The following morning, Taylor woke up in an empty bed and with a figure standing infront of him.

"How may i help you?"

Victoria smiles.

"I was thinking of making renovations, the pack house seems too modern for me maybe we could add a small tree here and there" she says. Taylor nods.

"Whatever master wishes"

She pats his head.

"Good boy"

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Max woke up to find himself in a dark room, he stood up and tried to find a wall.

"Jacque? Benjamin?" He called out.

Jacque woke up hearing Max's voice. He was also in a dark room.

"Max? Benjamin?"

"Over here!" Benjamin called out. The lights flicked on after Max found the switch.

"Can you believe we got whipped?" Benjamin says in disbelief.

"My legs are still tingling" Jacque says.

"He's not hypnotized" Max says.

"What do you mean?"

"Usually when Taylor sends someone to the dungeons he doesn't want them to be tied up, but he told Rita to tie us up"

"That doesn't prove anything, he could've wanted to whip us again so we won't run since we're tied up"

"But we're not tied up"

"You have a point...."

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Rita watched as the triplets replaced the art on the wall with Victoria's self portraits.

"Why is Taylor behaving like this" she asks herself. She tried to make her way to Taylor only to change directions when she saw Victoria coming down the stairs.

"Taylor, we have no food upstairs, would you make some for us?"

"Yes master"

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They watched the toddler sleep, it has been a tough few days since they arrived here. Toby had started his cravings and Nate would have to go up and down town trying to satisfy his mate.

"I wonder how our pup will be" Toby says, his hand rubbing his slightly swollen tummy. Nate smiled at him.

"He'll be like us, unique"

"He?"

"Yes he, i can feel it in my bones that we're having a boy"

"Oh wow, want to bet?"

"Yep"

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He walked around the pack house looking at the newly added art, with hands behind his back, Taylor was now able to see how Victoria operates, he smiles.

"Oh Taylor, we're out of ice, mind grabbing some for me?"

"Yes master"

She smirked seeing that the prime wolf was wrapped around her finger. Now that she knows Taylor is hypnotized, she will now move on to phase two of her plan.

"And now....we eliminate this pack"

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The door opened easily making the three gasp.

"You see, he sent us here as a delay tactic" Max says in pride, he knew he should've trusted his husband.

"Come on, let's go"

The three of them walked out of the dungeons and went straight to the forest.

"What now?"

"We wait until Taylor's plan is set to motion"

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He hands her the bucket of ice.

"Thank you, I've been meaning to ask...will you allow us to pick wild flowers?"

"Whatever master chooses I'll gladly do it"
She smirks.

"Let's go then"

The five of them walked out of the pack house and head to the forest. Max watches them and he freezes.

"Are they....no"

"What?"

"Follow me"

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They stopped at a small patch of wild flowers, up ahead was the pack's cemetery.

"Only two graves?" Victoria asks. Taylor nods. The two graves were that of his daughter and his.

"You were dead?" Victoria asks in shock. He nods again. She smiles.

"I think we have all what we needed, let's head back"

She goes before him, the triplets following as well. Taylor gazed at the graves for a few seconds before he walked away.

Max watched the whole scene.

"Do you think she'll do anything to him?" Jacque asks. Max shakes his head.

"She hasn't started what she came here for that's why we have to stop her before she does"

"It seems Taylor is in too deep, what should we do now?"

"Give him an hour or two, if he hasnt done anything then we strike"

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He walks inside the house and Rita pulls him into a nearby room.

"Okay Taylor what are you planning?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about" he points to his hair.

With curiosity, Rita looks into it to find a small blinking red dot in his hair, she nods.

"I'm talking about you leaving your mates for me, why haven't you seen me these days?" She says.

"I've been busy, master Victoria is waiting, i should go"

Rita pins him on the wall, their faces inches apart.

"That's not what you said last week"

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She gasped listening to them, she could tell they were kissing because of the sound of their lips sucking on each other.

isn't Taylor gay? She asked herself, suddenly the audio goes out and she figured that during their make out session the bug she planted must've fallen off.

"This pack is a scandalous place"

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He removed his hand between their lips and groaned.

"Did you have to lick it?" He asks wiping his hand, Rita chuckles.

"You're welcome, how did you know you were bugged?"

"She was in my room this morning and for what? Decorating? So i searched the room after she left and when I was taking my shower i felt it in my hair"

"Then why didn't you take it off?"

"She's suspicious that I'm not hypnotized so she's secretly putting me on these tests"

"What now?"

"We wait"

He replies and sits on the floor with crossed legs. Rita sighed.