Luke and his brother sat in their living room, still nursing their injuries but filled with so much anger to vent. They were both in casts and Andrew had on a cervical collar around his neck, wincing every now and then. "After all our injuries, all we have to show for our efforts is failure," Andrew fumed, keeping his neck as steady as he could. "We really should have listened to Theodore. If we had, we wouldn't have underestimated Damien." Luke rubbed a hand over his bandaged stomach, doing his breathing exercises slowly. "Or maybe we would have died trying. That wolf is freakishly strong and the second I saw him, I lost my nerve." "No wonder he could come for the rest of us. You didn't create the silver barrier because you were afraid of an oversized dog!" Andrew raised his voice and immediately regretted it when his throat ached. "An oversized dog that almost crushed me under his weight and has claws as sharp as daggers!" Luke gasped in horror, reminiscing about the moment Da
"You told me the plan was foolproof, Theodore. What happened now?" Alejandro pointed to the shaking man at the entrance of his office. Theo took a step back when Alejandro stood up, aware of Alejandro's temper. The latter noticed this and stopped just outside his desk."What is this? Are you now afraid of me, Theodore?"Theo shook his head in the negative, swallowing the last of his courage. He wasn't sure whom he was afraid of more, Alejandro or Damien. One had a dangerous temper that could be destructive while the other had a destructive wolf who was known to be dangerous."Then close the door behind you and come to me," Alejandro instructed, faking a soft understanding voice that Theo found very hard to trust. "Stop being a coward and hurry up!"He shuffled over to the door, keeping his eyes and ears open in case Alejandro had any tricks up his sleeve. He returned to the center of the room without anything thrown at his head but he could not bring himself to go any closer to Aleja
"Home at last," Nora murmured absently, sitting in the backseat. Damien said nothing but she could see his eyes through the mirror at the front of the car. He was not happy that their family vacation had been cut short and in such a brutal way.He wore a long face the whole time they transferred the children from the car to the nursery. Without saying a single word to her, he went into his office and slammed the door shut behind him. He had called Seyric on their way back and in less than thirty minutes, his Beta was sitting opposite him in his office. Seyric could not hide his surprise, staring at Damien like he had grown two heads. "What?" Damien snapped at him when he just stared without saying anything."Sorry, Alpha. I'm just surprised to see you back so early. Why did you return before the scheduled time? The way you left, I thought the family vacation was going to last longer than what, two or three—" "We were attacked," Damien interrupted and Seyric forgot about his previo
Damien's POV Silver…even in my deepest nightmares, I would know it. Where had the human gotten it from? I didn't wait for him to get any closer, launching myself at him. He screamed and accidentally let go of the bag, me falling on him. He fainted out of fear before I could even do him any serious harm.He wasn't anyone I recognized but if he had silver, he was definitely up to no good, even if he was a spineless coward. If he was cowardly but dared to come anyways, it only meant one thing: he was not alone.I left him there, running around despite the discomfort I felt and it wasn't long until I found the other culprit.“Damien! Damien!” I heard Nora scream and I ran back to the room, only to find a man trying to force his way in. He was tall with short, blond hair and a face I had definitely seen before but I couldn't remember where.That hair though….He was forcing a screwdriver into the lock when I roared at him, preparing to take him down. He was taken aback, genuinely surpris
The meal was surprisingly more delicious than any meal Damien had ever been served at the hotel. That was his first clue that something was awfully wrong.He paced in the living room, holding his phone in a hand and pressing his stomach with the other. He watched Nora finish her meal, smacking her lips playfully with relish.Was he the only one feeling worried or was it just his insecurities taking control of him?Next, Nora took the kids out of their cots and gave them a bath. Damien went over to give her a hand, still watching her closely.“Nora, stop!” he instructed, holding out a hand when she wanted to start the breastfeeding. She was shocked by his sudden command, pausing everything she was doing.“What?”“I…I don't know but there's something wrong. I can't place my finger on it but…I just have a bad feeling for some reason.”His instincts had never steered him wrong and he wasn't going to start ignoring his sixth sense.Nora adjusted herself on the nursing chair, wincing and hi
“Rachel, say something. How do you know him?” her cousins asked and she remembered what had happened the last time she run into Damien. He had embarrassed her in front of his friend and left her standing outside his hotel room.“He's the man I had lunch with the other day, the one I introduced you to, Andrew. He and I only met recently but I saw him on my way back from the grocery store with...his wife and kids.”That had been the last straw, the last slap on her face. Was he doing it to hurt her?“Yes, yes, that's him. We need to move fast before he ends the vacation,” Theodore insisted but the brothers only stared at each other. “But do we find them?” Andrew asked, running his fingers through his hair. “And even if we do, six people are a lot to move without drawing notice to ourselves. We need a concrete plan before doing anything.”Luke hummed in agreement and the room went quiet, everyone thinking about how to go about the plan. Rachel was the first to come up with something, sp