapped around the girl whose birthday it is. Mate, my skin starts buzzing, my heart beats faster. I am overcome with the overwhelming urge to claim her. Suddenly, it feels like there’s no one else in the room but
- us.
My entire body calls me toward the petite woman. Her uniform indicates she was some kind of manager here, and her hair is pulled in a bun on her head, showing off her neck. Right where I wanted to sink my teeth.
Everyone cheers as the younger girl blows out the candles.
“Oh, we need napkins,” I hear my mate’s melodious voice call out. I feel stuck, entranced by her. My mouth waters as I watched her walk away and back into the kitchen. She is a little skinny, but I would fix that, she also looks tired, but she was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
I walk slowly towards an older woman in the corner, trying not to draw attention to myself. I tap her on the shoulder. She glances at me briefly before looking back down in
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“Can I help you, Alpha?” she asks, picking up my aura.
“Yes, that woman that walked out the back to get napkins?”
“Everly, Sir. How can I help you,” she says, standing up to look at me from cutting the cake.
Her eyes dart to mine, and she steps back, bumping into the table and the younger girl, who then looks at me. Her eyes go wide, and she clutches the woman’s arm. The fear on both their faces is evident. I knew I was feared, but I did nothing, only asked a simple question. They acted like I was about to go on some killing spree. My reputation was terrible, but I wasn’t expecting such fear from two women I had never met -before.
“Zoe, go check on Everly,” the woman says. Everly, why did her name sound so familiar to me?
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