It was a hard thing for the redhead to believe. The idea that Gillian, the lovely young woman that had been so nice to her, had been nothing more than a spy?And she was dead.Anna didn’t know what to think. She felt like her world was crumbling all around her, slowly. The realizations that she had were quickly slotting into place and she didn’t enjoy the feeling the picture forming in her mind gave her.This had all been a trap.The job offer she had been desperate for, working at Erikson Enterprises. It had all been a way to keep her in sight.That only meant one thing.Not only that Aiden was a Hunter, but Gillian had been one too.She was speechless all this while and in the silence, Aiden watched her. He kind of pitied her actually. Even though she had knowingly involved herself with werewolves, she was still someone who must have felt like her growing friendship with Gillian was organic.Well, it wasn’t his business anyway.He had a job to do.“Now that you finally have an idea
“The Erikson family?” William asked, wondering where his brother was going with this. Ethan nodded, his arm still outstretched.“Are you going to take the drink or not?” The younger of the two finally asked while William stood there deep in thought. “My arms are getting tired, you see.”William narrowed his eyes at his brother and finallly let out a breath.“This doesn’t mean I’m not going to kill you, Ethan,” he growled out as he reached his hand out to take the tumbler of whiskey. “Once I get Anna back, you will pay for all the trouble you’ve caused. Now, what do you mean by the Erikson family?”Ethan smirked wickedly at him.“First rule of war, brother dear.” Ethan waved a book which he was holding. William recognized it to be a compendium of some sorts. But he hadn’t read it in a while. “Know your enemy.”Ethan then tossed the book at William.“Check page 327.” He then said to the Alpha, before sitting down on an armchair.William flipped the pages quickly, balancing the book and
It should have made sense to Anna from the beginning, but it also didn’t.Seeing Damon Erikson’s face, as he prowled toward her on soundless, stealthy footsteps, was nothing short of intimidating. He wasn’t wearing his glasses now, and he was dressed in a hoodie and jeans, looking too entirely casual for this encounter, and totally different from the designer three pieces suit he tended to wear in the office.His golden eyes shone brightly even in the dark.The dark haired man stopped right in front of Anna, and then crouched down, meeting her wavering gaze.It was hard to look away; Damon’s expression was unreadable.Then, as though it were a fever dream, she heard a soft drawling voice. “You know, I’ve always liked redheads. Quite rare, especially with eyes like yours.”His fingernails, which Anna thought were always rather sharp even when she observed them in the office, trailed over her chin and lightly scratched at her cheek as he tucked strands of her hair out of her face.Her b
Desperation grew in Anna as the sharp point of the needle came closer and even closer to her.She began to sob. “Please don’t do this. Please.”She leaned away from Damon but the Hunter didn’t seem one bit sympathetic to her cause. He grabbed her hair and with a sharp tug, stopped her from being able to move.The needle went in, and Anna felt pins and needles on her neck where the unknown substance was injected.“You will either live or die, Anna,” Damon said to her, sounding very indifferent to her suffering. “Pray that you live.”As soon as he finished with the syringe, he removed it from her neck and released her. Tears rolled down her cheeks and Damon trailed the pads of his fingers gently over her cheeks where trails of tears were.Then he pressed his fingers into her skin and she let out a yelp, as his grip was hard and unforgiving.“That’s enough out of you now. No more tears, Anna. Or you will get a reason to cry.” He sounded like he was speaking about the weather. “Let me gu
The two men immediately fell silent. William and Ethan waited, listening for any more sounds. They had no doubts that the Hunters were outside, probably knowing that someone was back in the apartment.It only took a split second, and the door opened, and suddenly a dagger flew in from the dark outdoors. It was aimed directly at Ethan, who dodged neatly.In the next moment, three Hunters rushed in, and began to attack.William growled threateningly at them as they advanced.Finally, he thought, and his claws extended, and canines elongated as they charged at him and his brother.The Hunters were certainly well trained, and William and Ethan spent more time dodging their blows one after the other. The daggers the Hunters held glinted under the light.Ethan took on one of the Hunters while William faced the other two, parrying their blows and aiming some of his own at them.Adrenaline rushed through their veins. A predatory smile was on Ethan’s face as he disarmed the Hunter he faced. Th
The only reaction from Anna made in her unconscious state was a small grunt and her breaths becoming a little louder.Aiden hummed to himself as he capped the syringe and put it in his pocket. He would dispose of it once he left the room.The blonde Hunter was surprised to see that she was still alive. The substance (named Virax after the two Hunters that created it) that had been injected into the redhead rarely led to a favorable ending for most Hunters even with the first dose.Gillian had nearly died, if not for the quick response team that flushed the first dose of Virax out of her body. Aiden had barely been able to take a second dose, and had to wait a long time before he got it. He hadn’t gotten the third dose yet. And likely, he never would.Out of the entire Hunter population, only he, Damon and two others, had been the successful results with Virax. And now, Anna.He murmured to himself. “For a human with no combat skills, you are pretty resilient, aren’t you?”Did it have
An object clattered to the ground and instantly, smoke filled the area as the smoke bomb erupted. Sounds of footsteps filled the air as William and Ethan ducked immediately.The gas was thick enough to obscure werewolf senses (particularly vision), and William knew this had to be another of their specially formulated weapons.He quickly covered his nose, lest the gas be poisonous, but after a few seconds, he became more alarmed as he heard his brother’s pained growl.“Ethan?” William called for his younger brother. He could smell blood. What might have happened?However, before he could do anything more, he heard the tell-tale sounds of clothes ripping and muscles growing and reshaping.The smoke was slowly dissipating after only a couple of minutes and William’s claws elongated as soon as he saw the various weapons aimed at he and his brother - who had shifted into his wolf form. A bloodied arrow lay on the ground, a sign of the attempt to attack Ethan.The Alpha idly noticed that th
Within an hour since Aiden’s death, the city was on lockdown. No werewolf would be able to leave without Damon knowing, and his men went out into the city towards known rogue haunts and began to take each of them down.All of Damon’s men were active, no longer on standby. With Aiden gone, he would have to apply stronger measures.“Cousin, if you need us to come in, all you have to do is say so.”That was Victor Erikson (actually Victor the second, son of the scientist that had formulated Virax over two decades ago) on the phone with Damon.The golden eyes Hunter breathed out slowly, leaning his head in his fingers as he sat in his penthouse apartment. Aiden’s Hunter ring sat on the table in front of him, overlooking the skyline that glittered with bright lights from skyscrapers.If anyone looked upon the scene, they would have assumed Damon was in mourning, that he had just lost his friend and sister in one day. But that wasn’t why he was on edge.He was on edge because the two pawns h