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the corner. “I was just taking a nightly stroll, and since Corey’s cabin isn’t far from mine, I passed by it. Could have sworn I heard some interesting sounds and caught a whiff or two of a couple of familiar shifters.”
    Devin squeezed his hands into fists at his sides. “And that doesn’t bother you?”
    “Why should it? You made it clear when you broke it off with me that it was because Corey is your mate. I know my buddy, and he had a strange reaction to seeing you—one I’ve never seen before with anyone else. Didn’t take much for me to believe he was the one for you and vice versa.”
    “But he gave me the impression…”
    Blaine smiled again. “I think you also know how much this thing has scared Corey. He probably led you to believe that there was something between me and him, just to get you to back off. There’s never been anything between us. If there was, don’t you think he’d be more accepting that he’s gay?”
    Devin scratched his head thinking. “I suppose you’re right. Ugh, I don’t want anything between us. I don’t want to wait for him to come around.” He paced the small office. The square footage was less than what Corey had and rightly so. “I need to do something to help him to see that I’m invaluable to him. I can help him with this conflict if only he’ll let me.”
    “Hm,” Blaine responded. “Your way and Corey’s are completely different. You want to go in teeth bared. Corey wants to get them to accept us and ultimately bring them into the family. He has a big heart even though he hides it. Most respect that about him. Some don’t appreciate it.”
    Devin nodded. “Yes, I can see that. Well, I’m sorry to bother you. Our problem is our own.”
    He started out the door when Blaine ’s words stopped him. “I guess you realize that you’re now our Alpha as well.”
    He turned and blinked at the other man. “What are you saying?”
    Blaine tapped a pen on the arm of his chair, still just as composed as when Devin burst in. “It’s never happened before, but we have two Alphas now. Usually the leader’s mate leads at his side, but he is still the top. What happens when it’s two men, I wonder? Anyway, you are also Alpha now, whether Corey acknowledges it or not.”
    Blaine ’s words were food for thought. Devin gave a noncommittal response and left the office. He went in search of Corey again to force him to listen, but Corey brushed him off. Devin slammed his fist into a nearby tree where Corey dismissed him. He would find some way to get into Corey’s sights and stay there, if it killed him.
     
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    Being in bed alone was oppressing. Corey had stripped the sheets from his bed and washed those and his pillows in bleach to get rid of Devin’s scent. While his nose burned in the cleanser’s pungent aroma, it did nothing for his memory. Each time he closed his eyes, he felt Devin’s hands on his abdomen, his mouth wrapped around his cock. “Devin,” he murmured, squeezing his shaft and hating himself for wanting what he shouldn’t. He pumped his thickness, but it did no good. He couldn’t bring himself to a head.
    After he’d left Devin on the path, he hadn’t seen him the rest of the day. To avoid running into him at dinner in the main hall, Corey had skipped it and fasted. Going hungry for the night wouldn’t kill him, but maybe that was why he couldn’t get himself off or sleep.
    He sat up and headed to the bathroom. There in his medicine cabinet, he pulled out sleeping pills and popped a few into his mouth. He washed them down with water and returned to bed. Forty-five minutes later, he finally fell asleep.
    The dreams when they came this time were violent and painful. Someone in the darkness whipped his naked flesh. Aside from the slashes, his wrists burned like they were bound together too tightly. He gritted his teeth to keep from calling out. The pain was unbearable. On and on, the abuse continued, but he couldn’t make out his