“Don’t mind him, love. He’s a little uptight. On another note, is she up for a threesome or just watching? He’s a bit shy and needs me to hold his hand. You know how virgins are,” Liam inquires casually, and I press my lips together tightly. A fucking virgin? I’ve had more sexual encounters than Liam has had hot meals, I just don’t need to pay for them! I am sorely tempted to strangle him with his own dick before we leave this place.

The first floor resembles the gentleman’s club I had visited the previous evening. However, behind a black curtain, I assume, lay the rooms where all the action took place. Glancing around, I took mental note of my surroundings. The woman in pink lingerie greets us and leads us upstairs, Liam leaning casually against the counter as if he were flirting with her. Little does he realize that all he needs to do is pay for her services, not engage in unnecessary small talk like he is trying to pick her up. An annoyed growl escapes me at his antics. I peek into the offices and move around the place silently while he distracts her. I nod to him, and he turns the girl away, chatting her up and pinning her against the wall while I sneak into a nearby room filled with filing cabinets and a computer. I quickly take some photos before mindlinking Dustin.

‘Third floor, fourth door on your right,’I tell him, and he hums through the mindlink before answering.

‘On it, just get Liam to keep her distracted, so I can slip upstairs.’

Yep, I slipped back out to find Liam making out with the girl and all but dry humping her against the wall. I clear my throat, and she blushes, pulling away.

“Right, sorry. Your friend distracted me,” she says.

“Clearly, can we get this over with?” I ask her, motioning for her to lead us to the room and to this mystery woman Liam kept talking about that was apparently a rogue. She shows us down a few more corridors.

‘Dustin is checking out the office,’I mindlink Liam.

‘Yeah, he messaged me too. I’ll handle this one,’Liam responds as we stop in front of a door. A feminine voice from within grants us entry.

“Come in.” Liam practically skips into the room while the woman who had escorted us silently slips after being called by another staff member. I shake my head in disbelief and step into the room, immediately assaulted by a familiar scent that makes my heart race.

Liam rushes to the woman’s side, introducing her as Tandi. She greets him with the practiced smile and bright eyes I had come to expect from the workers in this establishment. As I enter the room, Liam spins her around, his hands greedily grasping at her ample breasts. My gaze travels the length of her hourglass figure, finally locking onto her chocolate brown eyes that widen in shock as she gasps.

“Tandi, this is my friend Damian, the one I was telling you about,” Liam introduces me cheerfully, spinning her towards me. But before I can utter a word, her lips part, and she takes a step back, bumping into Liam. Her petite frame quivers with fear, and it is then that I realize with a surge of possessive anger that Liam had slept with my mate.

“Damian?” Liam asks, alarmed by my reaction as my claws instinctively slip out. His gaze darts to my lethal appendages as I take a menacing step towards him. “Mate!” I growl, my voicedripping with fury. Liam lets out a terrified shriek as I lunge at him.

“It was Dustin! It was Dustin! He fucked her brains out, not me!” Liam screams desperately as I crash into him, delivering a punch that sends him reeling. The woman in the room lets out a blood-curdling scream, her eyes wide with terror.

Chapter

Ten

DAMIAN

With a fierce strike, my clenched fist connects with his face, sending him reeling backward. Liam grunts in pain as I continue to pummel him. Surprisingly, the fool makes no move to defend himself, merely attempting to shield his face as sparks of anger surge through my entire being. Suddenly, a jolt of electricity courses through me, snapping me out of my blind rage as my mate desperately tries to pull me away from him. Liam’s eyes glaze over, and within moments, the door buckles and nearly flies off its hinges from Dustin’s powerful kick.

The piercing scream of my mate reverberates off the walls as Dustin forcefully yanks me back, causing me to topple over him. Liam groans, slowly sitting up with a split lip and blood streaming from his nose. Yet, despite the visible injuries, an ominous growl escapes my chest uncontrollably. I yearn to end him.

Liam wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, panting heavily. Suddenly, a startled squeak echoes from the door. Dustin swiftly moves past me, seizing the girl who had escorted us here and muffling her cry before she can alert security.

Dustin shoves her toward Liam who clamps a hand over her mouth. Liam drags the struggling girl into the room and shuts the door with a forceful kick.

“Misunderstanding love, nothing to worry about, shh,” he breathes, letting her go and shoving her toward my mate.

Trembling, my mate clasps her hands over her mouth, her eyes filled with horror as she gazes at me.

Still consumed by anger, I growl menacingly at her. Deep down, I know it isn’t Liam’s fault. How could he have known? But my wild raging Lycan side thirsts for his blood, furious that he slept with her and that my mate turned out to be involved in such a profession.

“Calm down, Damian. We can’t draw attention here,” Dustin urges, his hands gripping my shirt tightly as I attempt to rise. “I need to get out of here,” I seethe through gritted teeth, every instinct urging me to tear the place apart and eliminate anyone who laid a hand on her.

The two women take fearful steps backward as I regain my footing, my gaze flicking briefly to my half-naked mate huddled beside them. Sneering involuntarily, I can’t help myself. “Put some damn clothes on. We’re leaving,” I snarl at her, and she glances at the terrified woman beside her. Clutching her arm, she turns to face Dustin.

“Tell me you’ve obtained what we needed,” I snap at Liam, who retrieves some rolled-up files from inside his denim jacket. “It’s all here,” he replies, catching his breath now that I’m no longer crushing him. His gaze shifts past me, fixating on my mate standing behind me.

“What do we do about her?” Liam interjects, pointing towards the other woman who stands frozen with fear beside my mate. Frustration courses through me, knowing that this was not part of our plan. If I take her with us, our presence will be discovered. Yet, abandoning her is not an option either.

I clutch my hair in frustration. Fuck! This was not part of the damn plan.

Kyson is going to lose his damn mind over this, “Command her to remain silent,” I instruct Liam, while Dustin rises to his feet. Extending his hand toward the terrified girl, he offers reassurance amidst her overpowering fear that fills the room. “I won’t harm you, but you must come with me,” Dustin says, his hand hovering in the air as she hesitates, eyeing my mate who is yet to utter a word since screaming during my assault. Ignoring her presence, for fear of losing control once again, I issue a cold warning.