Book 3 -35-

[A Second Warning]

MALIK

“Do you two have any bloody idea how reckless and stupid it was doing what you did?” Gilbert shouted from the top of the steps. “Why would you do something so reckless?”

“Or worse, killed!” added his wife, Mandy, coming to stand beside him. “I can’t believe you would be so careless with your lives.”

“At least we wanted to do something,” Amanda retorted, walking up the stairs to him. “It’s better than sitting around making plans for another attack when the last one went so well.” She crossed her arms.

“What part of you could’ve been killed, do you not understand?” Gilbert argued. “These werewolves only care about soaking the earth with our blood, nothing more.”

“Then why didn’t they kill us?” Amanda countered, matching her father’s rage. “Why did they allow us onto their territory and not slit our throats, as you’ve been telling us since we were kids?”

“Guys, their Alpha agreed to a treaty,” I spoke up, breaking the scorching stare-off between Gilbert and