Alpha Rogue 3 (BBW Paranormal Wolf Shifter Romance) Read Online Free Page A

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    “Bad night for your friend Hawes. Hope you didn’t put any money on him,” she says nonchalantly. All I can hear from the TV is the sound of the crowd. It must be a direct-feed from the arena.
    Looking bored, Alexis turns from the TV and begins eyeing Josh hungrily. He replies with a look of disdain, which doesn’t affect her at all. His size is more apparent, chained to the wall like that.
    “What do you want with us?” I ask. I can’t just sit here and wait. I can’t stop thinking of Hawes.
    “Don’t talk to her, she’s a snake who has betrayed her own kind,” Josh tells me, looking at Alexis.
    “Hey, as I see it, none of ‘my kind’ ever gave me any break. So I made my own way in the world,” she replies with a shrug back at Josh.
    “What do you mean?” I ask.
    “You’re all full of BS. Talk about duty and protecting the pack and helping protect our way of life and all that crap. But take a kid from the streets that happens to be shifter, someone from the other side of the tracks, and all of a sudden all the doors are closed. All those morals mean nothing. Sorry, kid, nobody wants ya,” she says, her voice nonchalant and unaffected, despite the fact that it’s clear what she’s talking about.
    “What does all of this have to do with us?” I reply.
    “Mostly you, really. Not much for him,” she nods informally at Josh, “Except the fact that I like seeing guys like him squirm.” Josh looks at her uncomfortably, frowning. “Though this one is particularly fun to watch.” She licks her lips openly this time, slowly running her tongue over her upper lip while she gawks at Josh. Josh shifts a little where he’s standing, and just grimaces back.
    “What do you need Rose for? It’s me you want,” Josh says, interrupting Alexis’ reverie while she watches him.
    “Well, it’s not really about what I want,” she replies with a wave of her finger. “It’s about what Legrand wants. He’s not into dudes. But an unmated alpha female…” She leans her head lazily and looks back at me over her shoulder. “He’s definitely in the market for that .”
    Josh and I exchange glances, and I see horror in his face.
    “So that’s what this whole setup was for?” Josh yells, his voice demanding.
    Alexis settles farther into her seat, leaning back and balancing on the two back legs of her chair.
    “Maybe,” she says, with a smug look at Josh.
    “Why would you even help someone like Legrand? He’s terrible,” I ask, hoping to see some sort of humanity from her.
    “Legrand gets it. I may not like the fact that he came into the mob and basically ruined years of work for me trying to claw my way to the top. But he follows the golden rule. Always look out for number one,” she says, pointing a finger to the ceiling.
    “Why would you try to kill me then?”
    “Oh, the car bomb.” Alexis pauses and chuckles to herself. “Yeah, that. My guys watching the lot waiting for you fell asleep on the job. They were supposed to blow the car when you reached the lot, not when you were next to the car. Then they were supposed to tranq you from the window and nab you then. I guess they panicked when they saw your boy Hawes though. Sometimes they’re real bozos.”
    Josh and I exchange glances of confusion, then look back to Alexis.
    She’s looking at the small screen next to her, and talking to herself.
    “Ouch. He’ll feel that tomorrow. If he sees tomorrow, that is,” she says. “A real pity. Hawes has a great bod too. Not really my type though…” she trails off.
    I can’t bear to think of Hawes getting beaten senseless in that ring. I want to go back to the mansion with him, do things all over again, change how we ended things, change the choices we made and not come here at all.
    I can feel Josh watching me, my head buried in my hands, trying to think of a way out, while simultaneously wishing that I could change things by simply wishing them away.
    “Rose,” I hear Josh say, his voice