---- come home to you later, okay?" I nodded, my voice soft. "Okay." After Damon left, I got dressed, still feeling dazed. Just as I was about to get up and look for the driver, I suddenly noticed Damon had dropped some documents in the hunting grounds. Luckily, the hunting grounds were right next to the Pack House office. I quickly grabbed the documents and rushed to the office. I arrived at Damon's office door. The door was slightly ajar. Just as I was about to enter, I heard bursts of laughter from inside. "Alpha, you made quite the commotion out there. When we were patrolling the hunting grounds, we saw all the birds fly away. The whole grassland was shaking. Tell me, if Garrett Rivers knew his sister was being so wild under the Alpha, would he cough up blood from rage?" ---- My brain buzzed like I'd been struck by lightning. I froze in place. "Hahaha, both Damon and Garrett Rivers have great chances of being elected the next Alpha King. The reputation of 'Southern Rivers, Northern Blackwood! isn't just talk. That's why the Alpha deliberately orchestrated that whole hero-saves- beauty love-at-first-sight scenario, rescuing Garrett Rivers' sister and making her fall head over heels for him." "They've been together for years now. The Alpha just loves having relations with her in public places. Sage Rivers thinks no one knows, but actually many pack members have seen them, even taken videos. Everyone calls her a slut behind her back, shameless. Even her brother Garrett Rivers' reputation gets dragged down. Once the Alpha officially bonds with Sage Rivers and becomes her legal mate, he can use her to threaten her brother into withdrawing from the Alpha King race." ---- The group was talking excitedly, completely unaware someone was standing outside the office. My mind went completely blank, ears ringing. Their words echoed in my head over and over, getting louder and louder until they thundered like bells, threatening to shatter my skull. Damon... when he first saved me, it was all planned? Our five years together was just manipulation, a stepping stone for his Alpha King campaign. "Alpha, why aren't you saying anything? You originally approached Sage Rivers just to threaten Garrett Rivers, to make him stop opposing you. You didn't actually fall for his sister, did you?" "Fall for her?" The man who had just been calling me baby sat in his high seat, lazily exhaling smoke. His lips curved into a mocking smile. " Garrett Rivers is my mortal enemy. I just want to ---- destroy him. Once Sage Rivers officially becomes my mate, I'll use her sex videos and mating rights to threaten Garrett Rivers into withdrawing from. the Alpha King race. We've already submitted the bonding application. In two weeks when it's approved, we'll officially execute the plan. I imagine Garrett Rivers' expression when he discovers his precious sister secretly became mates with his mortal enemy will be quite spectacular." "Alpha is brilliant!" Everyone burst into laughter, their voices full of excitement and anticipation. My fingers trembled. I could barely stand. Suddenly, I heard the pack elder's voice beside me. "Miss, why aren't you going in?" I finally snapped back to reality, frantically shoving the documents at him. "I... I'm not going in. Please give these to the Alpha and tell him.