Lily - the name that rings of trouble.

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