William was glad he managed to return before his mother could figure out what was going on.“Mother.” He called her name.“William, what’s going on? Why is this girl here? In such a state of mess?” she asked, sounding panicked.Ethan could tell his mother was not going to rest easy without getting a proper answer and so he smoothly took Anna from William, acting the part of Anna’s boyfriend.William and Ethan’s gazes met as he did so and Ethan silently gestured up the stairs, and William understood.He may have not trusted his brother but now he had to rely on him to play this part and fill their mother.As Ethan went upstairs to take Anna to a bedroom, the Alpha wished he could have been the one holding his mate right then.Clearing his throat, William began the task of explaining a half-truth.“Ethan called me for help this evening mother,” he started with. “Anna had been caught by Hunters.”“Oh my!” She gasped and covered her mouth. “Is she okay?”William replied, “She’s unconscious

Lily could hardly contain her scowl as William entered the bedroom with Anna practically in his arms, holding to him for dear life and trembling like a leaf.She had to be enjoying this, the werewolf sneered at the redhead as she disappeared with LILY’S fiancé behind the door.“Are you going to explain what happened just now?” She turned to Ethan, as no one else would be able to explain. He looked unbothered strangely about his woman being with his brother and relying on him when she had lashed at everyone else.“Whatever do you mean?” The younger brother of the Alpha noticed the tic in Lily’s beautiful face; she looked more than a little pissed off, and confused about the situation to boot.But Ethan had no interest in catering to her whims now. All he wanted to do was make sure he didn’t get wrapped up on much more than he already had.If he could leave the damn city now he would, he thought furiously.“Don’t play games with me, Ethan,” Lily snapped at him. Luckily, the two men’s mo

“What do you want to discuss?” William sounded weary and altogether done with Lily’s shit for the day. He was dealing with the weight of his decisions all coming back to bite him in the ass one after the other and he didn’t fucking like it one bit.The fact that he had chosen to get engaged to Lily pipped in his head like a horrific Jack-in-the-box to remind him of his mistakes in trying to avoid his fate and his feelings for Anna. Now all of those were coming home to roost and it was infuriating to say the least.Lily folded her arms across her sachets and asked plainly, “What are you hiding from me, William? And don’t try to deflect or tell the half-truths. I want to know everything.”She was tired of being left in the dark. For someone like her who relished in being at the top of her game. Somehow in this game, she had the dread of losing. And she didn’t think it was just paranoia. This threat was real. And that girl was at the center of it all, damn it.The Alpha sighed and gave i

William considered Ethan’s question while thinking furiously, making calculations in his head.His fingers tapped repeatedly on his lap as he considered all game plans.The only option the Alpha-Slash-CEO decided was to wait it out.“We’ll wait.” He said with a sigh.“Wait?” Ethan raised a brow at his brother. “Is that the best course of action?”“It’s the only thing we can do,” he turned to glance at Ethan. “Because we need to be in hiding. I suspect this is another one of Damon’s methods to try and force us, myself especially, out into the open so his men can attack us. There isn’t a hell of a chance of me falling for that.”It was a surprising thing to Ethan, that William, the workaholic who was strict even about the most flexible deadlines, would consider letting the Hayes’ Corp stocks fall. Under his leadership, Hayes’ corp had grown to double the annual revenue and profits within record time. That was another reason many werewolves in the country and region regarded William high

Evening had fallen over the first day since the city-wide Hunter lockdown on all werewolves in the city. Many werewolves were dying at the hands of his men, yet Damon Erikson didn’t feel pleased in any way.His hands gripped the tempered glass of the balcony of his penthouse. The city lights were akin to tiny stars glittering in the night sky, and the sounds of the city filled his ears. He was much more used to the idyllic pace in the UK compared to the US. Nevertheless, he couldn’t doubt that this city was a central hub of activity.The report of one of his men rang loudly through the speaker of his phone.At some point, Damon cut the man off, tired of listening to drivel. If Aiden was still alive, he would have relegated his best friend to their duties. But alas, now he had to take charge of them by himself.“And has there been words of Anna Clandestine?” He asked, listening for the answer half-heartedly.There was a pause before the Hunter on the other end of the phone spluttered.