CHAPTER 42: CHAPTER 42 A SINISTER CONSPIRACY

Howard’s POV

"Howard, harder, faster, fuck me hard,I’m coming!"Her voice trembled with breathless desperation, wet eyes locked onto mine, full of need and something fragile.

Her body writhed beneath me, her tits bouncing, her hips grinding against mine, those long legs wrapped tight around my waist as I pounded into her. That face, contorted with pleasure, drove me wild.

I fucked her harder, feeling my balls tighten. Then came the rush, the explosion, as I filled her dripping pussy.

Breathing hard, I collapsed against her, feeling her hot sweaty skin pressed against mine.

After fucking her senseless, I leaned back on the bed, still panting from our wild sex.

She handed me a cigarette, a teasing smile playing on her lips.

I lit it, took a long drag, watching the smoke curl and fade into the air.

A satisfied smirk played on my lips as I glanced at her. "Congrats, darling. You nailed it again."I exhaled smoke slowly. "I’ll send some cash your way, get yourself something nice."

I chuckled darkly, thinking about that clueless fool she calls a husband."How he hasn’t caught on where the money’s coming from, well, that’s beyond me."

I studied my mistress lying naked beside me.No one in either of our packs or companies had ever suspected a thing. We’d been sleeping together for years, she’d slipped me information and done favors more times than I could count. She was a liar, and my wolf respected that.

She let out a soft laugh when I asked about her husband. Taking the cigarette from my hand, she inhaled slowly and said,"That fool still thinks I shop at flea markets and wear knockoffs. He has no clue."

Her lips curled."Almost as clueless as your precious Alpha Draven. The great Storm Valley leader, blind as a bat.Funny how a man that dense runs a pack and a corporation like Thorne Enterprises. Must’ve inherited that stupidity, his father trusted anything with a heartbeat."

She tapped ash off the cigarette, thoughtful.

"Still... Draven nearly caught you. If not for that little accident, well, you wouldn’t be here."I said.

"Yeah, Howard, that little Rogue attack came at a pretty damn convenient time, didn’t it?"

I exhaled sharply."Shame the Draven survived. He was supposed to be in that car too. But even then, I had a plan. He was a weak heir, barely worthy of the Alpha title. I already had the Elders leaning my way, ready to push him out. The pack needed strength, not some clueless boy mourning his daddy."

I clenched my jaw, bitter."And yet... Clara and those old loyalists had to throw their weight behind him. So, fine, he got the Alpha seat.I thought at least I’d get the CEO position at Thorne Enterprises. He knew nothing, no vision, no experience. But no. I got stuck as CFO. Couldn’t even land the VP role. And Beta? Not a fucking chance. He handed that to his precious childhood friend like it was candy."

My wolf growled low inside me."The worst part? I was this close. My daughter was supposed to handle him, seduce him, marry him, become Luna. But no. That damn Ryan had to play the loyal watchdog, whispering in Draven’s ear every time they got close. Always in the way."

"Yeah, that delayed your plans, but in the end, it’ll be the same. But how will your daughter get close to him? His wolf can’t stand her!" she reminded me of a detail that would soon change, even if he couldn’t stand my daughter, Draven and his wolf wouldn’t resist or wouldn’t have a choice once we implemented our plan.

"At Clara’s farewell party on Friday. You’ll take care of getting Ryan out of the way, my daughter will do the rest." I ordered.

"Leave it to me! I have to go, my dear hubby must be waiting for me." She said with a laugh. "Be careful what you do."

"Don’t worry, it won’t even look like you know anything." I said with a smile, already blocking our mind-link to prevent any leakage.

We said goodbye and she left. She was a slut, but she served my purpose. When I decided to make her my mistress, I knew she would be very useful.She was unbearable, gold-digging, but I knew she would be useful and I had to put up with her, and despite everything, she was pretty hot, better than that stupid mate of mine whom I had to keep just for appearances within the pack hierarchy.

I bought this loft when we started our affair and met her here twice a week. It was discreet and away from pack territory. In these ten years I’d been with this annoying woman, she had been very valuable; all it took was putting some money in her account and she would sing like a canary, telling me everything I needed, betraying her own pack.

Last week, when she told me that that clown Draven had held a closed-door meeting with his inner circle, my wolf and I suspected he would do something, but I thought he would be quicker. So far, I haven’t noticed any movement from him, except, as I imagined, he was checking the company’s communications.

I immediately had my mistress plant an email on that wallflower Caroline’s computer; she was interfering with my daughter’s plans and I had to stop her, you could sense from a mile away that Draven’s wolf was interested in that simpleton even if she was a scentless wolf. It was very entertaining to know that he fired that little woman and was desperate thinking he had been betrayed by a potential mate.

This morning, when an employee came to the floor saying the Alpha was holding hands with his assistant, I saw the opportunity to deliver the final blow. When my mistress mind-linked to tell me they were getting cozy, I already had a plan - I would plant another email. And my sweet little mistress managed to execute my order perfectly.

That idiot got all hurt, kicked out the little secretary like she was a rogue wolf, and disappeared from the company leaving his "super friends" totally freaked out. They were so disturbed that they let slip a very useful piece of information through their careless mind-links.

I had already taken care of everything. I had my accountant quickly forge various documents and books, and I had already replaced the real ones in the office. When they got them, they wouldn’t even notice anything was wrong. I smiled to myself, feeling my wolf’s satisfaction.

My scheme was working out perfectly, partly because of the information my mistress was passing on to me. Soon, Thorne Enterprises would be all mine. I would break Draven, and he would have to sell everything to me for peanuts, which I would pay using just a small portion of what I was embezzling from the Storm Valley Pack.

My daughter would become his Luna and control him. After all, even though he’d be under my control, his Alpha bloodline would open many doors in the werewolf community, so I’d need to keep the dog on a leash.

I was very pleased. I lit another cigarette and poured myself a shot of whiskey, letting the amber liquid burn my throat. Soon I’d have to go home and put up with that annoying mate of mine who had no idea of the power play happening right under her nose.