AXEL I sat in the private room. A faint smirk tugged at my lips as I watched Liam and the Alpha of the Moonlight Pack’s daughter talk. About what? I didn’t f*****g care. What was her name again… Valeria...or whatever. I have made my own arrangements; it's up to her. Since Alessia insisted on clinging to that ridiculous mate bond, I decided to take a different approach. If she wouldn’t let go of Liam… then I’d make Liam let go of her. And Valeria? She was the perfect tool. I’d heard enough about her—how she’d broken her own mate bond with some beta in her pack, all because she wanted Liam. Pathetic. But useful, f*****g useful. I leaned back slightly, my gaze darkening as I watched the way she looked at him. Desire, admiration… obsession. I would give her exactly what she wanted.

