Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games

Chapter 30
I shouldn't have been so surprised the moment I realized that I couldn't live without Kelsey at the office. She was my
mate after all, so finding her a perfect match, even if it was just work, should not have thrown me off, but it wasn't the
plan, and I still worried she'd never see me as anything but her boss. The sting of her constant personal rejections
continued but I seemed to have resigned myself to them already. I think if she didn't reject me, I'd be too shocked to
deal with it.
"Hey big brother, you're coming tonight, right? Dad was not happy you skipped out on family dinner last week. You
can't miss again tonight. You know Tuesday nights are Mom's nights, and Daddy doesn't take too kindly to a
disappointed mate,” Elise lectured me, walking into the office
unannounced and dragging me from my thoughts.
"Hey E, have you forgotten how to knock?"
She snorted. "Since when do you expect anyone to knock?" She just stared at me then grinned. “Oh, except Kelsey.
She spoiling you already giving you your privacy?" She laughed. "Well, don't get used to it. Rest of us have to keep that
big head of yours from getting too carried away with your
self-importance."

"What are you talking about? Just knock next time. Is that really so difficult?"
"Uh, yeah, it is. So, about dinner, you're going to be there, right?"
I had been so screwed up over Kelsey's first day of work last week that I had skipped out on Mom's mandatory Tuesday night
dinner. I knew I couldn't get away with that again. Plus, I really needed to talk to my dad. I had heard some grumblings around
the office about Kelsey's new position and how disgraceful it was to have her working for me. I knew there were plenty in the
pack put off by her disrespect of territory lines and wanted her gone immediately. I couldn't allow that to happen.
I still didn't know why she continued to deny her wolf. Why she still hadn't come to the Alpha House
to present herself. And I needed the answers to these questions.
Elise cleared her throat. "Earth to Kyle. Have you heard a single word I've said?"

"Yeah, sorry, just a lot on my mind." I tried so hard not to look at the door, knowing she was just on the other side, and I knew the
second Elise noticed it too. I sighed, "Yeah, I'll be at dinner tonight. Don't worry."
My sister backed off then. That never happened. I thought for sure she would grill me on Kelsey by
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now. Since Sara Winters, a lovely old lady who had worked for my dad my entire life and agreed to stay on for me when I
transitioned into his former position as CEO of Westin Foundation, had decided to retire and spend her days watching over her
grandpups instead, I had gone quickly through every assistant Elise had thrown my way. I knew she was curious and surprised
to find the little lone wolf who had strolled unannounced into our territory was actually working out. To be certain, I was just as

surprised about it myself.
She gave me a kiss on my cheek before turning to leave. I should have known she wouldn't make it out without caving to her
curiosity. With her hand on the door she turned back to me.
"Everything's working out with Kelsey?"
"Yeah, she's great." I tried to steel my voice to sound neutral.
She smiled genuinely. "I'm really glad to hear it, Kyle. I know there are a lot in the pack who think she should be run out
of town, but Lily and I have really taken a liking to her and I truly do not believe she is a threat to us. I'm not sure why
she insists on denying her wolf or not following pack protocol, but Kyle, I really think something happened to her.
Something bad."
My wolf snarled and I had to bite my lip hard to keep it from escaping from me. "What do you mean?"
She shrugged and came back to sit across from me.
"I don't know. She's opened up to Lily a little this week. Did you know her parents died when she was twelve? She
wouldn't tell her how or what happened, but apparently, it was really bad, Kyle. Like majorly traumatic. I can feel her
fear and stress heighten anytime it's brought up. And from the sounds of it, it was just her and her parents. She lost
everything and lived in foster homes until she aged out of the system. Where was her pack, Kyle? How could they
abandon a child like that? How could a wolf shifter survive all these years on her own? In foster care."

There were tears of true concern in her eyes and my wolf and I struggled between the need to comfort her and the need
to run to our mate to shelter her from her past. I knew I couldn't go to Kelsey. She clearly wasn't ready, so I instead
walked around my desk and pulled Elise into my arms.
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