Left alone.

He parked the car in the garage numbly and exited it after taking a deep breath. He was barely holding himself together.

William’s return to the pack wasn’t a glorious one, like he had expected. Instead, all he could feel was anguish, so deep that it threatened to drown him.

Anna was no longer with him. She had abandoned him and their children. Although he had an idea that there was a lot to the story - Damon’s involvement was certainly suspect to the theory that his mate wasn’t doing this of her own accord - there wasn’t a lot of hope in the Alpha that he would make any headway towards discovering what that was.

As soon as he stepped into the mansion, he could hear voices approaching him. He didn’t have the urge to pay attention to them. All he wanted was for them to stay the fuck away from him.

“William,” he raised his head at his mother’s voice calling his name. She didn’t look happy, and neither did anyone else.

William took in the presence of not only his mother, but Ethan, Alpha