Anna woke up to her phone beeping; it was time to get up. And after a few moments of labored breathing, she did so with a groan and slowly made her way to the bathroom to wash her face. Then she began her morning routine, grumbling under her breath about how little sleep she got.As she finished bathing the children and dressing them up, she began her own task of dressing up, before preparing breakfast.Whilst feeding the twins, her phone began to vibrate.“Hello?” She answered her father’s call, using her shoulder to keep the phone in her ear while she continued feeding Andrea.“Anna, dear,” her father spoke. “How are you? And the twins?”“We’re alright.” She responded immediately.“I just wanted to remind you that… your sister’s court date is today.”Anna pursed her lips.“I know that, dad.” She finally said, just as she dropped the plate in the sink.There was a knock on the door as her father asked, “Will you be coming? The lawyer mentioned you will be on the stand today.”“Yep.”
Anna was speechless, to say the least. It was hard to control the way her body trembled upon hearing those words. Suddenly, she could understand what Ethan meant more by what he did. He was only trying to protect her.She couldn’t imagine that the werewolves would ever have such hatred for humans. Why? She wanted to ask Ethan but her throat felt like it had a lump in it. For sure, she didn’t wish to lose her children to this sort of thing. She never thought it would be a thing for her to worry about until now.When Ethan then said, “I would understand if you don’t want to keep on pretending that the children are mine,” she stopped him with a hand on his arm.“It’s okay, Ethan,” Anna replied. “I… I already knew that it would cause a scandal either way if it ended up coming out that they were William’s. So this is best.”How could she ever repay him really? She didn’t deserve such kindness from him.“You’re a good man, and I really appreciate what you did for me and the kids.” She told
William sighed.“I’m truly not in the mood for that line of questioning. Drop it.” He grunted to his fiancée.Unbeknownst to Lily, the guilt had begun to set in, that he had lost hold of his self control because of Anna.Lily didn’t like William’s response. She walked up to him and leaned into his personal space.Her scent was pleasing to his senses, and yet, the Alpha found it hard to not compare her with Anna.William had gotten too quiet for Lily’s liking.She had to try another tactic.Softly, she said, “William, please. I really don’t like how you’re acting. Why did you get all riled up over your brother bringing in a human girl? She had nothing to do with us.”The curiosity was clear in her voice, and he knew he couldn’t deny that. He had to give her something to shut her up.Finally he replied. “I knew her as an employee before today, but I had no idea about her connection to Ethan.”Lily was astonished. An employee?“So, you mean she works at Hayes’ Corp.”“Before. But not now
Anna was taken aback by the woman’s clear ire, and the wording of her statements. It was clearly an insult which was jarring to the redhead. She didn’t expect such an innocent face to say something this angry. Was it her mistake to assume that Lily was an angel?Still…Just because Lily was insulting Anna didn’t mean she didn’t have a reason. She was upset, and very reasonably so. William had caused all this, and now the redhead had to figure out a way to fix it without butting heads with the other woman.“I… I’m sorry,” Anna apologized, and Lily pursed her lips, feeling nothing but impatience. Why was she apologizing when she should be telling her what fucking happened?“That’s not an answer,” Lily pointed out. “You share a connection with my fiancé, do you not? And it has nothing to do with his brother.”Anna couldn’t deny anything, so she spluttered out the first thing that came to mind.“We… I worked for him before. In the company.” She clarified. Hopefully, that would reduce Lily
Anna stepped forward, having had enough of this. She felt so many emotions overwhelming her, but most of all it was regret. She should have just said no to Ethan, she thought. She shouldn’t have gone to lunch with him today. Maybe this wouldn’t be happen.“Please stop.” She begged the two men, but it all fell on deaf ears, as they weren’t even paying attention to her now.Anna felt like everything was going out of control. She never intended for this to happen! Ethan however couldn’t imagine that William would be this uncontrolled. He didn’t expect his brother to react this way. Of course, in the privacy of their own home and Pack, he would probably beat the tar out of him. But here? In public? Where humans could see? It was unfathomable that his strict in lifestyle - save for the vices of women and clubbing - brother would be acting this way.But he couldn’t put the genie back in the bottle as the saying went. It would be cowardly of him to do so and Ethan, manipulative though he
William finally released his brother and shifted into his human form to Anna’s wide eyes.She gaped at him in shock before turning to Ethan, who was slowly shifting back as well. His eyes were colder than she had ever seen.“You should leave, Anna,” William’s voice was rough, like he sorely needed a menthol as he reached for her.She snapped at him, her frustration with him at an all time high. This was all his fault, she just knew it.Goading his brother into a fight when he knew he would beat him… what sort of person did that?!“Don’t touch me! Are you satisfied now?!” She raised her voice to his surprise. “I want nothing to do with you, William. Haven’t you gotten that through your head yet?!”William felt a myriad of emotions, but hurt and regret were the primary ones. He had screwed up once again and he didn’t know how. And he hated how much she clearly thought more of his brother than he deserved.She was his, so why?What sort of cruelty was this?“You’re not safe here, Anna. N
That same night, just a few minutes past midnight, a strange man wearing a hoodie walked up to the entrance of the Fairland Club.The bouncer who tood at the entrance cocked a brow at the man whose face he didn’t see. Why would someone be coming into the club at this time? It was already near closing time, and even regular clubgoers were slowly emptying out of the club.“Whaddaya want?” He asked the hooded man in a gruff voice. He idly noticed the man was tall, just as tall as he was. “What’s your name?”“I’m looking for someone.” The hooded stranger’s voice was a decidedly British lilt. “The man left the club with this woman. Tell me if you recognize her.” He fished out a picture within a split second and showed the bouncer.The bouncer pressed both lips together, his eyes narrowed onto the girl’s face.Seconds later, he stated. “Don’t know her. She pretty though. What, is she your girl?”“She’s dead.” The man stated. The bouncer grunted.“Shame,” he shrugged. “Too bad I don’t know a
The next morning, as the dawn broke, Alpha William was already up. He finished his cup of coffee and took a shower after his morning run before even daring to glance at his phone.The amount of notifications jarred him, and he saw many of them were photos.He clicked on one, wondering what his men had to send to him. Only for his blood to run ice cold as he saw the body bag one of Ethan’s people carried into a black van.He scrolled through the photos, standing still.What the hell had his brother done?He had expected that younger brother of his to lash out, but for the men he put in Ethan’s tail to be so alarmed..!His eyes widened at the early morning news headline sent to him.Without thinking, the Alpha stormed out of his suite and down the hallway. He banged hard on the door leading to his brother’s bedroom.“Ethan.” He called his brother’s name. Had he not returned yet from his fucking killer excursion?He banged on the door once more, willing himself to not give in to anger an