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"Enough!" Alpha Damien cut Chester off sharply.
Rage boiled through his veins until he could taste blood. "Chester, are you seriously taking an outsider's side now? Don't you realize Noah is Sally's cousin? What the hell were you thinking, making bets with him?"
"I thought I would lose," Chester replied.
His tone mixed amusement and irritation before he tried to calm Alpha Damien. "Look, I didn't expect to win. But Noah already promised he wouldn't tell Sally. He said he's not stupid. What good would it do him to ruin her relationship with you?"
Alpha Damien hung up the phone. His mind already formed a dark suspicion.
Noah. Sally's cousin. His own trusted friend.
He'd never questioned him before.
Noah had always been loyal, reliable.
He managed the
