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Mark raised his eyebrows. “Excuse me?”

“No. I’m not doing that.” Jamie got to his feet. “You’re not my alpha, Mark. I have all the same power you have. And I’m not going to be a part of this.”

Mark turned to look at Harley. “What do you say?”

This had never happened before. Harley had never found himself in the middle of a disagreement between his brothers. Usually, they all agreed on what was best, and when they couldn’t come to a consensus, it was clear who should be deferred to. But Harley didn’t know who should call the shots here. Mark had been the one to come up with this plan in the first place. He was the one who had encouraged them to save up for an omega, the one who had reminded them, over and over, how important it was to preserve their lineage. And Harley agreed with that. But Jamie was making some good points too. “I don’t know,” he said uneasily.

“How can you not know?” Jamie demanded.

“Because neither one of you is completely wrong,” Harley said.

“He wants to kidnap someone, Harley.”

“Someone who’s already a kidnapping victim.”

“So, you’re fine with being her captor? Just because she already lives in captivity?”

“Maybe she’d rather live with us.”

“You don’t think we shouldask?”

“We were never going to ask,” Harley pointed out. “That was never the plan. If Mark can’t change his morals, you can’t either.”

“That’s right,” Mark said.

“I don’t know what you’re gloating about, though,” Harley said to Mark. “All this does is point out the flaws in our initial plan.” It was easier, he supposed, to overlook the fact that they were going to be taking a woman against her will when they weren’t calling it kidnapping. When they were talking about an auction instead of a crime.

But the auction is a crime, Harley thought.It always has been.

“This is what I’m doing,” Mark said shortly. “Our family line has to be preserved. You two can come with me or not, but I’m going.” And having said so, he turned and fell into bed, fully dressed.

Harley looked at Jamie. Jamie shook his head, turned, and got into his own bed.

It was a long time before Harley slept that night.

Chapter Four

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