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MICHEAL'S POV

I wasn't particularly in a good mood today and as if that was not enough to deal with for the day, the rouges chose this day to request a presence with me. I knew they were going to return, sooner or later demanding their part of the deal to be carried out, but I was honestly not expecting to return this early.

I was expecting at least a breathing space of a year or so before they returned but it has been barely five solid months since I was announced the new Alpha and they have returned.

My gaze lingered on James as he continued to speak. I might give off the impression that I was listening but the truth was, I had already filtered out the needed information and was just staring at him while I rummaged through my brain for an easier way out of this.

I wasn't stupid, whatever they demanded would never be given to them. No pack can succeed in the presence of rouges and I wasn't about to be the Alpha whose pack would prove that to do world.

Yes, it was going to be hard de