Chapter 24 - A Healthy Competition

< Aero >

Hale couldn't be more predictable. He stayed hidden in the shadows as if I couldn't sense where he was, but I did. Clearly, I could see him leaning against a column in the second floor, just near the grand stairs, looking down at me in that sickening vampire red eyes.

He was condemning my attitude, huh. Like I cared pleasantries.

"Would you rather I bring my army instead?" I threatened, my voice cool and composed but filled with a promise of disaster. "I could smell my wife's blood on you. What have you done to her?"

Again, my wolf clawed inside me, trying to surface and control our conversation. It was feeling restless at the smell of her against his skin. It didn't like it. My lycan side didn't like it. And as crazy as it sounded, I didn't like it.

Just what the fuck had he done to her?

With utter difficulty, I kept my wolf in a tight leash. It