Chapter 45

Arec and his mother locked eyes as they glared at each other.

Michael cleared his throat, and they both turned to look at him.

“Aren’t you forgetting something, Mother?” he asked.

“What?” his mother asked with a scowl.

“Tonight is the night of the full moon,” Michael said.

“And?” his mother asked after a moment.

“If we let Eve go, who knows what kind of damage she’ll cause?” he said, uncrossing his arms.

Before their mother could say anything, Arec raised an eyebrow and said, “He has a point.”

Mrs. Lyons opened her mouth, then snapped it shut.

“After all,” Arec continued, “as Lycans, we are charged with keeping the werewolves in line.”

His mother’s lip compressed in a thin line as her nostrils flared.

“Fine,” she finally said. “She can stay here tonight and tomorrow night, but after that, she’s gone.”

Arec glared at her rising from the chair.

“I need to check on her,” he said as he bowed to his mother and turned to leave.

As he passed his brother, Michael slappe