Rejected by Her Mate Claimed by Four Alphas novel Chapter 69

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“What about the sister? Liana?”

“What about her?” His jaw tensed.

“Clara must hate her. The sister who stole her mate, her position, her life.”

“That,” Darius said with a cold smile, “would be an understatement.”

“What’s she like? The sister?”

“Weak. Manipulative. Everything Jaden thought he wanted in a mate.” Darius scoffed. “Someone who would never challenge him, never question his decisions.” He shook his head. “He traded a lioness for a house cat.”

I had to admire Clara’s restraint. If someone had betrayed me the way her sister had betrayed her, I’m not sure I could have shown the same control.

If Liana were my sister, she’d probably be dead, and her remains would be nowhere to be found.

“So what happens now?” I asked.

“Now? Clara proves herself on missions like the one I’m sending her on. She gets stronger. More skilled. More dangerous.” Darius’s eyes gleamed. “And when the time is right, Jaden will discover exactly what he threw away.”

“You’re going to use her against him.”

“I’m going to give her the opportunity to take back what was stolen from her.”

“And if she doesn’t want that opportunity?”

Darius laughed. “Trust me, she wants it. The rage in that woman burns hotter than any fire I’ve ever seen. She’s just learned to hide it better.”

“What about the western ridge?”

Darius waved a hand dismissively. “We’d share ownership. Consider it payment for your discretion about Clara’s origins.”

I was stunned for a moment. With the way he said it, I was starting to have a feeling he was the reason we couldn’t find anything about Clara’s past.

But knowing Darius, he wouldn’t spill.

Fraised an eyebrow. “Just like that?”

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“Just like that. The ridge was never really what this was about anyway.”

“Then what was it about?”

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“Testing Clara. Seeing how she’d perform under pressure. Whether she could handle herself against an Alpha.” He smiled. “She exceeded every expectation.”

I had to admit, she had. Even drugged, she’d been formidable. At full strength, she might have

been unstoppable.

Deciding to try my luck, I said. “There’s something else. My people investigated her background

We found nothing. No records, no history, nothing.”

There was a long pause and for a moment, I thought he’d just dismiss me but he stunned me with

his next words.

“That’s because Jaden had them destroyed,” Darius replied. “Part of the rejection process. He

wanted to erase her completely.”

“That’s not legal.”

“Since when has Jaden cared about laws? He’s always believed pack Alpha privilege puts him

above such things.”

Another black mark against Jaden in my book. The man was becoming more despicable by the

minute.

“Does anyone else know about this?” I asked.

“You, me, and Xander. That’s it.”

“Good. It needs to stay that way.”

Darius nodded. “For now, yes. Eventually, when the time is right, the truth will come out. But not

yet.”

I sat back in my chair, processing everything I’d learned. Clara wasn’t just some random rogue

Darius had taken in.

She was Jaden’s rejected mate, cast out and hunted by the man who should have protected her. No wonder she fought with such intensity and seemed to have such deep reserves of anger and

determination.

“Jaden really is a fool,” I said finally. “Throwing away someone like that.”

“The biggest fool I’ve ever encountered,” Darius agreed. “Which is why he’s going to get exactly

what he deserves.”

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We sat in comfortable silence for a moment, both contemplating the implications of what we’d

discussed. Then Darius spoke again.

“What will you do with this information?”

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