The man made a sound in his throat that sounded almost like an hum of affirmation unwittingly, and Aiden saw the flash of fear and hesitation in his expression. His face, though bloodied and bruised, was still very easy to read.This man may not have known much but he did know something. Something about the girls, or who had killed them. And that something would help them figure out whether this was a werewolf’s doing or not.Aiden was willing to bet that it was werewolves, but he didn’t want to move without a firm confirmation. No need going after human gangs that simply did a little too much. That kind of shit was for the police to handle.“Tell me,” Aiden leaned in. “Or I will take my hands off this. And trust me… you don’t want that. My boss is far worse than you could ever imagine.“The man didn’t respond, and only stared over Aiden’s shoulder. After waiting a long time, he sighed and nodded, before standing up.“Take him to the other room,” the Hunter instructed another of his s

William noticed Anna wasn’t happy from her voice, and he knew he must have said something wrong again.“That’s what you mean, isn’t it?” She continued, in the same tone. “Do you intend to have me hide in the shadows if I ever come back to you instead of facing the wrath of your pack that you screwed a human?”He was speechless.“It’s complicated, Anna. I’m not marrying Lily simply because she’s pretty. It’s a pack to pack alliance.” He tried to explain.But then…“I thought so. You never would actually take my side on something. You clearly just want to have your way but you don’t understand that it’s my life we’re talking about. And I need to be happy. I DESERVE it,” Anna hit back, emphasising on the word 'deserve'.William fell silent, and Anna sighed loudly.“I’m exhausted. I want to go to sleep now.” She declared, clearly done with the conversation.The call ended without another moment spared, and William was filled with such frustration that he tossed the phone without care onto

“Uncle, you can’t be serious.”Lily stood in the living room as her uncle - whose height made him tower over her imperiously - glared down at her with an intensity that not even her father had in his worst days.Where did this all go wrong, she wondered? Why was her uncle all of a sudden restricting her movements like this? This wasn’t fucking fair! Not at all in any way!However, the Alpha of the Eclipse pack wasn’t so easily moved by her pretty face - he knew his goddaughter very well.“I mean what I say, Lily,” Alpha Drake spoke, his tone grave. “You should count yourself lucky that I do not have this damn talk with your father present. He wouldn’t believe all the things you were capable of.”He continued, shaking his head a little at the sight of her crocodile tears pooling in her eyes, “Don’t think you can make me change my mind, child. You won’t be leaving this pack without my say so from now on. And that is final.”“Uncle…” she had to try another tactic, she thought while rubbi

“Mommy, can we see daddy?”Anna paused in her eating, her forkful of pasta halfway to her lips.Andrew was the one that asked the question, but she saw the two eager eyes of her twins staring at her so innocently.Anna was reminded of what happened only an hour or so ago, and tried not to feel put upon."We can talk about this later, okay?"She tried to wave it off and finish dinner. The twins had already eaten under her watchful eyes.Andrew pouted in defiance.No,” he declared. "I want to see my daddy, mommy."Baby… You have a new Dad now. He was just here a while ago, wasn’t he?Andrew’s face screwed up in what looked like despair as he realized what his mother meant.That man? No! He isn’t my daddy. I want my real daddy!Andrew, stop.” Her voice was firm and weary. "It’s time to go to bed.”She immediately lost her appetite and dropped her plate in the sink, unfinished."Mommy, he scares me. I don’t like that man,” Andrea tugged at Anna’s sweatpants and pressed herself against her

Vance’s eyes were widened as he saw the two walk away from his mark and her twins.Fuck, fuck, fuck!He quickly shifted so as to not be seen, his heart pounding.Hunter.A fucking Hunter.He felt a laugh of nervousness bubble up in his chest, as he fought the urge to growl.Did Lily know about this? Was this part of ber plan? The rogue didn’t know or care; he knew he needed to get the fuck out of dodge now before he would get caught up in it. If there was one thing that made Vance different from most other rogues, it was that he knew when to run away.He quickly whipped out his phone and dialed Lily as he walked toward the car park of the mall. Lights flickered above his head as he entered the darkened areas of the park, where no one was.The phone rang a little before her voice was heard.“Have you gotten anything for me?” Lily sounded extremely blasé, but he knew that she wasn’t.But he wasn’t in the mood to play a fucking game with her right then and there.“What the fuck have you