I sighed, squeezing my eyes shut for a moment as I gathered my thoughts. "That makes no sense. Why would she lie about that? Especially to her Alpha?" I asked. "Well, if she's in on the plot to hurt your mate," Damien shurgged, scratching the back of his head sheepishly. I c****d an eyebrow at him, waiting for his explaination about how he knew about that. "I heard you speaking to your Beta," he muttered, looking embarassed. My eyes rolled nearly into the back of my head. "So, you were eavesdropping?" "It was a bit hard to miss," he admitted, pursing his lips slightly, like he was the one annoyed that he had been listening to my conversations. "You should try harder," I say in an annoyed tone, puffing up my chest, as if that would make me more impressive. He looked down at me, clearly

