Chapter 165
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(Unknown POV)
I am currently at the large memorial/ wedding venue with the alpha, beta, and ga mma families and some of their early arrival out-of-town guests. We are here watching the omegas and human employees finish decorating for tomorrow’s event. It is admittedly a little odd to invite honored guests to watch the preparations for an event, but Margie saw it as an opportunity to flaunt the expense and details being put
into it.
Everyone here is in good spirits, although everyone is happy for different reasons.
For example, Margie and Sheila are happy because they believe that James and Shella are getting
married tomorrow.
The human employees are happy because their human employer-the owner of the multi-level opera house that will be hosting the combined wedding and memorial event- has promised them large
bonuses for helping with this last-minute, ultra-grand affair.
And I am happy because the justice that I have waited several long, agonizing years for is finally going to be realized. After tomorrow, I will finally be able to say good-bye and good riddance to most members of the Brogan and Anderson families. Revenge has taken a lot longer than I expected it to, but it will be
worth it.
Thankfully, despite the number of years that have passed, I am still relatively young and I have time to move on with my life. Hopefully, I will find a second chance mate and be able to finally have the peaceful,
stable life that I have always dreamed of having.
In case you are wondering, the answer is yes: I am a member of the Movement. I was late to join, but
that is only because I did not know about it before. You could say that I was one of the ones that helped
the Movement piece together some of the final missing puzzle pieces. My involvement in the Movement
is primarily as a consultant though, and my role in the movement is on a need-to-know basis only. And by
that I mean that basically only the founder, the top leaders, and James know about me.
Despite my limited role, I am valued enough that I am one of only five wolves besides James who are
aware that Stephanie may be making a surprise appearance tomorrow. I could not believe my luck when James told me. Of course, James could not believe his luck when he realized I was involved in the
Movement, so I guess we are even.
Honestly, when Stephanie did not return after two years, I started to worry if she ever would. At first, she did not return because she was having fun with Antonio. Then she got unexpectedly pregnant. Then she needed to work on getting her body back in shape. Then Antonio promised her a trip around the world.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I honestly do not know how Sheila tolerated all that bullsh&t.
Oh, wait. Yes, I do. Sheila tolerated it all because Sheila is evil. And she wants James for herself.
You are probably wondering how long I have known that Stephanie was alive. Answer: since the
beginning.
Surprised? Do not be. Life is complicated. Especially when you are dealing with she-wolves who have lost their f&&king minds and an alpha couple that has a bizarre, co-dependent relationship with half of
them.
Let me guess your next question. Have I told others in the Movement that Stephanie is alive? Nope. I
did not even tell James.
Why not? Easy. Given my circumstances, I trust absolutely no one. I have shared the information with the Movement that they need to know to accomplish our shared goals, but not a single piece of
Information more than that. In fact, not even the founder or leaders know why I am a member of the
Movement. At least not yet.
When I first found out that Stephanie may be coming back (thank you, Lily, for giving James that heads up
), I was a little disappointed that we had convinced Sheila and Margie to move the wedding and memorial
event to human territory. The security reasons for moving it made sense; executing our plans on neutral
territory was really important and ensured less risk for any warriors that may be called upon should things
turn violent. And the selling points to Sheila and Margie were also very clear: for this to be the grandest and most elaborate wedding/ memorial event yet, they needed a larger and more opulent space than anything we had in the pack.
Still, I worried that if Stephanie does come as expected, she will not know where everyone is. I would not want her to miss even a portion of the event.
But then I realized that I could just make sure to leave a few of the wedding invitations out in plain sight where Stephanie is likely to go and see them. And there will be a limited number of border guards and other officials staying back on pack lands that can inform her as well, should she try to return through any of the main entrances.
I will confess that I am a little nervous for how tomorrow will play out. It almost feels too good to be true. that tomorrow could finally be the end. I know Margie well enough to know that she will not go down easily, and she probably has back-up plans in place.
However, at this point, I say bring it on. I cannot take even a second more of pretending to like Sheila or pretending to miss Stephanie. One way or another, no matter what, this nonsense ends tomorrow.
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