Page 48 of Fated to the Wolf Billionaire

I couldn’t have her embarrassed with me, not like this, and not when she’d done nothing wrong. I closed the small space between us, lifting her chin with my fingertips so she was forced to meet my eyes with her own.

“I wouldn’t have wanted our first time to be like that either. The first time I take you, I want you to be so ready, you’re begging for it. It will be onourterms. And I promise, you won’t have any doubts that I want you just as much,” I lowered my voice to a whisper, kissing the tender skin beneath her ear to punctuate the words.

She shuddered under the touch, and when I pulled back, her pupils were blown wide with arousal, no trace of embarrassment left behind.

Much better.

I kissed her on the forehead, then turned her toward the door. “You stick with Shay, and I’ll be back as soon as the meeting ends with Kane.”

“Okay.” She was still a little breathless, and she blew me a kiss before walking out the door. Such a small gesture, but still, I was smiling like the luckiest man in the world as I strolled down the hallway to find Kane.

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“Alpha Todd.Thank you for meeting with me.” Kane started the call without preamble. I sat off to the side, where I was still visible to the camera, but Kane was the main focus.

“Of course, High Alpha, Reed.”

Alpha Todd’s second was also on the call and gave us both a deferential nod.

“To what do I owe the honor of the high alpha’s time?”

“It’s not honor, I’m afraid, but necessity. What do you know about the history of omegas?”

Todd blanched, and his second rocked back against his chair. “High Alpha, I can assure we havenoconnection with any omegas or even rumors of?—”

Kane raised a hand, cutting him off. “It’s fine. The history is complex, and much of what we’ve been fed by the Omega Defense League and the Interspecies Governing Council are lies.”

Alpha Todd frowned but didn’t interrupt.

“I’m calling today to tell you that things have changed recently for our species. You know as well as I that wolves have been in decline ever since the time of the wars.”

Kane hesitated, and I knew he was second-guessing the strategy we’d discussed. But it was the only way I could see, and he agreed.

“Omegas are not extinct, wiped out as we thought. But they’re also not all dangerous, detrimental to wolf shifters or to other species. In fact, they have gifts, gifts that ensure the safety and fertility of our species. Without them, we’ve been slowly dying.”

Alpha Todd swore, rubbing a hand wearily over his face. “So, what, the ODL was all based on lies? Some plot by the pixies or vampires to wipe us out?”

“No, not quite. There was truly an omega who went bad. But killing them all was unnecessarily cruel and unjust. Can I trust that anything I tell you remains in confidence?”

“Of course, Kane, you have my word.”

“My mate, Brielle, who was a member of your pack for so many years, is an omega.”

You could have heard a pin drop in the room. It didn’t even look like Todd and his second were breathing, they were so shocked.

“High Alpha, I swear I had no knowledge of that. If I had, I would have immediately disclosed it.”

Kane raised a hand again, stopping him before he could apologize away Brielle’s existence.

“I did not know either, nor did she, not at first. The details are not important right now. The important part is that she is an omega, but she is also harmless, both to our kind and other species. In fact, since we bonded, she has brought three more fated mates to the males of our pack, ensured the safe delivery of one of our pups, and helped one of the females in the pack get pregnant during her first heat.”

Alpha Todd’s eyes were wide as Kane continued on.

“We’ve consulted with an omega expert, and her gifts are fertility and healing. As long as Brielle remains alive, no female in my pack will die in childbirth. No pup will be lost during pregnancy. And as we speak, my pack is preparing to leave to find a stone that can extend those abilities to every pack in the world.”

“Hot damn. This changeseverything. What do you need from me, Alpha?”

Kane smiled then, casting me a quick sideways glance.

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