“That… that might be urgent,” Anna swallowed and dropped her hand, her heart pounding through her rib cage. Somehow, she felt regret over being interrupted by the knock on the door. But at the same time, she felt relief. She didn’t want to end up doing something she would regret.William felt frustrated as she stepped back from him. Who could it be at the door?He watched as Anna went to open the door, and his senses caught the familiar scent.A snarl slipped from his lips as Anna opened the door and gasped in shock.“Ethan.” She said his younger brother's name, and William clenched his hands into fists, trying to stop his claws from extending.Ethan smiled at Anna in a fixed manner as he stepped in through the door, taking advantage of her shock. Of course, he had seen his older brother’s car when he reached her place so he knew that William would be there. What he didn’t expect was to find his brother looking positively murderous, and brimming wi

Lily was alarmed to find this side of Ethan that she hadn’t seen before. And, to her utmost relief, none of the maids were around. She guessed it was likely because Ethan’s presence had chased them away.“So what if someone sees? What if my brother sees?” He leaned in and whispered to her, “Don’t tell me you’re scared my brother will find out what you’re really about.”His cold, high chuckled served to make her feel all the more on edge.Alarm bells rang in her head like a sore and she knew she had to do whatever it took to push Ethan away.Her uncle would kill her if the plan fell through due to more of her actions.Therefore she lowered her voice to a more seductive, husky tone, and said, “We can talk about this later, okay? I’m here regarding our packs’ alliance.”Ethan smirked to himself; he could tell by the way her pulse sped up that she was scared. However, none of this was really soothing for his bloodlust and he hated it. Oh

Anna was on her way into the grocery store from work that same day when her phone rang.Glancing at it a little longer than she should have, she picked the call and placed the phone to her ear as she rolled the cart. She needed enough groceries to last a long time - limiting her excursions outside of work was what she had to do, after all.“Mom,” she greeted her mother on the other end of the call. “What’s up?”Her mother sounded harried as she asked, “Anna, has anything happened?”The worry her mother had in her voice made the redhead confused as she replied in the negative.“Are you sure?” Her mother continued, with a voice that was on edge. “And the twins are okay as well, right?”“Of course they are,” Anna privately thought that the further her parents were from this werewolf-Hunter business, the better. There was no point in bringing them into this. “Why, what happened?” She asked a bit worriedly as she picked out a couple jugs o

Before she could make up her mind, the phone began to ring, vibrating in her hand. Anna stared at Gillian’s caller ID for a second before finally picking the call.“Hey Anna.” Gillian’s voice sounded relaxed and leisurely, different from her usual tone in the office when dealing with subordinates.“Gillian, I just saw your message.” Anna worried her bottom lip with her teeth. Should she accept it or not?“Yeah, I called because I wasn’t sure you had seen it yet. What say you? Are you free this afternoon? I’d really like to see you today. Please, Anna, I don’t have other friends in the city. It gets quite boring hanging around with only Aiden or my brother all day.”“I understand how you feel.” Anna tried to stem the feeling of guilt at having to refuse her new friend’s offer. “I don’t know if I’d be able to make it today…”“I know you’re busy.” Gillian sighed softly, sounding disappointed. “I suppose I am being selfish, wanting to spend time with you when you have twins to take care o

Alpha Drake could read Lily at least a little bit as her frustration made her mask slip.He saw his goddaughter was very interested in hearing information but he wasn’t interested in giving it to her so freely.Not when she had screwed up so many times in one go.“Whatever has happened, Lily,” he stressed. “It isn’t any of your business. All I want to hear is news about Alpha William.”That was the only person he allowed her to go out and see and a guard always went with her to make sure she would be headed straight there instead of anywhere else.Lily’s frown was evidence that she didn’t like how he was hiding things from her and she asked softly, “Why are you still being upset with me? I’ve done everything you asked me to. Aren’t you happy about that?”Alpha Drake tilted his head at her.“Are you saying you don’t understand why I would be angry at your actions? You’re lucky that no one will hold you responsible for sending a rogue after a damned human girl. But that your steps have